{"id":165,"date":"2023-12-19T21:33:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2023-12-19T21:33:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T21:33:08","slug":"overcalls-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/?page_id=165","title":{"rendered":"Overcalls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li>Level one green &#8211; 8+ HCP and 5+ cards suit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Level one red &#8211; 8+ HCP and 5+ cards suit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Level two green &#8211; 8+ HCP and 5+ cards suit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Level two red &#8211; 11+ HCP and 5+ cards suit (good)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After 1NT &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/?page_id=138\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/?page_id=138\">defence to NT<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4 cards overcalls<\/strong> &#8211; only with opening hand (best 13+ HCP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weak Jump Overcalls<\/strong> &#8211; 6 cards at level One and 7 cards at level three. Responses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Response<\/th><th>Meaning<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>A simple raise<\/td><td>Shows 3 or 4-card support and approximately 6-13 points (insufficient values for a game contract). It is preemptive and completely non-forcing.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A jump raise<\/td><td>Usually shows a weak, preemptive hand (with at least 4-card support). It is also common to make a&nbsp;4<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgebum.com\/h.gif\">\/<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridgebum.com\/s.gif\">&nbsp;jump raise with 5-card support regardless of strength. However, a major suit jump raise may also be made by a strong hand that believes the game contract will succeed.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A new suit<\/td><td>Natural and non-forcing, typically showing a 6-card suit and denying support for partner&#8217;s suit.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2NT<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/?page_id=70\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/?page_id=70\">Ogust<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A cuebid of an opposing suit<\/td><td>Usually played as a forcing raise with interest in game. With a minimum hand, overcaller can rebid his suit at the cheapest level. With a strong hand, overcaller can bid game or a side suit ace or king.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 cards overcalls &#8211; only with opening hand (best 13+ HCP) Weak Jump Overcalls &#8211; 6 cards at level One and 7 cards at level three. Responses: Response Meaning A simple raise Shows 3 or 4-card support and approximately 6-13 points (insufficient values for a game contract). It is preemptive and completely non-forcing. A jump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/165\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bridge.sharkservices.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}