Specific Suit Ask - A conventional
treatment after the partnership discloses all first round controls and the
trump King. Similar to the CAB
convention, Specific Suit Asking bids solicit responder to disclose second
and third round controls in a side-suit. Here's an illustrative
auction and the Specific Suit Ask responses:
First step |
No controls |
Second step |
Third round control, xx or
Qx |
Third step |
Second round control, Kxx(x) |
Fourth step |
Second and third round
basic control, Kx |
Fifth step |
Second and third round maximum control, KQ(x) |
Jump to 7x |
Singleton in the major suit |
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,
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. |