Deal 2

DEAL 2

These Practice pages can be utilized in several ways.

The recommended method is for two partners to be in vocal contact, each looking at the page in a different computer - perhaps one with a laptop. Using this method one partner would start by clicking on NORTH, the other on SOUTH.

Somewhat less satisfactorily, the partners can use a single computer, and alternate looking at the display, again one as NORTH, the other as SOUTH.

As a last resort, one person can click back and forth between screens.

Start by clicking one of the buttons; when the bidding is complete click the BIDDING button to check the "recommended" bidding.

WEST	NORTH	EAST	SOUTH
		1♥	1♠
pass	2♠	pass	4♠
pass	pass	pass

SOUTH has an opening hand, 15 points and five ♠s. But EAST beat him to the punch, so he overcalls 1♠.

NORTH has 11 points, and if SOUTH had opened she would make a Limit Raise to 3♠.

But when replying to an Overcall, the strength needs to be a little higher. In Deal 1 it was OK to pass a 1♠ Overcall with 6 points, here it is correct to just raise to 2♠ with 11 points.

SOUTH actually has a strong Overcall so he bids 4♠.

NORTH
♠ Q 9 6 2
♥ 10 5 2
♦ K Q 4
♣ K J 6

SOUTH
♠ A K J 7 4
♥ 8 7
♦ A 7 6
♣ Q 5 4