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Exercise Six – Advancing an Overcall with Support and 6-9 Points Teachers’ Key Point• Introduce the term advancer.• Discuss the guideline for raising overcaller’s suit with support and about 6-9 points.Student Textbook Reference: pages 55-58.Opening Remarks• There are similarities between opening bids and overcalls, but there are many differences.• The partner of the overcaller is called the advancer.• The overcaller is showing a good five-card or longer suit. Advancer’s priority is to showsupport with three or more cards in the suit.• Let’s consider what advancer does with support for partner’s suit and about 6-9 points.Group ActivityWest, place the 1♥ bid in front of you.North, place the 1♠ bid in front of you.East, place the 2♥ bid in front of you.Construct the following hand in front of South.WEST1♥NORTH1♠EAST2♥SOUTH♠ K x x♥ x x♦ Q x x x x♣ J x xQ. West opens the bidding 1♥, North overcalls 1♠, and East bids 2♥. What is South calledin this auction?A. The advancer.• West is the opener.• North is the overcaller.• East is the responder to the opening bidder.• South is the advancer – the partner of the overcaller.Q. What call would South make with this hand?A. 2♠.• North has suggested competing for the auction with spades as the trump suit and ispromising a five-card or longer suit.84