System Summary Form (SSF), 2024 Open USBC
| Team: | Petrov | Last Updated | Apr 7, 2024 at 15:52 |
| Players: | Matthew Haag - Val Kovachev | ||
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Bids that Require Advance Preparation
| Transfers after double
Transfers at 1-level after overcall After 1  overcall 2 = both majors
After 1-level overcall 2 = other major WK or GF
After 1-level overcall 2 = clubs
After 1-level overcall 2M (unbid) = natural INV After 1M overcall 2OM (cuebid) = diamonds (1NT) 2 = one major
Spiral, Non-Serious, Keycard are all M+1 Transfer Lebensohl and Transfer McCabe |
General Bidding Style
| 5-card majors, strong (15-17) NT
Very normal expert standard type style (except in competition) 1NT often upgraded with 14 and 5 card suit Balanced 11 only opened if it's good |
Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand
| 3/5 suits
2/4 NT Attitude leads middle of hand (low = continue; high = no interest) |
Defensive Signals
| UDCA
Typically attitude on partner's lead, count on declarer's lead, suit preference if dummy has a singleton or continuing is clearly wrong. First discard conveys (1) negative attitude and (2) upside-down count Suit preference can be given in trumps or after primary signal is given or if we believe partner has led a singleton. UD present count. |