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RIPO
- An acronym
Redouble 1 (one), Pass zerO, used to indicate Aces or
keycards when an opponent has interfered with a slam-asking sequence as
Gerber or Blackwood. ROPI is a more popular treatment
than RIPO.
| Bid |
Meaning |
| Redouble |
1 or 3 Aces |
| Pass |
0 or 2 Aces |
| Next bid |
Varies by partnership
agreement |
An acronym
Double Even, Pass Odd, used to indicate Aces or
keycards when an opponent has interfered with a slam-asking sequence as
Gerber or Blackwood. Due to some ambiguity over bid meanings, ROPI
enjoys a greater following than RIPO.
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.
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