- bridge, an
overcall is a bid made
after an
opening bid has been made by an opponent; the term
refers only to the
first such bid. A
direct overcall is such...
- 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...
- be used in the
following situations: by
responder after an opponent's
overcall of a one
notrump (1NT)
opening bid in
order to
compete further in the auction...
-
compete against an opponent's one
notrump (1NT) opening.
Landy is a 2♣
overcall of the opponents' 1NT
opening to show at
least four
cards in each of the...
- 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...
- bridge.
First devised by
Michael Michaels of
Miami Beach, FL, it is an
overcaller's cuebid in opponent's
opening suit and is
normally used to show a two-suited...
- double. A
common agreement is that 3H or 4H over a
minor overcall are p****/correct.
Overcalls in a
major suit is more
awkward to handle, but a
common agreement...
-
after their right-hand
opponent overcalls on the
first round of bidding, and is used to show
shortness in
overcall's suit,
support for the
unbid suits...
- high card
points (HCP), a
Double is for penalties. With 9-14 HCP,
other overcalls are
artificial bids
promising either a one-suited or two-suited holding...
- example: 1♦ – (1♠) – Dbl – (5♠).
Advancer Overcaller's partner,
especially one who bids
following the
overcall.
Adverse vulnerability Vulnerable against...
