Club News Sheet – No. 156 www.pattayabridge.com 29^th Oct 2005

Mon 24^th N-S 1^st Jim(Sco)/Chuck 60% 2^nd Bjarni/Ole 53%

E-W 1^st David/Kenneth 56% 2^nd Jan/Phil 53%

Wed 26^th 1^st Dave/Hans 62% 2^nd Chuck/Terry 58%

Fri 28^th N-S 1^st Bob/Dave 62% 2^nd Jan/Tomas 59%

21^st E-W 1^st Mike&Angela 63% 2^nd Bjorn/Ian 61%

Bidding Quiz Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated

Hand A Hand B What do you open with Hand A?

♠ AKJ7432 ♠ AJ65 With Hand B partner opens 1♦ and RHO overcall a weak 2♠,

♥ - ♥ J975 what do you do?

♦ 8 ♦ 82

♣ AJ876 ♣ Q97

Hand C Hand D With Hand C RHO opens 1♠. (a) what do you do?

(b) Suppose you pass and partner bids 2♦, what do you do?

♠ A64 ♠ 94

♥ QJ107 ♥ 106 With Hand D you open 1♦, LHO overcalls 2♠ and this is

♦ AQ5 ♦ AQ653 passed to you, what do you do?

♣ 1076 ♣ AK106

Hand E Hand F What do you open with Hand E?

♠ A8 ♠ K2

♥ AJ ♥ 2 With Hand F LHO opens 1♠ and this is passed to you.

♦ AQJ108753 ♦ K108432 (a) What do you do?

♣ K ♣ AJ53 (b) Suppose you bid 2♦ and partner bids 2NT, what now?

Hand G Hand H An easy one. With Hand G RHO opens 3♣, you pass, LHO

raises to 4♣ and partner doubles. What do you bid?

♠ K1043 ♠ KJ9652

♥ 87543 ♥ A6 With Hand H you open 1♠ in 4^th seat. Partner responds 2NT

♦ J65 ♦ A6 (11-12), what do you bid?

♣ 9 ♣ K84

Hand J Hand K With Hand J LHO opens 1♦ and partner overcalls 1♥. What do

you do?

♠ KQ4 ♠ 98

♥ K943 ♥ A8 With Hand K you open 1♦ and partner responds 1♥, what is

♦ J86 ♦ AQJ32 your rebid?

♣ KJ10 ♣ Q1073

Sequences L and M: West North East South

L: What does the 2♣ cuebid here mean? 1♣ 1♠ pass 2♣ ?

M: What does the 3♠ jump here mean? 1♣ 1♠ pass 3♠ ?
Benjamin is the way Board 28 from Monday 24^th

Yet another example of a hand ‘impossible’ to sensibly bid because of a system with only one strong bid. When will the Yanks come out of the middle-ages and play Benjamin?

Dealer: ♠ AKJ7432 Table A (Standard American)

West ♥ - West North(A) East South

N-S vul ♦ 8 pass 4♠ (1) all pass

♣ AJ876

Table B (Standard American)

♠ Q1098 N ♠ 65 West North(A) East South

♥ KJ432 W E ♥ 876 pass 1♠ (1) pass 2♦ (2)

♦ A2 S ♦ 97543 pass 3♣ (3) pass 3♥ (4)

♣ 94 ♣ 1032 pass 4♠ (5) pass 5♣ (6)

♠ - all pass

♥ AQ1094

♦ KQJ106 Table C (Standard American)

♣ KQ5 West North(A) East South

pass 2♣ (1) pass 2♥ (7)

The ‘Benji’ Table pass 2♠ (8) pass 3♦ (9)

West North(A) East South pass 4♠ (9) pass 4NT (10)

2♣ (1) pass 2♦ (13) pass pass 5♥ pass 6♦ (11)

2♠ (14) pass 3♥ (14) pass pass 6♠ (12) all pass

3♣ (15) pass 4♣ (16) pass

4♠ (17) pass pass (18) pass

Table A: (1) What did you open with this North hand A in this week’s quiz? This hand really is a bit too good for 4♠. A 4♠ opener is pre-emptive with (usually 8 ♠’s). And the other reason that I don’t like 4♠ is that there may be a ♣ slam.

I prefer table B’s bid but the best solution is Benjamin.

