2-Suited Overcalls

For the next two weeks, Caroline's Conventions, at 2pm on Thursdays will be explaining how to bid your hand when the opponents open the bidding and you, as an overcaller have two 5 card suits in your hand.

Here is an example from one of today's busy supervised sessions

Over South's preempt, West cue bid 4 diamonds a conventional bid showing both major suits (its called a Michael's Cue Bid). East bid game in her best Major Suit.

South led the Jack of Clubs. Declarer wary of this being a singleton won with the ace in the dummy, and drew the trumps by finessing the king of spades twice, leading the queen and then the jack from the dummy, eventually capturing North's King. A losing heart finesse meant the loss of 1 diamond, 1 club and 1 heart. Game made.