System Summary Form (SSF), 2016 Senior USBC
| Team: | Wolfson | Last Updated | May 19, 2016 at 15:46 |
| Players: | David Berkowitz - Alan Sontag | ||
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Bids that Require Advance Preparation
1NT - 2 is either an invitational NT raise or a transfer to 3
Opener rebids 2NT to decline invitation, 3 to accept
1NT - 2 - 2NT - 3 is to play and shows a weakish single-suiter
2  = 0-1 diamonds, 3-suited, weak 2 in diamonds in 3rd seat
3NT = solid 7 plus card Major 1 -2 = STR with hearts or 11-12 BAL
1 -1M = 3+ Major
1 -2 = 5+ spades, 4+ hearts, 8-11 HCP
1 -2 = NAT, NF (6-9 HCP)
After you DBL our 1/2/3M opening or overcall, we play transfers starting at 1NT 1 -(1)-1 = 0-3 spades
Many relays after STR 1 opening
1 -2 = Diamonds
1 -2 = (4441)
After our favorable preempt, new suit is NF after you open 1m, 3C is other m + spades |
General Bidding Style
| Strong Club; 1 may be 2 diamonds
5 card Majors Strong NT 14-16 NV 1/2/3 else 15-17 2/1 forcing to game We open balanced hands with 11 HCP and unbalanced with 9 or 10 HCP We respond 99% of the time 1 level overcalls very light, 2 level overcalls tend to be sound Frequent 4-card overcalls at the one level - |
Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand
| 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, may lead high from length and weak suit or in partner’s raised suit. After the opening lead, we lead 4th best vs. NT, 3rd and 5th vs. suits; often lead high without interest in having suit returned. Vs suits, we lead A from AK below the 5-level, unless we are planning to shift to a singleton. We lead the T from shortness or the top of a sequence (or interior sequence) in a holding of an odd number of cards; we lead the 9 from shortness or a sequence (or interior sequence) which includes the T in a holding of an even number of cards. Vs NT, we tend to lead Rusinow (lower of touching honors). We extend this to the length lead of the 8 from a sequence (or interior sequence) which includes the 9 (we lead the 9 from 98x). K asks unblock or count; Q asks attitude. In this context, we tend to lead the J from KQJx. Either the J or the T is systemically correct from QJTx. J,10,9 show 0 or 2 higher in the middle of the hand. |
Defensive Signals
| Standard signals
Signaling priority is Attitude, Count, Suit Preference, except SP when dummy's holding is very strong (NT) or dummy has a singleton (suit). We give SP in the trump suit when we can. Smith vs NT: High cards in declarer’s first suit encourage the opening lead suit unless count is critical or our holding in opening lead suit is completely known. Versus suits we play SP at trick one (not on A from AK lead or king lead (from KQ) If we lead K from AK and shift it is a stiff King from AK vs preempts When splitting honors, we play the second highest. |