Table B: (1) I too would open 1♠ if my partner was not enlightened enough to realise the

benefits of playing Benjamin twos.

(2) I would bid 2♥ - bid 5 card suits from the top down

(3) Natural and game forcing

(4) Presumably meant as natural. The problems are that (a) it’s the 4^th suit and (b) even if partner thought it was natural he would never take it for an excellent 5-card suit.

(5) A jump in a game forcing situation – so fast arrival, indicating that that’s where he wants to play.

(6) But South preferred ♣’s. Pass may be preferable, especially at pairs scoring.

Table C: (1) Now the current trend in America seems to be to open 2♣ with a hand that is

one trick short of game. This hand may be about 9 playing tricks but to open 2♣ with just 13 high card points is way too off-beat for me. We’ve met this problem before (news-sheet 152 - A 2§ Opener? – part 1) when the very same player opened 2♣ with a strongish 2-suiter and again ended up in a hopeless slam when his partner had a monster with the other two suits. My personal opinion is that if 2♣ is your only strong bid then it needs to be at least 18-19 points. Of course the only real solution is to play Benjamin twos.

(7) A positive in basic Standard American.

(8) Natural and game forcing.

(9) 2^nd suit

(10) Fast arrival. A jump to game in a game forcing situation indicates that that’s where you want to play.

(11) But obviously South is pushing on if North has anything remotely resembling a 2♣ opening. Luckily there was an ace missing or South would have bid a grand slam.

‘Benji’ (1) 8-9 playing tricks in this instance.

Table (13) Automatic relay

(14) Natural

(15) 2^nd suit (a jump to 4♠ is also reasonable here, which would show a hand with playing strength in ♠’s but not much elsewhere)

(16) I prefer ♣’s to ♠’s

(17) But I have very good ♠’s and this is pairs scoring

(18) OK. As it’s a mis-fit and you did not open 2♦ I’ll settle for 4♠.

And what happened? 3 pairs bid 4♠, the other 3 did not. 6♠ went minus one; it would have made on a ♠ lead and gone 2 down on a ♦ lead.

The bottom lines (assuming you play Standard American with just 2♣ as your strong bid): -

- Don’t open 2♣ with two-suiters.

- You need to set some sort of minimum point count for 2♣, I would say about 19+.

- Opening 2§ with about 9 playing tricks but few points may be standard practice in the States, but there are certainly better ways and it can easily get out of control if partner has a good hand (and a mis-fit)! I said virtually the same thing in news-sheet 152 when something similar happened.

- Play Benjamin twos! – Then a 2♣ opener shows a good hand but not a load of points and 2♦ shows a very strong hand with points.

A real 2♣ opener?

♠ A8 I have been going through the old news sheets as I put them up on the web

♥ AJ and I found this Hand E from news-sheet 60/61. What did you open with

♦ AQJ108753 Hand E in this week’s quiz? Way back in 2003 I opened it with 2♣ and

♣ K received the usual criticism from Hans. Hans said that it was not good enough

for 2♣ and that he would open it 1♦. What’s more, Chuck agreed with him!

To this day I don’t know if Chuck was serious or simply siding with Hans as a matter of course; but there is something wrong somewhere if one opens Hand A with 2♣ and not this one.

Agreed? Incidentally, there’s another entertaining article on 2♣ openings in news-sheet 61.

I really am finding some gems going through the old news sheets and putting them on the web – and I’m compiling an index while I’m doing it – it’ll take a week or two.

There’s no negative double over a 1NT overcall Board 9 from Monday 24^th

Dealer: ♠ A654

North ♥ 104 West North East South

E-W vul ♦ 75432 - pass 1♠ 1NT (1)

♣ K8 dbl (2) pass 3♠ (3) pass

pass dbl all pass

♠ - N ♠ KQ9872

♥ A9763 W E ♥ K52

♦ 98 S ♦ 10

♣ J109743 ♣ A52

♠ J103

♥ QJ8

♦ AKQJ6

♣ Q6

(1) 15-18 with a ♠ stop!? I guess that J10x is close to a stop but 2♦ is a sound alternative.

(2) Meant as negative (showing ♥’s). Unfortunately negative doubles do not apply when the overcall is 1NT. Double is penalties, about 9+ points. A suit bid here (2♣ or 2♥) is natutal and non-forcing (with values West would double).

(3) I would pass.

