System Summary Form (SSF), 2024 Open USBC
| Team: | Fleisher | Last Updated | Mar 17, 2024 at 00:10 |
| Players: | John Hurd - Kevin Bathurst | ||
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Bids that Require Advance Preparation
Reverse Flannery over our 1minor openings (2 & 2 show 5/4+ majors non invite & invite)
Known 2 suited overcalls of 1 level opening bids by opponents (many jumps show known 2 suited hands) In our own 1H-1S auctions we play 1N is weak NT, +  , or 2533 17-19, 2 =+ , 2=15+ with 6+H or 3, 2=4 or 3 unbalanced. |
General Bidding Style
| 5Major 3+minor at 1 level 14-16 & 15-17 1N (NV & Vul) upgrade possible
Essentially all our opening actions can be lighter NV Normal preempting style, W/R could be aggressive 2 level Overcalls especially NV could be aggressive 3rd seat actions can be aggressive |
Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand
| Lower of touching honors mostly at T1 (some exceptions)
3/5 suits, 4th NT, K is power Vs NT 2/4 thru declarer mostly (some exceptions) |
Defensive Signals
| Standard carding at T1 only (except discards) UDCA after T1, including present count
Usual priority at T1 is attitude SP in a smith situation SP is possible in trumps, or when following with low spot cards |