Regarding the cc and bidding agreements.
Carl Jeschke and I will be playing for the 7NT team. Carl and I live near Baltimore MD, we met about five years ago and, before the pandemic, we played at the Baltimore Bridge Club roughly once a week. Sometimes we did well, sometimes not.
Otherwise put: We have some agreements, but we are not ready for the Bermuda Bowl (or for any much lesser contests). The conventions we play are probably all 40+years old We have a cc and will of course load it. I don't know if we can post it in advance. Here is a rough idea:
1
- 2
shows a club suit and decent values but it is not game forcing.
1
-1NT is about 6-10 hcps and is passable.
An opening of 2
or 2
iS is a weak 2. 2NT by responder is Ogust, a new suit response to 2M is passable.
Opening 2
is artificial and almost game forcing. Responses are "controls, with A=2,K=1. 2
-2D shows at most a K in some one suit, 2
- 2
shows 2 kings or one ace, etc. After 2
- 2
we are in a total GF, after 2
- 2
we are not.
A 2
opening is Flannery, exactly five hearts and four spades. The point count is 11-15 but a stiff J in the minors might not be counted as a hcp.
We play strong jump shifts.
That should give you a general idea. I will try to give more details (well, a few more) later.
If we can somehow post a cc in advance I will do it.
Mostly we play what probably would have been called standard American thirty years ago. Fourth best leads if the suit has a J or better, but second highest from a bunch of spot cards.
1430, Gerber, Puppet Stayman.
Opening 1NT is 15-17 and can have a 5 card major.
1
- 1
does not deny a four-card major although responder might well skip over a diamond suit with a modest hand and a decent major.
That's it for now. We can all go out for a pint after the game.
