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DEFENSE VS PREEMPTIVE OPENINGS
Against Opening Three Bids
-- Doubles are primarily for takeout, but may be left in if the
doubler's partner has no clear-cut bid.
-- A cue bid overcall implies a two-suited hand. If the cue bid is
of a major suit, it implies the other major plus a minor. If the
cue bid is of a minor, it implies both majors or spades and a
minor. With hearts and a minor it is usually better to just bid the
hearts, because a spade response would require you to bid at the
five level.
-- Doubles of major suit responses to a preemptive three bid are
for business, exposing a probable psych. The same principle applies
for a "cue bid" of the major response:
South West North East
3D Pass 3S Dbl shows a 3S overcall
4S shows a 4S overcall
If you can bid 4S, do so, because the double of 3S implies an
inability to bid 4S. With a strong two-suiter in the unbid suits,
East must cue bid 4D.
The same principle applies when third seat bids a new major over
partner's double:
South West North East
3H Dbl 3S ?
The 3S bid is psychic more often than not. If East was going to bid
3S willingly, he doubles. Except for doubling, both partners should
bid as if the 3S bid had not occurred. This means that a double of
3S is a limited call: "That's what I wanted to bid." If East was
going to bid 4S, he now bids 4S, natural, not a cue bid, and not
forcing. If he wants to make a forcing cue bid, he must bid 4H.
The complete text of DEFENSE VS PREEMPTIVE OPENINGS comprises two
single-space pages. Besides adding more detail to the above text,
it includes the following sections:
Against Opening Bids at the Four or Five Level
-- Is 4NT Blackwood or a takeout bid?
-- Is a double for takeout?
Responding to Partner's Game Overcalls