The bottom lines: -

- When partner opens and RHO overcalls 1NT (15-18) then double by you is penalties and any suit bid is weak – to play.

Double is ‘automatic’ Board 22 from Monday 24^th

Dealer: ♠ 72

East ♥ A432 West(B) North East(D) South

E-W vul ♦ K94 - - 1♦ 2♠ (1)

♣ J854 pass (2) pass pass (3)

♠ AJ65 N ♠ 94

♥ J975 W E ♥ 106

♦ 82 S ♦ AQ653

♣ Q97 ♣ AK106

♠ KQ1083

♥ KQ8

♦ J107

♣ 32

(1) Exactly why South chose a ‘weak’ jump overcall rather than 1♠ will remain a mystery.

(2) What did you bid with this West hand B in this week’s quiz? Double would be negative (showing 4 ♥’s) and I too would pass and settle for the penalty after partner’s ‘automatic’ double.

(3) What did you bid with this East hand D in this week’s quiz? I guess that I have not emphasised the ‘automatic’ re-opening double enough in the news sheets?

And what happened? 2♠ went minus two and the 100 to E-W was a near bottom for them. The 300 from 2♠ doubled would have been an outright top.

The bottom line: -

- Much the same as it has been nearly every week for the past 155 news-sheets, if you play negative doubles then re-open with a double if partner passes LHO’s overcall.

When not to re-open with a double (when playing negative doubles)

As I have mentioned many times, the re-opening double is almost automatic but there are (very few) exceptions. Suppose you open 1♠ and RHO overcalls 2♥, love all: -

Hand A Hand P Hand Q With Hand A bid 4♣, strong. There may be

♠ AKJ7432 ♠ AJ7432 ♠ AJ743 slam and this hand has little defence to ♥’s.

♥ - ♥ 8 ♥ KJ109

♦ 8 ♦ Q ♦ Q7 With Hand P bid 3♣ showing a shapely weak hand.

♣ AJ876 ♣ KJ876 ♣ J8 This is close and I would not argue with a double.

With hand Q, pass! It really is very unlikely for LHO to have a 2-level overcall and partner to have a penalty hand. Note that your trumps really do need to be about this good for this action – you’ll be surprised at the rubbish that people overcall with these days!

Don’t leap off when it’s game forcing anyway Board 15 from Monday 24^th

Dealer: ♠ A Table A

South ♥ KQJ73 West North East South(K)

N-S vul ♦ K109 - - - 1♦

♣ K942 pass 1♥ pass 1NT (1)

pass 3♣ (2) pass 5♣ (3)

♠ QJ104 N ♠ K76532 pass 6♣ (4) pass pass

♥ 1062 W E ♥ 954 dbl all pass

♦ 76 S ♦ 854

♣ AJ85 ♣ 6 Table B

♠ 98 West North East South

♥ A8 - - - 1♦

♦ AQJ32 pass 1♥ pass 2♣ (1)

♣ Q1073 pass 2♠ (5) pass 3♦ (6)

etc to 6♦ (7)

Table A: (1) What did you rebid with this South hand K in this week’s quiz? 1NT is 12-14

but, especially with nothing in ♠’s, 2♣ is best – show your shape.

(2) Game forcing.

(3) And this is also bad. Partner’s 3♣ is game forcing and there is all the room on the world to find the best contract. Of course it’s tricky because of the unwise 1NT at (1) but 3♦, 3♥, 3♠(4^th suit) or 4♣ are all reasonable – there’s no need to jump.

(4) West knows that they have gone past 3NT and so punts the slam – that’s also what I would have done at pairs scoring.

Table B: (1) Life really is easier when you start off with the right bid.

(5) 4^th suit, in this case just to set up a game force.

(6) No ♠ stop

(7) North knows that there’s a double fit (4-4 in ♣’s and 5-3 in ♦’s) and when your slamming suit quality counts, so he correctly chose ♦’s. I guess ♥’s would score more but nobody bid to 6♥.

And what happened. One pair bid 6♦ making, 6♥ would make but nobody bid it, two pairs bid 6♣ which didn’t make. Other scores were all over the place.

The bottom lines: -

- I’m always harping on about the 4-4 fit, and it’s usually better than 5-3. But when you are in slam you need good trumps and these ♣’s are not slam quality (the ♥’s are and the ♦’s are).

