Standard American is a common bidding system for the game of bridge in the United States, also widely used in the rest of the world. This system or slight variants are learned by most beginners in the U.S. and may earlier have been referred to as 'Goren'; a dominant version used in on-line computer bridge play is known as Standard American Yellow Card, detailed below. Most advanced or expert players in the U.S. play a more modern variant known as 2/1 Game Forcing.
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