- more
exotic overcalls. An
example are the canapé
overcalls used by the
Italian top pair
Norberto Bocchi and
Giorgio Duboin. In canapé
overcalls the suit...
- the 3
level is similar, but
forcing to game. Suit
overcalls promise at
least 5 cards. Jump
overcalls promise at
least 6 cards, but may be pla**** as weak...
- have been made from
opponents who
would have
overcalled a raise. A
common example of
fishing for
overcalls occurs in High-low
split games like
Omaha hold...
- 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...
- SQT number. This
method was
originally proposed as a way of
enabling overcalls to be made with
relatively few HCP but with
little risk. It can also be...
- 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...
- When
playing Ghestem,
after an
opposing one-level opening, the
three overcalls mentioned denote the
three possible two-suited
hands in the
suits excluding...
-
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...
- auctions. He
advocated use of weak jump
overcalls and
responses at a time when the
standard practice was for jump
overcalls and
responses to show
strong hands...
-
Astrolite Becker Bergen over 1NT (see DONT) Blue Club
transfers (see
Transfer overcalls)
Brozel Cansino,
Modified Cansino Canape transfers Cappelletti, Modified...
