Blackwood : and after?

This article is the fourth part of a series of articles. You can find the first part on the blog here, the second part here and the third part here. Enjoy your reading!

This is it, you have almost arrived at the end of your efforts. The number of keycards is known – which questions should you ask yourself? How can you stop? When and how do you investigate the grand slam? The answers in today’s piece.

Sommaire

1. Two keycards are missing
2. One key-card is missing
3. No key-card is missing
Practical exercises
Exercises : Bidding is not everything there is in life!

How the auction goes on is obviously a function of the number of missing keycards.

1. Two keycards are missing

This is very simple. The player who bid 4NT returns to the agreed suit at the five-level. This bid is an absolute stop.

Note: stopping at 5NT.
If, especially when your fit is in a minor suit, your partner’s response tells you that two keys are missing, the only “reasonable” contract is 5 No-Trump. You’ll have to bid 5♠ after his response, which conventionally asks him to bid 5NT and you’ll stop there.

2. One key-card is missing

Three cases are to be considered.

a) In addition, a very important card is missing