System Summary Form (SSF), 2022 Michael Seamon Junior USBC - U26


Team: Scott Last Updated Dec 12, 2022 at 00:51
Players: William Scott - Reese Koppel

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Bids that Require Advance Preparation

Transfers starting at 1N after 1M (X)
Vs (1NT) any strength: 2D one major
Preempts can be very light at favorable, some 5-card weak twos in third.

General Bidding Style

5533 openings (1M occasionally 4 in 3rd/4th)
Open most unbalanced 11s and some balanced (Reese opens more of these than William).
Open some unbalanced 10s and rare 9s with shape and unsuitable for a preempt
Frequent upgrades into 1NT/2NT.
Light 3rd seat openings when good suit
Very light responses to 1m when short there
Conservative invites and aggressive accepts
Showing pattern takes priority over strength or stoppers.

Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand

Vs Suits: 3rd/low from length, standard honor leads, A from AK. Low from xxx unless length is already known, high in that case.

Vs NT: 4th from good suits, standard honor leads. A for unblock/count, Q for unblock of J only. 2nd from bad 3-4 card suits (1st if equivalent)

Mid-hand: original 4th from length (suits or NT). Some attitude against NT.

Defensive Signals

Partner's lead: UD attitude, SP if attitude known
Declarer's lead: Reverse smith vs NT, otherwise UD count
Trump suit: suit preference
First discard: UD attitude
Later discards: UD remaining count