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To succeed in making a slam you need a source of tricks<\/span>\u00a0and adequate controls<\/span>\u00a0in all suits.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n First round control is either an Ace<\/span>\u00a0or a Void<\/span>\u00a0.<\/p>\n Second round control is either a King<\/span>\u00a0or a singleton<\/span>\u00a0.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sources of tricks can be:<\/p>\n High\u00a0card<\/span>\u00a0strength.<\/p>\n A running suit<\/span>\u00a0.<\/p>\n Lots of trumps<\/span>\u00a0and side suit shortness in both hands.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Typical slam bidding process:<\/p>\n Discovering combined strength<\/span>\u00a0of the two hands.<\/p>\n Checking for controls<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Example:\u00a0 Jacoby 2NT<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 We are in a game forcing auction<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 We have at least a 9 card trump fit, so we might have a source of tricks in trumps.<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 Side suit singleton or void, i.e. control in that suit, at the 3 level; or<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 A second good 5+ card suit, i.e. a source of additional tricks.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The purpose of Blackwood (and Gerber) is not to drag your partner to slam, it\u2019s to avoid<\/span>\u00a0bidding a slam missing two\u00a0controls (aces or keycards)<\/span> .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Avoid using Blackwood when:<\/p>\n You have a void<\/span>\u00a0.<\/p>\n There is an unbid<\/span>\u00a0suit where you don\u2019t have first<\/span>\u00a0or second<\/span>\u00a0round control.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If the partnership is contemplating slam in a suit then the King<\/span>\u00a0and the Queen<\/span>\u00a0of the trump suit are also important cards.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n RKC provides tools for confirming that the partnership has at least 5 of these 6 cards:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Collectively, the four Aces and the King of trumps are referred to as key\u00a0cards<\/span>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Original RKC \u201c0314\u201d.\u00a0 After the 4NT inquiry:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 1430 RKC switches the 5C and 5D responses and is marginally more efficient in some sequences.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Asking for the Queen of Trumps<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 5 of trump suit denies the trump Q<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 Anything else shows the trump Q<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 Inquirer:\u00a0 4NT \u201cHey partner, we might have a slam, tell me your keycards.\u201d<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 Answerer: 5C \u201cI have 1 or 4 keycards\u201d<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 Inquirer:\u00a0 5D \u201cThat\u2019s good, but do you have the trump Q?\u201d<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 Answerer (Worst Case): 5H \u201cSorry, I don\u2019t have it.\u201d; or<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 Answerer (Good Case): 5S \u201cYes, partner, and I have the SK too!\u201d; or<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0 Answerer (Good Case): 6H \u201cI have the HQ but no side King\u201d<\/p>\n Copyright 2014 Peter Haglich<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Slam Bidding To succeed in making a slam you need a source of tricks\u00a0and adequate controls\u00a0in all suits. First round control is either an Ace\u00a0or a Void\u00a0. Second round control is either a King\u00a0or a singleton\u00a0. Sources…\n
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