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!plh From: plh@ukma.UUCP (Paul L. Hightower) Newsgroups: net.rec.bridge Subject: Re: Conventions : Roman Key Card Blackwood Message-ID: <1170@ukma.UUCP> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 14:51:18 EST Article-I.D.: ukma.1170 Posted: Wed Mar 6 14:51:18 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Mar-85 03:18:28 EST References: <1152@ukma.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of KY Mathematical Sciences Lines: 20 As a followup to the rules on "what is the key suit?" let me suggest: 1) If a minor suit has been bid and raised, it is the key suit even if you expect to play slam in NT. It is unlikely that you will find sufficient winners without establishing the minor suit. 2) If responder jump shifts, then immediately Blackwoods, his suit is the assumed key suit, regardless of opener's rebid. Responder can use this technique with a one-suited monster where the K or Q of his suit will be important. 3) Similiarly, a player who opens a strong or intermediate two-bid and who proceeds to Blackwood immediately after naming his suit is asking about his own suit. 4) In most other cases where no suit has obviously been agreed, the last suit bid by the partnership can be assumed. For this purpose, IGNORE ARTIFICIAL BIDS, e.g., Stayman, 2D negative over 2C, cue-bids, etc. Also, with any kind of transfer bid, consider the suit INDICATED (e.g., if 4D is used to indicate a strong 4S opener, 4D-P-4NT would ask about SPADES, not diamonds. ) Paul Hightower University of Kentucky