- Use 4^th suit forcing to set up a game forcing situation. I like to play 4^th suit as game forcing; it really does make life easy.

- Don’t rebid 1NT to show your points if you have a more descriptive bid available.

- There’s no need to leap off if you’re in a game forcing auction, take it nice ’n easy.

Bidding after partner balances Board 23 from Monday 24^th

Dealer: ♠ J53 Table A

South ♥ 98654 West(C) North East(F) South

Both vul ♦ 9 - - - 1♠

♣ 9842 pass (1) pass 2♦ (2) pass

3NT (3) all pass

♠ A64 N ♠ K2

♥ QJ107 W E ♥ 2 ‘Expert Table’

♦ AQ5 S ♦ K108432 West(C) North East(F) South

♣ 1076 ♣ AJ53 - - - 1♠

♠ Q10987 pass (1) pass 2♦ (2) pass

♥ AK3 2NT (3) pass 3NT (4) all pass

♦ J76

♣ KQ

Table A: (1) I hoped you passed with this West hand C(a) in this week’s quiz? There’s nothing you can say.

(2) What did you do with this East hand F in this week’s quiz? Two players passed, it looks like a fairly clear 2♦ bid to me. I would make the same bid in the balancing seat without the ♣A. Note that 3♦ would be a strong bid (there’s no such thing as a weak jump overcall in the balancing seat).

(3) What did you bid with this West hand C(b) in this week’s quiz? Somebody asked me on Monday, 3NT is an overbid – you may be punishing partner who has balanced on 8-9 points. Remember, partner in the balancing seat is bidding 3 of your points. An invitational 2NT is correct.

‘Expert’ (3) An invitational 2NT is correct.

Table (4) And East has easily enough to raise to 3NT. He knows that the ♠K is useful as

partner has promised a stop.

And what happened? They scored a top at table A as nobody else bid 3NT! There was 1♠ passed out (twice), 2NT and 3♦ (twice).

The bottom lines: -

- You do not need 11+ points to overcall at the two level in the balancing seat.

- Be aware that partner has ‘borrowed’ a king from your hand when he makes a balancing bid and don’t leap about with 13 points.

KISS – Keep It Simple, Stupid Board 7 from Wednesday 26^th

Dealer: ♠ AJ85

South ♥ 62 West(G) North East South

Both vul ♦ Q1072 - - - 3♣ (1)

♣ J54 pass 4♣ (2) dbl (3) pass

4♠! (4) all pass

♠ K1043 N ♠ Q96

♥ 87543 W E ♥ AKQ10

♦ J65 S ♦ AK8

♣ 9 ♣ 1086

♠ 72

♥ J9

♦ 943 DUMMY

♣ AKQ732

(1) Now some people may not like this 3♣ opener but I have no problem with it. Give it a 7^th ♣ and it would be too good for 3♣!

(2) This North reads the news-sheets and raised the anti – excellent. Make it difficult for E-W.

(3) A clear-cut double. You cannot promise both majors when you double a minor and with no ♣ stop 4NT (to play) is out.

(4) Now this West also ‘reads’ the news-sheets. If the bidding was at the 3♣ level he would have bid 4♣ - asking partner to choose the major. But at the 4 level he had to decide. What did you bid with this West hand G in this week’s quiz? Obviously 4♥ I presume – but not this West! He knew that partner may well have only 3 ♥’s and so chose the ‘4-4’ ♠ fit. – he knew that 4-4 is better than 5-3 and maybe better than 5-4. He was a little bit too ‘clever’ to realise that he might end up in a 4-3 fit!

And what happened? Everybody else ended up in a ♥ part-score by E-W. And at this table?

♠ J North led a ♣ and West ruffed the 2^nd round.

South ♥ - He successfully finessed the ♠9 and led a trump

Both vul ♦ Q1072 to the ♠K and ♠A.

♣ J North switched a ♥ which was won in dummy.

Declarer led a trump to the ♠K in the vain hope

♠ - N ♠ - that they split – they did not.

♥ 875 W E ♥ A10 North led another ♥ won in dummy and Declarer

♦ J65 S ♦ AK8 led the ♠Q leaving North with the last trump.

♣ - ♣ 10 The ♥’s were led from dummy in this position

♠ - and for some reason North did not ruff till the

♥ - last one, he had thrown his ♣J(!) and was now

♦ 943 DUMMY end-played and had to lead from his ♦Q.

