Competitive Bidding (1)

Overcalls 

• Simple overcalls. The Suit Quality Test
• Responding to overcalls. Bidding a new suit and supporting partner.
• The Unassuming Cue-Bid and Fit Jumps
• Jump Overcalls. The Intermediate Jump Overcall and responses
• The 1NT overcall and responses. The 1NT overcall in 4^th position.

The Takeout Double 

• The takeout double - introduction
• Responding to takeout doubles
• The takeout double on very strong hands
• Penalty or takeout?
• Takeout doubles in a competitive auction - the Negative Double
• Doubling the opponents no trump bid

Negative Doubles (more advanced) 

• Non-penalty doubles of overcalls
• Bidding a new suit in a negative double situation
• Undisturbed and disturbed suit bids
• The jump shift in a negative double situation
• Extracting a penalty when using non-penalty doubles
• Responding to a negative double

Re-opening and Balancing 

• Re-opening - the use of double
• Balancing          -           the takeout double in 4^th position
• Balancing          -           simple overcalls
• Balancing          -           jump overcalls
• Balancing          -           no trump bids
• Responding to partner’s balancing bid
• Continuing the auction

Competitive bidding and sacrificing

• Attack or defend?
• The Law of Total tricks
• When in doubt, bid one more
• The five-level belongs to the enemy
• Bidding tactics at Duplicate Pairs