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Overcall or Not?

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Posted 2006-January-12, 18:24

Scoring: XIMP

(1♥) - ?


Do you overcall 2♦ or go quietly into the night?
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  Posted 2006-January-12, 18:26

Small tripleton ♥ persuades me to pass.
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Posted 2006-January-12, 19:15

2♦, don't want to enter the bidding later....
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Posted 2006-January-12, 19:32

agree, 2♦ for me... can lead them, can afford to have them led (for example, if lho ends up in spades)
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Posted 2006-January-12, 19:44

2♦. Lots of ways to win, only one way to lose.

I'm not dbld yet. :)
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Posted 2006-January-12, 19:50

Yeap, but I don't like it...

The overcall will often make it easier for the opps to show a 4 card spade suit, but so be it.
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Posted 2006-January-12, 19:50

Quiet into the night but willing to listen and learn.
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Posted 2006-January-12, 19:55

I have definitely overcalled worse hands 2!d, so I see no reason why not, now.
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Posted 2006-January-12, 19:59

2D. The nice honors outweight the three small hearts.
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Posted 2006-January-12, 21:08

I'm generally a conservative 2 level overcaller but I would overcall this.
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Posted 2006-January-12, 22:32

pclayton, on Jan 13 2006, 11:44 AM, said:

2♦. Lots of ways to win, only one way to lose.

I'm not dbld yet. :)

Agree.
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Posted 2006-January-12, 22:50

Not.
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Posted 2006-January-13, 00:20

Prefer keep quiet.
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Posted 2006-January-13, 02:41

2♦ too.
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Posted 2006-January-13, 03:00

2D, wtp?
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Posted 2006-January-13, 03:38

2♦ ;
I tend to overcall too light. I'm happy to be vulnerable because otherwise my partner would not expect this much from me for an overcall that takes away a whole level.
It would be more difficult decision without ♣K. Maybe I can find the hidden Pass card then ;)
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Posted 2006-January-13, 11:34

2♦, because:

- i'm strong enough and my partner needs to know that
- 3 small ♥ say that if opps have a fit partner is short there
- this board will only see a partscore
- partner will know what to lead
- partner will not try his ♠
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Posted 2006-January-13, 12:07

I hate this hand, but I cannot bring myself to pass. 2♦ for me.

Good opps will readily play for penalities of a 2-level minor overcall, since when it makes, it is rarely a disaster. So this is truly an ugly bid, but this could be our hand and/or I could use the lead and/or I could win by taking away bidding space.
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Posted 2006-January-13, 12:31

2♦. Small tripleton sux, but the overcall is very obstructive and can therefore cause some trouble to LHO.
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Posted 2006-January-13, 13:10

The upside overpowers the downside, so I'm in with 2D.....
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