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Keycard
Blackwood - A slam bidding variation from regular Blackwood, designed to
increase the accuracy when considering the potential to reach slam or
grandslam. This method recognizes the trump King as equivalent to
other Aces, thus five "aces" or keys are considered. In response to a bid of
4 Notrump (Blackwood):
|
Response |
Meaning |
|
5C |
0 or 4 keys |
|
5D |
1 or 5 keys |
|
5H |
2 keys |
|
5S |
3 keys |
Note: The
Keycard Blackwood methodology has given way to the
Roman Key Card Blackwood
(0314) and Fourteen Thirty (1430) conventions.
Also
see books on
Slam and other slam conventions:
1430,
Baby Blackwood,
Blackwood, Controls,
Exclusion Blackwood/Voidwood,
Gerber,
Grand Slam Force,
Jacoby 2 Notrump,
Key Card Blackwood,
Kickback,
Last Train, NAMYATS,
Pick a Slam,
Quantitative Notrump Bid,
Rolling Blackwood,
Serious 3 Notrump,
Slam Try - Stayman,
Splinters,
Opener
Jump Shift,
Strong Jump Shift, and legacy treatments as
Roman Asking Bids,
Roman Blackwood,
Roman Gerber. Slam
treatments
also include interference of
an overcall by opponents, as
Negative Slam Double,
DOPI,
DEPO, ROPI. |
