SAYC Booklet

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Under “Defensive Bidding” I found this sentence in the SAYC booklet and don’t fully understand what is meant by it:

 

“A cuebid overcall when the opponents have bid two suits is natural in either suit.”

 

1. How can a bid be both natural and a cuebid?

2. Under what circumstances will you make a cuebid overcall? Some example auctions will be much appreciated.

[the_dude]

I believe Cuebid is just defined as bidding a suit that the opponents have already bid naturally - so a natural cuebid overcall just means that you are bidding their suit to play. A common cuebid overcall is:

 

(1♣) pass (1♥) 2♥

 

It is fairly standard to play 2♥ as a natural bid here.

[aguahombre]

I believe Cuebid is just defined as bidding a suit that the opponents have already bid naturally - so a natural cuebid overcall just means that you are bidding their suit to play. A common cuebid overcall is:

 

(1♣) pass (1♥) 2♥

 

It is fairly standard to play 2♥ as a natural bid here.

Yes. SAYC defines both 2♣ and 2♥ as natural in that sequence; I don't particularly like the use of the word "cuebid" in this context, but the definition given by the_dude is what they meant.