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For years I have been saying to bid two
with six. That is, when you hold a six-card
suit, don't overcall at the one level when
you can jump overcall at the two level.
This applies whenever you have less than
an opening bid (but does not apply when
you're vul against not). It's true that you
could miss a game by bidding two instead
of one, but the preemptive effect on the
opponents more than makes up for this.

On this hand, from an OKbridge game last
month, I was South and bid 2 over East's
1. We missed a game and still won 3
imps for +170, just for buying the partscore.
If my partner had bid 4, we would have
been plus 420 on the magic fit. If I had
overcalled 1, West would have jumped
to 3, preemptive, and North would
probably have scraped up a 3 bid
(competitive, since he could bid 3 to
invite game). East would then bid 4,
which would probably buy the contract.

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