System Summary Form (SSF), 2018 USBC

Bids that Require Advance Preparation

Gambling 3NT, no outside A or K in 1st & 2nd seat Flannery 2, 4-5 usually but can be 4-6 1-1NT-3=s&s or 5+ & 4 or s 8+ tricks 1-1 may be 3-3-3-4 or 3-3-2-5 in hand too weak to respond to strong NT Takeout Xs vs opening strong NT, 2 or 3 suiter but not both majors if 2 suiter. 2=s or majors, 2=1 major,2=5+/4+minor.2=5+/4+minor vs all opening NTs. Transfers after 1M-X, either natural or lead directing. If responder is passed hand, transfer back to major is 3 card drury.

General Bidding Style

2/1 Game forcing, 5 card majors, 12-14 NT except 14+-17 in 3rd seat-may have weak 5 card major, 1=4+, 1 may be 4-4-3-2. 1m-any-1M is unbalanced. With 4-4/5 in minors, choice of opening bid depends on opener's planned rebid (1 is more common). Distributional hands may be opened with 10-11 HCP. Third seat opening may be lead directional with very light hand. Weak two bids may be good 5 card suit NV, we avoid weak suits in minimal hands. Preempts are according to vulnerabilty, two suiters are allowed including 4 card major. We bypass 1 after 1 with non game forcing hands. 1NT/1M is forcing by unpassed hand and may include a weak raise.

Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand

Defensive Signals