System Summary Form (SSF), 2021 JLall Online Teams #4


Team: Vance Last Updated May 22, 2021 at 03:53
Players: Greg Vance - Drew Hoskins

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Bids that Require Advance Preparation

Short club 2+ could be 3352 if 17-19 (all 17-19 bal opens 1C), with 11-13 bal, we can open 1c or 1d. 1D will emphasize diamonds, but 1C allows us to play transfer advances with more system, we have no elaborate system over 1D.
With 11-13 bal, we won't open 1C with 5d 99.99% of the time. It would be an action that partner can never discover and will not play for.

General Bidding Style

short club with transfers, 11+hcp openings unless distributional in which case we might open on 10. We are playing 2/1 so our openings are not super aggressive, if we open 11-10 it's on distribution typically. I haven't seen either of us open 1 level on 9 or fewer. 5crd majors, 2+cl, 4+d. Greg is stricter on preempts, Drew is more of a wildcard, 13+-16NT, 17-19 bal opens 1C, 1C will not have 5M. Transfers over our short club, transfers over 1M(x), transfers in response to overcalls, transfers over strong 1C/2C, transfer mccabe over our 2x preempts.

Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand

rusinow leads from 3+ at suits, 4+ at notrump, 4th best vs NT, 3/low vs suits, 5 level/6 level K demands count for cash out.

Defensive Signals

UDCA attitude then count then suit pref. Normal logical exceptions like suit pref if singleton in trump contract, then unless the tap could promote trumps. Trump suit preference it if looks like partner needs it, low high is either I have nothing to say or lower suit, TSP is not mandatory. Alarm smith echo = high-low from leader is please shift, high-low from partner is please continue, low high is neutral.