THIS WEEK'S LESSON
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RECENT LESSONS
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Roman Key Card Blackwood will give you more information about controls than ordinary Blackwood does, for bidding good slams. Recommended!
Some hands are so strong that you want partner to keep the auction going even if they have no points!
High card points are the key to balanced hands as there's not much shape to develop long suits or to trump shortages.
Want to bid in a competitive auction but lack the strength or suit length required? Perhaps a negative double is the solution.
When you hold a lot of the opponents' trumps, or you have a very strong hand and the opponents reach a high level, you might want to increase the score when they fail. That's when you make a penalty double
Get into the auction with a double when the opponents preempt and you have an opening hand with a shortage in their suit and no long suit of your own.
CHALLENGE HANDS
Put what you have been learning to test with our monthly challenge hands.
Roman Key Card Blackwood will give you more information about controls than ordinary Blackwood does, for bidding good slams. Recommended!