System Summary Form (SSF), 2019 Open USBC
| Team: | Donn | Last Updated | Apr 29, 2019 at 20:23 |
| Players: | Huub Bertens - Curtis Cheek | ||
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Bids that Require Advance Preparation
2 = either a weak 2 bid in  or a normal strong 2 opener
2 = always a weak 2 bid in a Major
2  / = 5-5+ in the bid Major + a 5+ card in a minor
Favorable in first we might be 5’4 Our 1 opening is absolutely not forcing but we tend not to pass.
1 - 1 = is either natural or any 0-7
1 - 1M = 7+ Hcp ( we might bid 1M with KQ109x and out)
1 -1-1 either nat or weak NT
1 -1-1 = 4+ 4
1 -1-1N = 17-19
1 -1-2N = very strong 3 bid
otherwise 1 -1-rebid = nat
2 -2=no game opposite weak 2
2 -2M=nat, NF
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General Bidding Style
| We open a short club but only with 4=4=3=2 or sometimes with a hand stronger then a 1NT opener. Even in this case we will NEVER have a 5 card Major or Diamonds.
We open almost all balanced 11 counts, we might pass 4333 hands with a 4card Major because we can’t show the Major anyway. NT range is 14-16 in 1st,2nd and favorable in 3rd. Otherwise 15-17 |
Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand
| We lead 4th against NT and 3rd and low against suit contracts.
Against NT we lead Rusinow from 4 or more. In the middle of the hand we play 2nd and 4th THROUGH decalarer, standard through dummy. If we lead an Ace it asks for attitude, a King for unblock or count. |
Defensive Signals
| Our carding is upside down count and attitude with a strong tendency to count.
Our first discard is odd even, the rest of our carding is mainly reversed count. |