A 6 Card Suit With Some Honors. These are, as the name says, jump overcalls with weak hands and a decent six card suit. A hand which qualifies for a Weak Two opener is the same hand that should make a Weak Jump Overcall -- it just happened that the opponent bid before you did.A valuable part of our system is the use of Weak Jump Overcalls. (WJO)
Example Weak Jump Overcall Bids
© 3 § * ?N E S
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East says "Now what, folks?" to South.
North East South
ª KQx |
ª Jxx |
ª Axx |
© QJxxx |
© xx |
© xx |
¨ Ax |
¨ xx |
¨ KQJxx |
§ xxx |
§ KQJxxx |
§ Axx |
What should South do at this point ? Bid 3¨ ? Bid 3NT? Punt ?
(Double is Negative at this point, showing 4+ Spades.)
N E S W
- P 1§ 2 ©
West has 6 Hearts without 10 HCP. North must now deal with West's bid, but at least North knows South has an opener so he can bid something, but what ?
South West North
ª Axx |
ª xx |
ª xxx |
|
© xx |
© KQJxxx |
© Ax |
|
¨ AKxx |
¨ Qx |
¨ JTxx |
|
§ Kxxx |
§ xxx |
§ AQxx |
N E S W
- P 1§ 2
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?Preempts Are Goodness. These are especially good calls to alert partner not to expect much from you except in your suit, and are also good suggestions for later sacrifices against opponents' game contracts.West has the same hand again. North gets into the act with a Negative Double, but East raises. What's South supposed to do when East advances the preempt by West ?
You must preempt every time the cards are there - - else your partner can't know what to do.