-
intervening p****es, is
referred to as a
balancing or
protective overcall. The
overcaller has one or more of the
following objectives: To
secure the contract...
- advancer's cue bid
requests that
overcaller bid his major, and may be weak. If the
minor suit is unknown, 2♣ asks
overcaller to p**** (with clubs) or correct...
-
checks the "seriousness" of the
overcall by
bidding 2♣, and the
overcaller responds 2NT with real
notrump overcall, and
corrects to a suit (or p****es...
- used (except by
special agreement) by
partner of an
overcaller. The ****umption is that the
overcaller must
surely have at
least five
cards in the suit he...
-
length in the
majors and ask
overcaller to bid
their better suit.
After 2♦,
advancer would respond 2♥ to ask
overcaller to p**** or correct.
Advancer would...
-
invitation that asks
overcaller to bid the
other long suit at the 3-level (or 4-level, if the
second suit is a
major and
overcaller is
strong enough to...
- (HCP). Therefore, in
balancing position,
either a
takeout double or 1NT
overcall can be made on less
values than in
direct position. Mike
Lawrence gave...
- then
getting the
overcall would gain no more
money than
raising and
having the
initial bettor call. The
opponents are
likely to
overcall the
initial bet...
- In the card game of bridge, the
unusual notrump is a
conventional overcall showing a two-suited hand. It was
originally devised by Al Roth in 1948 with...
- or more points.
After the
opponents have
opened at the one-level, the
overcaller bids the same suit at the two-level; the two
normal cases are: Over an...
