Modern Bridge Conventions

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Summary: Great way to get started with duplicate conventions
Review: This is the first book to buy when considering adding conventions to your duplicate play. The index tells you each convention's application and the detailed description tells you the level of play usually expected when using the convention. What's more, you'll learn not just the first bidder's convention rules, but the responder's as well. . .and sometimes the bidder's rebid and the responder's rebid. Plus how to handle interference.

I found that not every convention is up to modern snuff (for instance, most modern players will bid Michaels even with a middling hand). But each of the conventions described needs to be adapted to your level of play and partner's agreement anyway.

Many of us at the Columbus Bridge Center who have been playing duplicate for just a year or so are using Modern Bridge Conventions as our entree into the world of expert bridge.