Learn to Play Bridge: Lesson 5 : Overcalls

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  • Опубліковано 23 гру 2024

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  • @marysharp9635
    @marysharp9635 Місяць тому +1

    Thank you Maggie for explaining these over call hands shown in their detail. I appreciate the ‘cue bid’ also being shown. Grateful thanks.

    • @oasisbridgetuition
      @oasisbridgetuition  Місяць тому

      Thank you for this Mary, it's good to know it's been useful.

  • @pleiadesneptunes
    @pleiadesneptunes Місяць тому

    really great and clear explanations, thank you!

  • @truist7
    @truist7 11 місяців тому

    This was a great treatment of overcalls, which have been hard for me to understand. Thank you!
    I wonder about takeout doubles, though - isn’t that also a form of overcall?

    • @oasisbridgetuition
      @oasisbridgetuition  11 місяців тому +1

      Yes, you’re quite right, takeout doubles are overcalls - I haven’t included takeouts here as it’s a little early to introduce them at this stage.

    • @truist7
      @truist7 11 місяців тому +1

      That’s been one of the hardest parts of trying to learn bridge online or from books - every source jumps straight into all the complexity, so you have a million edge cases to learn right from the start. I really appreciate how you have been covering “just the basics”.

    • @oasisbridgetuition
      @oasisbridgetuition  10 місяців тому

      Good to hear - thank you.

  • @archie6945
    @archie6945 11 місяців тому

    With a 1NT overcall, is the 'stop' in the opponents suit any honour or AK/Q?

    • @oasisbridgetuition
      @oasisbridgetuition  11 місяців тому +1

      Good question! A stop is a card that can win a trick in the suit, so A, Kx, Qxx, or more risky, Jxxx can potentially be a stop. For 1NT overcalls you need a stop in the opponents suit so you don’t completely lose control of the suit.

  • @truist7
    @truist7 11 місяців тому

    I sometimes wonder how openers are meant to handle overcalls - do they adjust their bids, or just not bid if the bidding has gone too high?

    • @oasisbridgetuition
      @oasisbridgetuition  11 місяців тому +1

      If opponents bid 1H over partner’s 1D for example, you can still bid 1S, but it’s difficult if you are forced to bid higher than planned, so consider the strength of your hands vs opponents. Options are to bid as normal, pass if that isn’t possible (remember that partner has chance to bid again), or a ‘negative double’ can be a useful bid.