Overcalling With a Strong Hand by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will have a strong hand, but an opponent will have opened the bidding.

What are you going to do?

Good luck!

Question 1

Your Hand
♠ K 4
♥ A K J 6 5
♦ A 4 2
♣ K J 4

Q: 1 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♦
?

A: Double - With 18 or more points, you cannot make a natural overcall. You need to start with a double, which shows at least 12 points, and bid again when your partner responds.

Your result so far:

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Question 2

Your Hand
♠ K 4
♥ A K J 6 5
♦ A 4 2
♣ K J 4

Q: 2 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♦
Double	Pass	1♠	Pass
?

A: 2♥ - Doubling and then bidding your suit shows a strong hand (at least 18 points) and at least five cards in the suit, but is still non-forcing.

Remember, North could have a wonderful zero-count!

Your result so far:

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Question 3

Your Hand
♠ A K Q J 5
♥ A Q 4
♦ 5 2
♣ A K 4

Q: 3 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♣
Double	Pass	1♥	Pass
?

A: 2♣ - This time, you are strong enough to bid game on your own, but you don't know which game; it could be in Spades, Hearts or No-trump.

You need to cue-bid East's Clubs to find out more about your partner's hand.

Your result so far:

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Question 4

Your Hand
♠ J 5
♥ A Q 6 2
♦ A K Q
♣ K J 7 3

Q: 4 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♥
Double	Pass	1♠	Pass
?

A: 1 NT - A direct 1 NT overcall would show 16 to 18 points. Therefore, starting with a double then bidding 1 NT shows more, about 19-20 points. That's perfect for this hand.

Your result so far:

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Question 5

Your Hand
♠ A K Q 5
♥ J 2
♦ K Q J 7
♣ A Q 4

Q: 5 - What do you bid as South?

South	West	North	East
-	-	-	1♣
Double	Pass	1♥	Pass
?

A: 2 NT - Double then 1 NT would show 19-20. With 22, double then jump to 2 NT.

Your result so far:

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