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The Jump Cue Bid Overcall |
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You hold this hand and RHO opens 1♠, what do you bid? |
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Even if you play strong jump overcalls this hand is too good. |
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To double with the intention of then bidding ♣'s is possible but |
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you may well get in a mess, for example if responder raises ♠'s |
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and partner assumes that you have ♥'s. |
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Suppose you double and the next player bids a modest 2♠, partner bids 3♥ and opener bids 3♠ - what now? Does partner have a ♠ stop? |
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The answer is that you can describe this hand perfectly at your first bid – the jump cuebid overcall. A 2♠ bid would be a Michaels Cue bid (or Questem or Ghestem or whatever) and a jump cue bid shows a strong hand with a long totally solid minor with a stopper in both of the unbid suits – it asks partner to bid 3NT with a stopper in the suit opened. With no stopper advancer would normally bid 4♣ or 5♣ (pass or correct) to play in your suit. |
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