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Most players would bid 1 over 1 without
giving this a second thought. An interesting
tactic, however, is to make a weak jump
overcall with the South hand. Since partner
is a passed hand, this heavy preempt is less
likely to lose a game contract in your
direction and more likely to gain when
East-West overbid. Here 2 pushes West
into a 2NT bid and East raises. As long as
North leads a spade, the contract is down
two or three tricks. After a 1 overcall,
East-West will have a good chance to stop
in a club partscore, scoring 130.

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