Bridge by Steve Becker

Bridge by Steve Becker

1. Four spades. Partner’s one spade bid is an overcall, not an opening bid, and more often than not he will have less than opening-bid values. Generally speaking, an overcall is based more on playing tricks than high-card values. But even though partner might have as little as 8 or 9 high-card points (and as many as 16) for his one-spade bid, the fact remains that he is unlikely to lose four tricks opposite this hand. A jump-raise to game is the…