System Summary Form (SSF), 2024 Sam Amer Junior USBC - U26


Team: Chen Last Updated Dec 15, 2024 at 23:24
Players: Philip Wang - Fangqing Yuan

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Bids that Require Advance Preparation

2/1 game forcing

2D Multi - weak in either M
2H Flannery can be 46 or 56 in M
2S S+m preempt

1C - 2D = Constructive in either M
1m - 2H = 6-10 Reverse Flannery
1m - 2S = Mixed raise in m or 16-18 bal

We play transfer over the following cases:
1X-(1Y), 1X-(X), and (1X)-1M-(X)

General Bidding Style

1NT range 15-17 (occasionally 14)
2NT range 20-21 (occasionally 19)
Open some 11 counts (not all)

Sound preempt when vul, occasionally very light from 3rd seat or when favorable
Occasional 1NT bids with unbalanced hands
Generally on the more aggressive side

Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand

Against NT:
2nd/4th, power lead with K (ask for unblock or count), A and Q for attitude, standard honor lead otherwise

Against suit:
3rd/low, K from AK when against 5 level contract or higher, standard

Middle of the hand usually attitude

Defensive Signals

UDCA, odd-even first discard
Signal priority is attitude then suit preference mostly against suits
attitude then count usually against NT