The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-06
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1 ouired is less than where bid of two must be employed to overcali. as q bid of two hearts over one spade or two clubs over one dia- mond, etc.
 MINIMUM OVERCALL FOR ONE To make a defensive suit bid of one there must be a biddable i've card suit and q minimum Of one and one-half high-card tricks. IT "a four-card suit, two high-card tricks should be held. An overcall of no-trump over suit bid by op- ponent Is a strength bid and will be discussed under attack ing overcalls.
 MINIMUM OVERCALL OF TWO To make q defensive suit bid of two, not vulnerable, there must be a fair fiye-card biddable suit and minimum of two (2) high-card Tricks with four to five (5) prob able tricks in the hand. If vul- nerable, the suit bid should be a strong suit, such as A-Q-J-S-6.
 MINIMUM OVERCALL OF
 THREE
 An oyercall of three begins to get into the danger zone. With the Official System opening bid of two the defending hand Is placed in a most embarrassing position, particularly when the two bid hap pens to be a major. The cheap. de- fensive, strategical bid vanishes and the opponents must be very careful.
 When not vulnerable, about six co probable tricks are the safety minimum-when vulnerable, seven CD.
 An overcall of a suit over mo- trump requires keen Judgment and 1t Is not a case for hard and fast rules. An original no-trump bid probably announces potentially strong hand. Therefore judgment and care must be used in over calling it. You should not be dis couraged into pass If you nave a sound suit bid with favorable dis tribution possibilities. With hands stronger than this usually double or n jump overcall will be the ob- Vious bid.
 VERSARIES' SCORE
 The state of the adversaries' score Is an important point, par ticularly when they arc Vulner- dDle ana d lUU IuDp'I tIii 'oeNh'' Under such circumstances you may shade your hand. You are not Vul- nerable and you can afford a sub stantial loss to keep the adVers- aries from a 700 rubber.
 THE ELEMENT OF THE PER-
 SONAL EQUATION
 You will have to weigh most care fully the possible reaction of both your adversaries and your partner to simple defensive dnterfer- ence) oVercall.
 Is your partner an optimistic, free bidder? Particularly when you are vulnerable you must give much thought to his character istics. Will he, with little encour- agement, run amuck and invite a heavy penalty double?
 Are your adversaries conserva- tive bidders and will they let you get away with what might be ob- vious overlooking, or are they az gresslVe and prone to make pen alty double? These are important considerations that must not be overlooked. They cannot be an- swcrcd in any book. for no method has been devised to appraise the characteristics of the other mem bers of bridge foursome. The study of mankind is man.
 A defensive bid Is an eloquent example of the futillty of the must and never complex.
 CONTEST
 No. : The bridge term to be de- fined both seriously and humor- ously, to-day is TWO-SUITER.
 For an example of how these definitions should be made see last Mondays Waterbury Democrat. which also gives the first term in the series.
 CONTEST
 No. 2. The bridge term 10 be de- fined, both seriously and humorous ly. to-day Is SMALL SLAM.
 For an example of how these