System Summary Form (SSF), 2023 Senior USBC


Team: Lewis Last Updated Mar 31, 2023 at 14:32
Players: Neil Silverman - Mark Itabashi

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Bids that Require Advance Preparation

Light opening bids and aggressive light overcalls.
Open all 12 hcp hand and balanced 11's with at least one and a half quick tricks most times.
Vul will often determine the action.
Unbalanced hands can be as light as AQ10xxx Kxx xxx x at favorable vul and a preempt can be done on x xx J109xxxx xxx at favorable.

General Bidding Style

2/1
One club can be short in 1st and 2nd and very occasionally in 4th.
Often open 4 card majors in 3rd and 4th position

Overcalls can be very light
Will open very light occasionally also.

Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand

against suits 3rd from even low from odd.
Often 2nd highest from bad holdings

against NT Attitude leads, the lower we lead the more we like it.
From holdings like Kxxx we often lead 3rd
2nd from bad holdings
Q is for attitude for the King Ace or Jack and can be from KQ or QJ.
Standard Smith echo.

Defensive Signals

Standard Carding.
General situations Attitude is first priority.
Count when necessary.
King lead vs suit if from AK and a switch is often a singleton.
Standard suit preference signals.