RespOver
Responding to your partner's overcall
7
   Left-hand opponent has opened the bidding with a one of a suit bid,
partner has overcalled, and your right-hand opponent has passed.
   Now you must decide whether to raise partner, introduce a new-suit
of your own, bid NT, or leave partner in his overcall.
   This is an area of bridge where there are many special agreements
between partners and Bridge Baron is no exception.

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1
Overcaller's rebid ?
1
Did partner make a conventional bid in response to your overcall?

1
Splinter Bid ?
1
Did partner just make a splinter?

1
Make rebid
5
With a minimum hand you should sign off in game.
With a good hand, but with wasted values in the suit that partner
just splitnered in, you should also sign off in game.
With a strong hand and without wasted values you should either bid 4NT
or make a cue-bid below the game-level.

1
Mixed Raise?
1
Did partner just make a mixed raise ?

2
Sign-off
or Game ?
2
With a good hand and knowledge of partner's extra trump do you
have enough for game?  Or should you just sign off at the three-level?

1
Cue Bid ?
1
Did partner just make a cue-bid of the opponent's suit?

1
Place contract
4
Do you have a minimum overcall or a maxmum?
Partner has shown about 10+ totalPoints and want's to know about the
prospects of making game.  With an opening hand, you should be optimistic,
but with less you should just sign off.

1
high level ?
2
If partner has forced you with a high-level bid then
use the forced.fs flowchart to figure out the correct response.

1
Switch Flowcharts
1
Go to the flowchart entitled "Bidding After Partner Has Made a Forcing Bid"
Forced
1
Min or Max ?
5
Do you have a minimum overcall or a maximum?
Partner has made a forcing bid and is likely interested in game
this is where you need to let him know your strength.
A minimum overcall is one with < 13 total points...in other words
not an opening hand.

1
Cheap bid
7
You have a minimum overcall and should be looking to get out
as cheaply as you can.  Your weakest actions are to rebid your
own suit, which you should do with 6+ cards, to raise partner's
suit which you should do with 3+ card support, or to rebid NT
as cheaply as possible.  If you do not have a cheap NT bid
available to you and you have a pretty good 5-card suit that you
overcalled on you should rebid that.

1
Make strong rebid
4
You have a good hand and want to establish a game-force as quickly as possible.
Or you can even just blast the game right away too.
Look for support for partner, a self-sufficient suit, a rebiddable suit,
stoppers in the opponents suit for NT, or a new suit that you can bid.

2
Partner overcall
at 1-level ?
1
Did partner overcall at the one-level?

1
1H or 1S ?
1
Did partner overcall in one-of-a-major or did he overcall 1D?

1
RHO bid NT ?
2
Did your RHO follow up your partner's overcall with a bid of
1NT or 2NT ?

1
1NT or 2NT ?
1
Was RHO's bid 1NT?  Or was it 2NT?

1
Have support ?
1
Do you have support for partner's suit ?

2
Find appropriate
raise
3
Even with support it can be dangerous to raise partner in this situation.
With a weak and balanced hand type, you are better off passing, especially vulnerable.
Otherwise, it is almost always right to simply give partner a gentle lift to the two-level.

1
Bid if good enough
5
It is usually right to pass here.  The opponents have shown half the deck
and cards in your partner's suit and you have yet to find a fit.
With decent values and a six-card suit you can bid it at the two-level.
Otherwise with 11+ HCP and an honor in partner's suit you can double.
Otherwise you should probably pass.

1
Conventional ?
1
Was the opponents 2NT bid artificial?

2
Pass, double,
or rarely compete
3
With a good hand and an honor in partner's suit it may be right to double.
Otherwise, with extreme distribution and support for partner you can compete.
But, it is almost always right to pass here.

1
Support ?
1
Do you have at least three-card support for partner's major?

1
Splinters ?
2
Are you playing Splinter bids?  And if so, do you have a hand
with four-card support, 14 or more total points and a side singleton or void?

1
Make Splinter
3
A double-jump shift is a splinter bid, showing a singleton or
void in the bid suit. Make the a double-jump shift into your
short suit.

1
Fit Jump ?
2
Are you playing Fit Jumps in this situation?
If you are, can you make one?

1
Make fit jump
1
Make a single-jump into your long suit.

2
Limit-Plus
Cue Bid ?
5
Are you playing a cue-bid of the opponents suit here to be
a limit-raise or better in partner's suit?
If yes, do you have a limit raise or better?
To have a limit-raise or better you need to have 11 or more
total points.

2
Bid Opponent's
Suit
2
Make a cue-bid in the opponent's suit to immediately show your
support for partner and the strength of your hand.

1
Mixed Raise ?
4
Are you playing a jump cue-bid in the opponent's suit as a
constructive/mixed raise showing 8-10 total points and four-card
support for partner's suit?
If so, do you have such a hand?

1
Make jump-cue
1
Make a jump cue-bid in the opponent's opening suit.

1
5-card support ?
1
Do you have 5-card or longer support for partner?

1
Preempt
1
Find the right level to preempt at.

1
Preemptive Raise ?
4
Do you have four- or five-card support for partner with a weak hand?
If you are and you are playing a cue-bid of the opponent's suit as
showing a limit-raise or better than you can preempt with either
3 or 4 of partner's major.

