overcall's Usage Examples:

Our N/S pair settled for 6, after a diamond weak jump overcall from East.

At the other table, South opened 1, and North splintered over the diamond overcall.

I did very much like in the last section the treatment on how to respond to partner's two-suited overcall.

Hence bidding no-trumps in this auction shows a very strong hand, too good to overcall 1NT on the first round.

Some players also use the responsive double when partner has made a simple overcall in a suit.

Note 3: The strength of the Michaels Cuebid follows the same guidelines as used for Unusual NT overcall.

An example would be a player with 11 points whose partner opens in third seat and hears a 1NT overcall on his right.

overcall A bid that follows a bid made by the opponents.

Synonyms:

bidding, overbid, bid,

Antonyms:

underbid, outbid,