The 2/1 Game Force bidding system is an improvement over the Standard American System that has been in effect and played by bridge players for many years. The advantage of the 2/1 system is that it allows the partnership to know that game is possible with only a single bid. In this book, I have tried to present the fundamental aspects of the bidding structure for playing a "pure" Two-Over-One Game Force system of bidding. In this book, I have tried to change behavior by presenting a series of bids geared toward the 2/1 bidding structure that includes Bergen, Reverse Bergen, and Combined Bergen Raises, inverted minor suit raises with crisscross and flip-flop, cuebidding, modified scroll bids, and many more methods not used in Standard American or Precision. In the fourth edition, the Minorwood Convention has been expanded and several variations of the Flannery Convention are included in this edition. I have added the Hello and SCUM conventions used to interfer over strong notrumps and a Modified Landy convention designed to compete over partnerships that employ a weak notrump bid. The Equal Level Conversion (ELC) double is discussed in Chapter 6 and additional material on slam bidding has been added to Chapter 3. The material on two-way new minor forcing and the Gazilli Convention has been expanded upon in Chapter 1 and Jacoby transfers with a superaccept structure has been added to Chapter 2. Finally, a new chapter that reviews the new Italian System of bids called Fantunes has been included in this edition. The System has been modified to be in compliance with the General Convention Chart.

Basic Opening bids 1* Artificial 16] HCP 1]* 11-15 HCP with diamond shortness(May have a four card major) 1/1 11-15 HCP 5+ Majors with Combined Bergen Bidding Structure 1NT 13-15 HCP and no 5-card Major with a balanced hand 2* 11-15 HCP 6+ Clubs (may have a 4-card major) 2]* 11-15 HCP 4=4-4-1 (4-4 in Majors - Mini-Roman Modified) 2/2 5-10 HCP 6+ Cards (Weak 2-bids Vulnerable with Ogust) 2NT* 5-5 in the minors 4-8 HCP (NV) and 8-12 HCP (VUL) 3X 5-10 2/3 of top 3 Honors in the Bid Suit Vul & NV 3NT* GAMBLING solid 7+ minor suits (AKQJxxx) * Indicates forcing bids and alerts

This book covers basic and advanced features of the Two-Over-One (2/1) Game Force bidding system which include Bergen and Combined Bergen Raises, inverted minor suit raises with criss-cross and flip-flop, cue bidding, modified scroll bids, and many more methods not used in Standard American or Precision.

This is not a book on conventions, it is a book about bridge which incorporates conventions which allow the partnership to reach game or slam. In this regard, I have incorporated modern methods for hand evaluation developed by Marty Bergen. New bidding conventions like SARS (Shape Asking Relays after Stayman), Quest transfers and an overview of "Bridge Rules and Laws" which will improve your approach to the bidding structure you may use today.