This Week in Bridge Practice Hands
Advanced Same Bidding - Preempt Blackwood
When partner opens the bidding with a 2-level or 3-level preemptive opening bid then Responder may have a struggle to find the best final contract without getting the auction too high. One of the natural pressures is whether Responder risk going past 3NT to look for a fit or a better fit. If Responder has an extremely strong hand then they may be interested in exploring slam in preemptor’s suit, but again Responder may face a concern about getting the auction too high. If Responder uses 4NT as Keycard Blackwood to explore slam, then the partnership may get too high and go down. Given the variability of modern preempts it can be dangerous to reach the 5-level when partner has taken an aggressive action. Here we look at a tool, called Preempt Keycard, for Responder to ask for Keycards after a preempt, but still keep the auction at a low level.
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This set accompanies TWiB 578.