| Team: | Bishel | Last Updated | May 25, 2021 at 13:26 |
| Players: | Bernie Greenspan - John Bacon | ||
| Flannery 2D |
| 5 card Majors, 14-16 NT, 2/1 Forcing to game
We open most balanced hands with 11+ HCP and unbalanced hands with 10 or 11 HCP. May respond with a weak hand. 1 level overcalls light, 2 level overcalls tend to be sound. Our 1Nt response to 1H or 1S is forcing 2C is our strong opening 2D shows 10+ - 15hcp, 4 spades and 5 or 6 hearts 2H and 2S are normal weak twos – usually a 6 card suit and 5-9+hcp 3Nt is Gambling – a solid 7+ card minor may have 1 outside A or K Other preempts are natural |
| Vs. NT:4th best, but often lead high or second high from bad 4 or 5 card suits.
Vs. suits, 3rd from even, low from odd, but lead high from xxx in partner’s raised suit. After the opening lead, we lead 4th best; often lead high without interest in having suit returned. Vs Suits: A from AK except at the 5 level or higher. On opening lead against Nt, Q asks unblock of J or attitude, A asks attitude, King asks count |
| We play upside-down count and attitude all the time.
Signaling priority is Attitude then Count then Suit Preference. Count takes priority when dummy has Qxx(x). SP when dummy’s holding is very strong (NT) or dummy has a singleton (suit) We give suit preference in the trump suit when we can We do not always signal |