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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 BlackwoodRoman Gerber.  Slam treatments also include interference of an overcall by opponents, as Negative Slam Double, DOPI, DEPO, ROPI.

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