Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ukma.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ukma!red From: red@ukma.UUCP (Red Varth) Newsgroups: net.rec.bridge Subject: Conventions : Roman Key Card Blackwood Message-ID: <1152@ukma.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Mar-85 17:10:44 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.1152 Posted: Tue Mar 5 17:10:44 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Mar-85 03:48:45 EST Organization: Dragonsteeth Lines: 25 I am not as good a bridge player as my regular partner is, but it's my opinion that RKCB is much superior to regular Blackwood. In RKCB, 4NT asks for Aces, just like regular except that the KING of the agreed-on trump suit counts as an ace also. Therefore there are 5 aces in the deck. Responses: 5C 0 or 3 aces 5D 1 or 4 aces 5H 2 without the trump QUEEN 5S 2 with the trump queen This allows you to get some idea of the quality of your trump suit before you go trotting off to slam. All the outside winners in the world won't do you any good if you're off the top trumps (lucky splits aside, that is). The worst problem with this system is deciding what the trump-suit is. What we decided on was that any major suit bid and raised was the trump suit in question. When we have a minor suit fit, we try to look for NT games or slams. In the event that we don't have a suit stopped in NT, any minor suit bid past 3NT is the key suit. In addition, no artificial bid can be the trump suit. Comments anyone? And, partner, since I know you're out there, please don't get nasty about errors in public, ok? Red