System Summary Form (SSF), 2024 Open USBC
| Team: | Balleisen | Last Updated | Apr 17, 2024 at 12:18 |
| Players: | Aaron Balleisen - Zhiyu Cheng | ||
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Bids that Require Advance Preparation
1 -(X)-2 & 1/-(X)-3 / : weak jump shift
Spiral and 3-4-3-4 answering. 2-way Game Tries: 2NT asks, 3x = shortness. Leaping Michaels. Suctions against strong 1 opening. |
General Bidding Style
| 2/1, 1NT 15-17, 2NT 20-21
Sometimes open light hand on 3rd and 4th place. 2-way Drury. 5533 on level 1, 6+ for weak 2 and 3-level preemptive opening, 7+ for 4-level preemptive opening. Rarely open weak 2 with 5 card suit. |
Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand
| Opening leads:
4th best against NT, 3rd/lowest against trump contract. Higher from doubleton. Standard honor leads. Leads in the middle of the hand: Spot card shifts are attitude (lower indicates stronger desire to have suit returned) |
Defensive Signals
| Upside-down attitude and count, standard suit preference. Reverse Smith against NT. In general, attitude then suit preference then count for discards. In general, suit preference then count then attitude for opponent leads. |