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overcall
▪ I. overcall, v. Bridge. (əʊvəˈkɔːl) [over- 22, 26.] a. trans. and intr. To make a bid higher than (a previous bid or another player).1908 R. F. Foster Auction Bridge 54 Neither should he bid a number of tricks which is more than necessary to overcall the previous declaration. 1916 F. Irwin Compl. ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Overcall
A direct overcall is such a bid made by the player seated immediately to the left of the opener, i.e. next in the bidding rotation; an overcall in the Example The hand is suitable for a 1NT overcall over any opening bid, as well as a 2NT overcall over an opponent's weak two bid. wikipedia.org
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CRASH convention
Over a 1NT opening, the following CRASH overcall structure applies: Following the two-suited overcalls, advancer will bid taking into account that out In the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) General Convention Chart, the double and the 2 overcall are allowed, but the 2 overcall must promise at least wikipedia.org
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Baron convention
bridge was developed in England in the 1940s as a variant of Acol and incorporates several conventions including the Baron Three Clubs, the Baron Notrump Overcall Baron Notrump Overcall A 1NT overcall is used over an opponent's opening suit bid to show a weak hand with support for the unbid suits and shortness in wikipedia.org
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Brown sticker
An overcall of a natural opening at the one level does not promise four cards in a known suit. Notable exceptions are the Multi 2 diamonds (due to its popularity), a natural 1NT overcall, and cue bids on strong hands to force partner. wikipedia.org
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Leaping Michaels
In the game of bridge, Leaping Michaels is a conventional overcall in 4 or 4 made in defense to opposing 2-level or 3-level preemptive openings. Described as an overcall by some of a weak two-bid of a major, others expand its application to all weak preempts at the 2 or 3-level in both the majors wikipedia.org
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Raptor convention
The Raptor 1NT overcall over an opposing 1-level suit opening is a contract bridge convention that indicates a two-suited hand with exactly four cards When playing Raptor, an overcall of 1NT shows a 4 card major and a longer (5+) card minor. One of these suits will be known. wikipedia.org
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Suction convention
Using the suction convention, a suit overcall of a 1NT opening is conventional and denies the suit actually bid. The overcall bids are summarized as follows: If responder passes, advancer is required to bid the next higher ranking suit. wikipedia.org
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Unusual notrump
In one such application - when the opponents reach the two-level having bid only a major – he recommended an overcall of 2NT, as an artificial protective Current usage When an opponent opens the bidding with 1 or 1, the immediate overcall of 2NT shows at least 5-5 in the minor suits (that is, at least five wikipedia.org
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Landy convention
Landy is a 2 overcall of the opponents' 1NT opening to show at least four cards in each of the major suits; all other bids are natural. In this modification, the 2 overcall is the same as in Landy, the 2 overcall shows a 6-card major suit, and 2 or 2 overcall shows five cards in that major wikipedia.org
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Ghestem
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 The primary disadvantage is the loss of the natural 3 jump overcall; furthermore, the artificial 3 bid may be prone to partnership misunderstandings. wikipedia.org
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Negative double
Most partnerships using the negative double agree that it applies only through a particular level of overcall. There are two ways that the overcall can be doubled for penalties. wikipedia.org
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Michaels cuebid
This defense assigns conventional meanings to a double and to cuebids of the suits shown by the two-suited overcall. or pre-emptive jump overcall. wikipedia.org
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Lebensohl
Lebensohl is a contract bridge convention whose variants can be used in the following situations: by responder after an opponent's overcall of a one notrump Double of the overcall Responder's double is not part of lebensohl. wikipedia.org
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Negative free bid
Negative free bid is a contract bridge treatment whereby a free bid by responder over an opponent's overcall shows a long suit in a weak hand and is not frequent situations where the responder holds a long suit with which he would like to compete for a partscore, but is deprived from bidding it by opponent's overcall wikipedia.org
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