- 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...
-
would suggest. Some
intermediate jump
overcalls (unfavorable vulnerability) and a no-fear two-suited
overcall style.
Meckwell Lite is a
simplified version...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
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...
- In the card game
contract bridge, DONT is a
conventional overcall used to
interfere with an opponent's one
notrump (1NT)
opening bid. DONT, an acronym...
- In the game of bridge,
Ghestem is a
conventional overcall structure,
using 2NT, 3♣, and the (non-jump)
cuebid over an
opposing opening at the one level...
- opponent's
intervention over a 1NT
opening bid.
After opponent's two-level
overcall, all bids
starting from 2NT are
transfer bids to the next strain. The concept...
