(bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
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Examples of overcall
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In the auction East's two-spade overcall showed at least 5-5 in hearts and clubs.
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North's hand was too good for either a one-no-trump or any spade overcall.
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With at least 5-5 in spades and diamonds, they overcall one no-trump or two no-trump.
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East's jump overcall was intermediate, showing a sound opening bid and a six-card suit.
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North's hand is certainly worth a jump to four spades after South's one-spade overcall.
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If you overcall three spades, he may pass, thinking that your hand is not quite so strong.
From the washingtonpost.com
Now West entered the auction with a two-diamond overcall, leaving North unsure what to do.
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With hands that fall in between, you do better to simply overcall.
From the stltoday.com
An overcall of four clubs might work, but most experts would try 3NT, ignoring the flaw in hearts.
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- Overbid: (bridge) a bid that is higher than your opponent's bid (especially when your partner has not bid at all and your bid exceeds the value of your hand)
- In contract bridge, an overcall is a bid made after an opening bid was made by an opponent; the term refers only to the first such bid. ...
- To call a bet after one or more others players have already called.
- When you call a bet when one or more opponent has already called.
- On the river (or 7th street in Stud), someone bets and another person calls, you have to have a very strong hand to make an overcall, or to be the second person to call the first person's bet. ...
- A bid made after an opponent has opened the bidding. A suit overcall always promises at least 5 cards in the suit bid. A notrump overcall shows a balanced hand with 16-18 pts..
- Calling a bet after another player has called.
- The first bid made by one of opener's opponents
- A bid made by the opposition over a bid by your side.
