- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
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...
- 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...
-
identical to a
preemptive opening bid. The suit
requirements for
preemptive overcalls are
generally similar to a
preemptive opening. However, they are normally...
- 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...
- will
sometimes be more
profitable than
winning his chips, so
inducing overcalls from
other players trumps isolation play.
Isolating is
encouraged when...
- used
successfully to
evaluate unbalanced and
balanced opening hands, and
overcalls,
since 1938 (combined with ‘quick trick’
evaluation and
defined biddable...