♣ A73 With a little help West made the atrocious contract

for a clear (well-deserved??) top!

The bottom lines: -

- 5-4 plays better than 4-3! 4♥ is an easy make; KISS.

- A contract that requires a finesse of the ♠9, North to mis-defend and North to have the ♦Q is somewhat against the odds.

- North should have easily defeated the contract of course, but didn’t West do well?

‘Dig Up’ a Minor Board 18 from Wednesday 26^th

Dealer: ♠ KJ9652

East ♥ A6 West North(H) East South

N-S vul ♦ A6 - - pass pass

♣ K84 pass 1♠ pass 2NT (1)

pass 3♠ (2) pass pass (3)

♠ 108 N ♠ Q743 pass

♥ KQ95 W E ♥ J73

♦ 10753 S ♦ QJ94

♣ QJ3 ♣ 62

♠ A

♥ 10842

♦ K82

♣ A10975

(1) N-S play ‘2-way Reverse Drury’ – no, I’m not joking – and so South could not bid 2♣ as both 2♣ and 2♦ are artificial here. Anyway, no problem as 2NT is 11-12.

(2) What did you bid with this North hand H in this week’s quiz? The problem is that 3♠ is a weak bid and 4♠ may be a bit unilateral. I believe that 3♣ is the best bid here, I would play any bid other than 3♠ as forcing. Apparently North considered 3♣ but did not bid it because he was afraid of a 4♣ raise by South. Obviously he does not know his partner well enough, take it from me that South would never raise 3♣ to 4♣ if 3NT is a remotely viable alternative. Anyway, with this hand North could bid 4♠ over a possible 4♣ by South.

(3) South is has described his hand and decided to trust partner who may well have a crappy 11 count with 6 ♠’s.

And what happened? 3♠ made +2. Game was bid at 3 tables; 4♠ twice and 3NT (+2) once.

The bottom lines: -

- Don’t make a weak bid with game-going values.

- Very occasionally you may have to ‘dig up’ a minor suit – that is just another reason why I will very rarely go past 3NT into a minor in situations like this.

‘A Limit Raise or Better’

Now most people know how to invite game when partner opens 1♥/♠; normally a raise to 3♥/♠ is invitational. But when partner overcalls 1♥/♠ things are different. To start with partner may have anything from 7-16 points and a jump to 3♥/♠ may well be to high. Also, jumps to the 3-level are normally played as pre-emptive. The solution? – After a 1♥/♠ overcall from partner a cue bid of the opened suit shows a ‘limit raise or better’ – i.e. a sound raise to at least the 3-level. We had three instances on Wednesday: -

‘A Limit Raise or Better’ – part 1 Board 21 from Wednesday 26^th

Dealer: ♠ AKJ Table A

North ♥ K1084 West North East South

N-S vul ♦ 9865 - 1♦ 1♠ pass

♣ Q3 4♠ (1) all pass

♠ Q8754 N ♠ 109632 Table B

♥ 63 W E ♥ AJ5 West North East South

♦ AK2 S ♦ Q73 - 1♦ 1♠ pass

♣ 1082 ♣ AK 2♦ (1) pass 2NT(2) pass

♠ - 4♠ (3) all pass

♥ Q972

♦ 104

♣ J97652

Table A: (1) With 10 combined trumps West is prepared to bid 4♠ (The Law) but I prefer the bidding at Table B.

Table B: (1) A limit raise or better. This hand really is a bit too good for a direct 4♠.

(2) With a sound overcall East is going to game (2♠ would be weak) but with all of his points outside ♠’s he suggested 3NT as an alternative contract as partner has only promised 3 ♠’s.

(3) Obviously West bids game in the 5-5 fit.

And what happened? Every table but one bid 4♠ and all lost the obvious 4 tricks – very unlucky. One pair managed to stop in 2♠ and got a lucky top.

‘A Limit Raise or Better’ – part 2 Board 16 from Wednesday 26^th

And here we see how ‘limit raise or better’ allows you to stay low when overcaller has a lousy hand: -

Dealer: ♠ KQJ92

West ♥ 984 West North East South

E-W vul ♦ K105 1♥ 1♠ pass 2♥ (1)

♣ 93 pass 2♠ (2) all pass

♠ 1087 N ♠ A6

♥ AJ1062 W E ♥ 5 (1) A limit raise (maybe a bit pushy)

♦ AJ6 S ♦ 9874 (2) I have a minimal overcall

♣ Q4 ♣ KJ7652

♠ 543

♥ KQ73 And what happened? 2♠ made exactly and so a 3♠

♦ Q32 raise by South would have worked out very badly.

