System Summary Form

Names:  Zia-Mahmood – Michael Rosenberg

 

Team: Welland

 

 

We play the following methods that may require advance preparation:

Multi 2¨ - weak 2M or 25+ balanced

1¨-2© is SJS in hearts or an invitational balanced hand).

1m-2ª is SJS in ª or limit raise to 3m

1©-2ª is SJS in ª or inv. 3§ response

Two way doubles:

1)    After you bid over our redouble of our opening

2)    After we double your 2-suited bid and you bid known suit

3)    Balancing after your 1M-2M or 2M-3M

4)    Balancing after you open 1N and accept Jacoby Transfer to 2M

Our general bidding style is:

5 card Majors, Variable NT (12-14, 15-17). 5-card M common.  Off-shape unusual, but more likely with WNT.

2/1 Forcing to game except 1ª-2§. 2/1 in comp. is forcing but can be very light

Vulnerable, we tend to pass balanced hands with 12 HCP and slightly unbalanced hands with 10 or 11 HCP.  Third seat can be pretty light

Can open 4-card M in 3rd or 4th, but only with minimum and good suit

We vary with 4-4 in minors (Zia tends to 1§).  With 4-5, almost always 1§

May respond with a very weak hand. Almost always bid 1ª over 1© with 4-card suit. 1M-1N is semiforcing, max. 12HCP

2N response to 1M is natural and forcing

Overcalls are wide range – can be pretty light (but always a reason to bid).

Weak 2M is sound – never 5-card in 1st and 2nd - can be wild shape.  No specific requirements.  Multi is inferior weak 2.

3-level preempts vary with vul and position – but very rarely a joke.

Almost all low-level doubles not penalty.  Action double.  Lead-undirect double

Psychics and tactical bids that have repeated:

1)    3rd seat WNT  (Zia)

2)    3rd seat 1§

3)    Game tries after 1M-2M

4)    Cue-bids for slam

5)    Splinter with no shortage there

6)    Exclusion with no void there

7)    2N response to weak two.

 

Our defensive signaling philosophy is:

Standard signals, except for one upside-down SP situation.

Upside down attitude discards

Signaling priority is Attitude when we lead (but obvious Shift if no more tricks can be cashed in suit led)

In suit declarer attacks, signaling priority is Suit Preference, Count. (Smith at NT, but count in dummy’s long suit takes priority)

Standard present count

We give frequent suit preference in the trump suit.

J or 9 can be alarm clock signal, if no other possibility

Honor leads standard vs. suits – A from AK, except in situations where it is normal to lead unsupported A OR alarm clock (e.g. shifting to singleton)

Honor leads vs. NT standard – A asks unblock or count

Vs. NT we lead 4th best from honor (can be 10) (some violations – Zia), but will often lead high or (usually)second high from bad 4 card suits (but low from small cards in partner’s unraised suit). 9 lead can be H98x(x). 

Vs. suits, we lead 4th from honor (can be 10), second highest from three or more small cards, but will lead high from 3+ small in partner’s raised suit.

Leads vs. all after trick one in unbroken suit are attitude

Smith vs NT: High cards in declarer’s first suit encourage the opening lead suit.