1
Bid 3
2
Raise partner's suit to the three level
depending on your length and distro.

1
Enough for Game ?
1
Is your hand strong enough to bid game?  To do so you need 14 total points.

1
Bid Game
1
Jump to game in partner's suit.

1
Limit Raise ?
2
Do you have an invitational hand?  You need 11 total points to invite to game
with a jump to three of partner's suit.

1
Jump to 3
2
Jump to three of partner's major.
If three of partner's major isn't a jump, bid four of partner's major.

1
Single Raise ?
3
Do you have enough strength to make a single-raise of partner's suit?
To do so, you need 6-10 total points.
If you don't, you should pass.

2
Can you bid
2 of partner's major ?
1
Did RHO make a bid preventing you from bidding two of partner's major?

2
Raise or
Pass
4
With extra strength or extra distribution, you should raise partner anyway.
Particularly when not vulnerable.  An honor in partner's suit is very
helpful as well.
Use judgment at higher skill levels.

1
Bid 2M
1
Bid two of partner's major.

1
Snapdragon ?
2
Are you playing Snapdragon?
If you are, do you have a Snapdragon bid?

1
Weak Jump Shift ?
3
Are you playing Weak Jump Shifts ?
If you are, do you have a hand with a good six-card suit and
4-8 high-card points?

1
Make jump shift
1
Jump shift into your long suit.

1
New Suit at 1-level?
6
Can you bid a new suit at the one-level?
Bridge Baron considers new suits to be forcing for at least one-round.
To make a new-suit bid at the one-level you need at least 11 total
points and a 5-card suit.
With a very good suit or with a singleton or void in partner's suit
you can lower the point requirements slightly.

1
Bid the suit
1
Make a bid in your own 5-card suit at the one-level.

1
New Suit at 2-level ?
4
Can you bid a new suit at the two-level?
Bridge Baron considers new suits to be forcing at least one-round.
To make a new suit bid at that two-level you need a good suit,
almost always 6+ cards with a couple of honors and 12 or more total points.

1
Bid the suit
1
Bid your suit at the two-level

1
2NT or 3NT ?
3
With an opening hand and solid stoppers in the opponent's suit you should
make a jump-bid in NT.  If you have 12-14 HCP you should bid 2NT or
with 15+ HCP you can bid 3NT.

1
2NT or 3NT ?
1
with 12-14 HCP bid 2NT, with 15+ bid 3NT.

1
1NT ?
3
Can you bid 1NT?
To do so you need 8-11 HCP, a stopper in the opponent's bid suit
and a relatively balanced hand.

2
Too strong
to Pass ?
3
With 13 or more total points or 11 or more high-card points you are too
strong to pass and will need to come up with a bid.  Having neither and
not having met any of the requirements for other bids you should pass.

1
Scramble a bid
12
You have too many points to pass, but your hand didn't match the
available bids very well, so now you must scramble to come up with
a bid.  Follow the rules below:
(1) If you have an unbid 5-card suit, bid it.
(2) If you have a stopper in the opponent's suit, bid NT at
the appropriate level.
(3) If not playing a cue-bid showing a limit-raise or better
make a cue-bid in the opponent's suit
(4) With a good four-card suit, fake a bid in it.
(5) with a half-stopper in the opponent's suit, bid NT.
(6) Give up and bid the opponent's suit with a really good hand
or else just pass.

2
Rosenkranz 
Redouble ?
2
Can you make a Rosenkranz Redouble to show honor doubleton in support of 
partner's suit as a lead director for partner ?

1
XX
1
Make a redouble.

1
Switch Flowcharts
1
Go to the flowchart entitled "Bidding When Partner Has Bid (I)"
Constr1
1
Snapdragon ?
2
Are you playing Snapdragon?
If you are, do you have a Snapdragon bid?

1
Weak Jump Shift ?
3
Are you playing Weak Jump Shifts ?
If you are, do you have a hand with a good six-card suit and
4-8 high-card points?

1
Fit Jump ?
2
Are you playing Fit Jumps in this situation?
If so, can you make one?

1
Make fit jump
1
Make a single-jump into your long suit.

1
biddable major ?
4
Do you have a 5-card or longer major that you can bid?
Bridge Baron considers new suits to be forcing, so you
must have 11 or more total points to introduce a new suit of
your own.

1
New major at 2-level ?
3
Can you bid a 5+ card major at the two-level?
Bridge Baron considers new suits to be forcing at least one-round.
To make a new suit bid at that two-level you need a good suit and 12 or more total points.

1
NT with a fit ?
5
Since partner has overcalled 1D, a minor, it can often be right to
bid NT rather than raising partner's minor.  Especially with only
three-card support and with solid stoppers in the opponent(s)'s suits.
Do you have a hand that should bid NT, despite holding support for
partner?

2
Pick level
of NT bid
2
Bid notrump at the appropriate level. 1NT should show 7-11.
2NT should show 12-14.  And 3NT should show about 15+.

1
Support ?
1
Do you have support for partner's diamond suit?

1
Snapdragon ?
2
Are you playing Snapdragon?
If you are, do you have a Snapdragon bid?

1
Pass
0

1
Double
0

1
1NT
0

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