♣ A108

‘A Limit Raise or Better’ – part 3 Board 10 from Wednesday 26^th

Here we see how the ‘limit raise or better’ treatment gets to a decent game contract which was missed at most tables: -

Dealer: ♠ KQ4 Table A

East ♥ K943 West North(J) East South

Both vul ♦ J86 - - 1♦ 1♥

♣ KJ10 pass 2♥ (1) all pass

♠ 8752 N ♠ J1093 Table B

♥ J8 W E ♥ Q10 West North(J) East South

♦ 74 S ♦ AKQ95 - - 1♦ 1♥

♣ Q9742 ♣ 85 pass 2♦ (1) pass 3♥ (2)

♠ A6 pass 4♥ (3) all pass

♥ A7652

♦ 1032

♣ A63

Table A: (1) What did you bid with this North hand J in this week’s quiz? It’s best to play 3♥ and 4♥ as pre-emptive. Not knowing about the ‘limit raise or better cue bid’, North simply raised to 2♥ as South only promises 7 points for his overcall.

Table B: (1) A limit raise or better.

(2) A decent hand on the border. South invited North with 3♥, he could just bid 4♥.

(3) And North has easily enough to go to game.

And what happened? Only one pair bid 4♥; everybody made 10 tricks in ♥’s.

The bottom lines (for the last 3 deals): -

- When partner overcalls in a major suit, play the cue bid as ‘limit raise or better’,

where by ‘limit raise’ I mean a sound raise to the 3 level.

- Thus a direct raise to 3 or 4 of partner’s major is pre-emptive.

- And so note that in this situation the cue-bid is not asking for a stop although overcaller may wish to bid NT if he is accepting the game invitation with points outside trumps.

Bidding Quiz Answers

Hand A: 1♠ if playing Standard American or 2/1 with 2♣ as the only strong bid. I require much more in the way of high card strength for a 2♣ opening. Playing strong twos then open 2♠ and playing Benjamin open 2♣. I don’t like 4♠ (or 4♦ playing Namyats) too much as it’s a bit good, wrong shape, and you may miss a ♣ slam.

Hand B: Pass. And pass partner’s ‘automatic’ re-opening double when you play negative doubles. I think that this is the best chance for a good score; double (showing 4 ♥’s) is not a good bid as it’s not strong enough for the 3-level. Settle for the money.

Hand C: (a) Pass. It’s too flat for double and there’s no bid but pass.

(b) 2NT. Partner’s 2♦ is in the balancing seat and he may have as few as 8 points, so an invitational 2NT is quite sufficient. Partner will bid game with 10+.

Hand D: Dbl. ‘Automatic’ playing negative doubles.

Hand E: 2♣. (or 2♦ if you play Benjamin). Clearly worth your strongest bid.

Hand F: (a) 2♦. Looks fairly clear but two players did pass on Monday. 1NT (10-13) is

also possible I suppose. Note that 3♦ here would show a much stronger hand as it’s the pass-out seat.

(b) 3NT. Your initial 2♦ was in the pass-out (balancing seat) and could have been as few as 8 points and partner has around 13/14 – so accept.

Hand G: 4♥, obviously.

Hand H: 3♣ or 4♠. I would bid 3♣ (a partner who reads the news-sheets is unlikely to raise to 4♣ and go past a possible 3NT). I prefer 3♣ to 4♠ as 4♠ is a bit unilateral if partner has a small singleton ♠. 3♠ is a weak bid, I would take any bid other than 3♠ here as forcing.

Hand J: 2♦. Showing a sound raise to 3♥ or better (limit raise or better). 2♥ is not enough and 3♥ and 4♥ are best played as pre-emptive.

Hand K: 2♣. Show your shape rather than 1NT.

Sequence L: A sound raise to 3♠ or better (‘limit raise or better’). It is not asking for a stop when partner has overcalled in a major.

Sequence M: Pre-emptive. With an invitational hand one would use the ‘limit raise or better’ cue bid.