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Specific Kings - A popular 5 level Slam method used to determine King
holdings. The Specific King ask begins with one of these conditions
are met:
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1. |
4 Notrump Slam bidder
rebids 5 Notrump, promising partnership holds 4 Aces, the trump King and
Queen |
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2. |
4 Notrump Slam bidder
queries partner about trump Queen, promising partnership holds 4 Aces
and the trump King. 4 Notrump bidder next queries partner about
the trump Queen. |
In response, partner bids "up the line" beginning with the rank of the
lowest King held. Either partner bids 6 of the agreed major to signify
no further Kings to disclose.
See 1430 and
Roman Key Card Blackwood
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,
Specific Kings,
Specific Suit Ask,
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. |
