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Like Blackwood, a follow-on bid may be used in Gerber to ask for kings. There are two principal approaches for the king-ask bid: Bid 5 ♣ to ask for kings or; Use the next available bid, skipping the trump suit if one has been agreed, to ask for kings. Step-responses mirror those for the ace-ask bid.
This is similar to Blackwood but the ace-asking bid is 4 ♣ rather than 4NT. The responses are 4 ♦ for 0 or 4, 4 ♥ for 1, 4 ♠ for 2, and 4NT for 3. Similarly, a 5 ♣ bid following an ace-ask asks for kings. Gerber is a jump bid to 4 ♣ used after a notrump opening bid and on other occasions by partnership agreement.
A 4 level bid in the suit above the agreed trump suit is the ace / key card ask and the name comes from the fact that this bid will always be a red suit: 4 ♦ – RKCB for clubs 4 ♥ – RKCB for diamonds Once key cards have been identified the next step bid (other than trumps) can be used to ask for Kings.
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In contract bridge, an asking bid is a convention used to seek a slam accurately. There are two types - suit asking bids and notrump asking bids. Constructed by bridge pioneer Ely Culbertson in the 1940s, they have been superseded by other methods; however, one remaining commonly used asking bid is the 5NT Grand slam force.
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South has shown 16-18 total points, while North's hand is largely unknown. North's bid of 4 ♣ is a cue-bid showing first-round control of clubs and an interest in slam. After South's bid of 4 ♦ North bids 4 ♥, an apparent signoff. It may well be that North wants to bid a slam, but has two fast losers in the spade suit.