{"id":4089,"date":"2016-07-12T19:58:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-13T03:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=4089"},"modified":"2020-06-05T08:15:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T16:15:40","slug":"social-19-part-5-takeout-doubles-and-overcall-competitive-bridge-bidding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?p=4089","title":{"rendered":"Social Lesson 19, Part 5, Takeout Doubles and Overcall Competitive Bridge Bidding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Bridge Friends!<\/p>\n<p>In this whopping 2.5 hour show, we will look at new approaches to mastering the fundamentals of Bridge Overcalls and Takeout Double Bridge bidding including bids with a very good hand (18+ High Card Points) regardless of suit distribution. &nbsp;After all, Bridge is a competitive game so when our Left Hand Opponent makes an opening bid with 12+ points, now may be our only chance to shoot in a call to either fight for a part score contract or perhaps find a game bid with your beloved partner!<\/p>\n<p>So how many points do you need to make an overcall, anyway?<br \/>\nDoes it matter if your opponent opened at the 1 level, or perhaps preemptively at the 2 or 3 level?<br \/>\nDoes it matter if your honors are concentrated or distributed among the suits?<\/p>\n<p>And what about Takeout Doubles &#8211; how many points do you need now?<br \/>\nOver to partner after our Takeout call, when do they make the cheapest bid, jump bid or go for game?<br \/>\nAnd finally, how many points do you need to first Double and then bid a new suit? &nbsp;But why do that?<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion of this lesson you will be ready to win more successful auctions, or perhaps push your opponents to bid into uncomfortable level and perhaps miss their contract &#8211; touche!<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_357822\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_356951\" href=\"http:\/\/bridgehands-videos.s3.amazonaws.com\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_1\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_1.html\">General Audience \u2013 Basics of Overcalls &amp; competive bidding 19:30 minutes of video<\/a><\/b><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358038\"><br \/>\n<a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_356954\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/freecontent\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_2\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_2.html\">Free, Premium, ULTRA, Part 2 Stepping it up with overcalls \u2013 30:03 minutes of video<\/a><\/b><br id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410018570272_8558\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358411\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_357383\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/premiumcontent\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_3\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_3.html\">Premium &amp; ULTRA Members click here to view Part 3 &#8211; Perfecting Overcalls &#8211; 26:26<\/a><br \/>\n<b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358411\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_357383\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/premiumcontent\/Social_19_Day_6_Part_3\/Social_19_Day_6_Part_3.html\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358411\"><\/b><\/a><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358411\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_357383\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/premiumcontent\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_3b\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_3b.html\">Premium and Ultra Part 3b &#8211; Wrapping up Overcall bidding \u2013 27:05 minutes of video<br \/>\n<b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358411\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358411\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358411\"><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/a><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358411\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358411\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358411\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_357383\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/premiumcontent\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_4\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_4.html\">Premium and Ultra Part 4 &#8211; Our friend the Takeout Double \u2013 48:23 minutes of video<\/a><\/b><\/b><\/b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em id=\"__mceDel\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_358412\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_356957\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/premiumcontent\/Social_19_Day_6_Part_4\/Social_19_Day_6_Part_4.html\"><img title=\"More...\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\"><\/a><\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_356672\">Here at&nbsp;<strong><i id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_356969\">BridgeHands<\/i><\/strong>&nbsp;all of our Bridge hands are full of commentary (regardless of who is the declarer and defender) and analysis on hand evaluation, bidding and animated card play. &nbsp; As always, our hand discussion offers a refreshingly rare glimpse of Bridge inside the minds of all four players at the table as play progresses, bid by bid, card by card. &nbsp;Visitors are welcome to view the Part 1 series of our video lesson with nuances that will lead to quick and sound bidding without guesswork.&nbsp;&nbsp;Those with the <em>Free <strong>BridgeHands<\/strong><\/em> &nbsp;membership may also watch Part 2 where we play more hands with provocative play tips and strategies, as well as way to improve skills by critiquing student players. As a Premium and ULTRA member, you are welcome to enjoy the entire five-part lesson segments with lots of hands, plus an opportunity to view future shows during your membership subscription period. &nbsp; And as always, be sure to check out the hundreds of hours of videos in our archive that is growing by leaps and bounds, by clicking \u201c<a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1410018570272_10274\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/bridgeblog\/?page_id=540\">Index to Videos\u201d on the navigation above or simply click this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_356967\">Bridge Teachers \u2013 you may download your personal copy of our copyrighted video lesson here:<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_356968\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359372\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359371\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/teachercontent\/Download\/Social_19_Day_5\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_1.zip\">Social Lesson 19 \u2013 Day 5, Part 1<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359638\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359643\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359642\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/teachercontent\/Download\/Social_19_Day_5\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_2.zip\">Social Lesson&nbsp;19 \u2013 Day 5, Part 2<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359639\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359641\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359640\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/teachercontent\/Download\/Social_19_Day_5\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_3.zip\">Social Lesson&nbsp;19 \u2013 Day 5, Part 3<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359641\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359640\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/teachercontent\/Download\/Social_19_Day_5\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_3b.zip\">Social Lesson&nbsp;19 \u2013 Day 5, Part 3b<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359872\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359874\"><a id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_359873\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgehands.com\/teachercontent\/Download\/Social_19_Day_5\/Social_19_Day_5_Part_4.zip\">Social Lesson&nbsp;19 \u2013 Day 5, Part 4<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_8_1403293054874_17\">Happy Trails,<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_356612\"><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_8_1403293054874_117\"><i id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1403293054874_356608\">BridgeHands<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome Bridge Friends! 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