System Summary Form (SSF), 2018 USBC
| Team: | Gupta | Last Updated | Apr 24, 2018 at 05:12 |
| Players: | Oren Kriegel - Ron Smith | ||
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Bids that Require Advance Preparation
2 -2 -3M = nonforcing, like an Acol 2M opening, 8.5-9 playing tricks, maybe light in HCP
2 opening = Flannery
- 11-15 HCP (maybe a good 10 or poor 16) - 5+ hearts, 4 spades (maybe 5-6 with 10-bad 12 HCP) 3NT opening in 1st, 2nd, or 3rd seat = both minors (at least 6-5 either way). - When NV, mostly preemptive - When vul, relatively few HCP but lots of playing strength (~4.5 losers) - Can be a very strong distributional hand, planning to take further action |
General Bidding Style
| Mainstream opening style: open some balanced 11s when NV, few when vul
Third seat may be quite light, 1M may be 4 Fairly sound preempts when vul, lightish but not extreme when NV. In third seat, preempts can be a little lighter, but still fairly normal 1NT = 15-17 (can be a good 14) 1 = 4+
1 = 2+ (only 2 with 4=4=3=2)
Over 1m: 2  = 11-12 balanced
2  = mixed raise
2NT = GF balanced, may contain a 4-card major 1m (overcall or X) 3m = limit 1M-2 = GF, 2+ clubs; can contain as many as 5 in the other major with support for opener's major
1 -2 = constructive, 6+ spades
1M (overcall) 2NT = exactly limit raise; cuebid = GF raise |
Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand
| Vs. suits:
Standard honors, A from AK except: - 5-level and higher - partner's suit - your own raised suit - AK doubleton - when an opponent preempts at the 3-level or higher and becomes declarer 3rd from even, low from odd, including mid hand (but might lead high from a poor holding). Vs. notrump: Rusinow honor leads (trick 1 only): - A = AK, asks for attitude - K = power lead, asks count or unblock - Q = KQ or Qx - J = QJ or Jx - 10 = J10 or 10x - 9 = 109 or 9x (avoid the 9 from 9xx or 9xxx) Lead Rusinow from 3-card holding (J from QJx). 4th best from length, may lead highest or 2nd highest from poor holdings (8 from 87x, 7 from 97x) Mid hand, lead 4th best, but high (or 2nd) from a suit you don't like. When shifting to an honor after trick 1 (both suits and NT), we play coded 9s and 10s: - jack denies a higher honor - 9 or 10 shows 0 or 2 higher (10 from KJ10 or 109x, 9 from Q109 or 9x) |
Defensive Signals
| Standard carding (high-low = encouraging, even, or high SP). Primary attitude, lots of suit preference mid to late in the hand.
Standard Smith echo vs NT (high = encouraging in opening lead suit). |