| Team: | Pollack | Last Updated | May 8, 2017 at 19:36 |
| Players: | Ron Rubin - Bill Pollack | ||
| Preempts
1) We play 2D opening shows 11-15 pts with short diamonds but Not the singleton A or K of diamonds. 2) Our weak 2 bids vary depending on VUL. Can be a 5 card suit In 1st or 2nd pos but will be a good suit. We don’t have Agreements as to outside suits. 3) 3 level PRE vary depending on position and VUL Passed Hand Bidding 1) We can open light but for a purpose. a) Lead directing, pre-empting, b) We open 1NT with 15-17 in 3rd and 4th pos; lighter in 1st and 2nd and depending on VUL RESPONSES and REBIDS after 1L openers 1) We respond over our opening bids lightly 2) 2/1 is F to game 3) 1NT to a opening 1M is semi-forcing 4) 1S-2C can be on a doubleton but only with GF values And 3-4-4-2 distribution. Otherwise, a 3 or 4 card suit when Responder doesn’t hold 4 trump or a side 5 card suit Doubles 1) Doubles in COMP are more T/O 2) Doubles in COMP after partner has bid is T/O generally 3) 1d (1h) X shows shows minors 4) 1NT (2d) X is a TRF to 2H if 2D is NAT 5) If we bid a suit and OPPT’s cubebid that suit later on in the auction, 6) Double says don’t lead my suit 7) Doubles of SPL asks for lead of lowest suit 8) Doubles of exlusion bids showing voids asks for leads of that suit 9) Doubles of blind 3nt auctions says lead your shortest major Competition 1) 2/1 style in COMP is old rubber bridge style, i.e. doesn’t promise A rebid 2) We play TRF advances after a) 1M(X) 1nt+ b) 2M (X/2S) 2NT+ c) We O/C on the one or two level in a Major and 3rd hand doubles Leads |
| Opening Bid Style
1) Sensible opening. Light if distributional 2) We don’t open 4 card majors in 1st/2nd POS. We will in 3rd on occasion if the suit is decent. 3) We play strong club, so 1d is opened on as Few as singleton A or K of diamonds 4) 1NT easily can have a 5 card Major. We rarily Open 1NT with a singleton and if so, it would include A high honor. We could open 1NT with a 6 card Minor-rarily 5) We upgrade or downgrade frequently |
| Leads
1) Rusinow in suit and NT on opening lead 2) 0/2 higher during the hand 3) Lower the card led during the hand the more we want the suit returned 4) In NT, we lead attitude, not 4th best 5) We lead 2nd best from poor holdings in NT 6) We lead high in a suit from a poor holding when we have bid and raised a suit In suit or NT 7) In suit, we lead A from A/K when switching to a singleton or a doubleton in that suit 8) When declarer is leading off dummy, we split 0/2 higher (when splitting) 9) When declarer is leading from his hand towards dummy, we split with 2nd highest by agreement |
| Carding and Defense
1) Attitude-count-suit preference 2) We do not play upside/down count or attitude 3) We play suit preference in trump frequently 4) Smith against NT by both. High=like 5) Alarm clock plays- partner, do something unusual 6) Odd/even on first discard 7) We play obvious-shift when defending against suit 8) If dummy hits with singleton against suit, we play obvious shift |