System Summary Form (SSF), 2023 Senior USBC
| Team: | Wolfson | Last Updated | May 9, 2023 at 10:50 |
| Players: | David Berkowitz - Larry Cohen | ||
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Bids that Require Advance Preparation
Precision 2 opener (10-15, 3-suited, short diamonds, either 4-3 or 4-4 in majors).
3NT=4-minor preempt in 1-2 seat. Gambling 3NT in 3rd/4th seat. |
General Bidding Style
| 5 card Majors
14-16 NT 2/1 Forcing to Game. We open balanced hands with 12 HCP Red and with 11 HCP white Open unbalanced hands with 10 or 11 HCP. |
Opening Leads AND Leads in the Middle of the Hand
| Vs. NT we lead 4th best, but will often lead high or second high from bad 4 card suits.
Vs. suits, we lead 3rd from even, low from odd, but may lead high from 3 small in partner's raised suit. |
Defensive Signals
| Often Suit-Preference at Trick 1 vs. Suits (only in certain situations).
Count is always Standard and Attitude is always Upside Down. Signaling priority is Attitude, Count, Suit Preference. We give suit preference in the trump suit. First discard is odd/even. Smith vs NT: High cards in declarer's first suit encourage the opening lead suit. |