Deal 7 ♠  
♥  
♦  
♣   		 
 WEST  NORTH  EAST  SOUTH
 BID 
 
 
 

You dealt this hand. What do you bid?
  ♠ K Q 6 5
♥ A K 9 7
♦ 8
♣ A Q J 2 		 

 
Deal 7 ♠  
♥  
♦  
♣   		 
 WEST  NORTH  EAST  SOUTH
1♣
pass3♣pass BID 
 
 

You dealt this hand. What do you bid?

Nice hand! But not strong enough to open with anything other than 1♣.
Partner jumps to 3♣! What do you bid?
  ♠ K Q 6 5
♥ A K 9 7
♦ 8
♣ A Q J 2 		 

 
Deal 7 ♠  
♥  
♦  
♣   		 
 WEST  NORTH  EAST  SOUTH
1♣
pass3♣pass4NT
pass5♦pass BID 
 

You dealt this hand. What do you bid?

Nice hand! But not strong enough to open with anything other than 1♣.
Partner jumps to 3♣! What do you bid?

You might be tempted to mention one of your Majors at this point, but resist the temptation. Trust that your partner also knows the bidding priorities and that he would have bid a 4-card Major if he had held one. The problem with you now saying 3♥ for example, is that partner would probably think you had a 5-card ♥ suit and support you with only 3 of them. You know that ♣s is your suit so stick to it.

With partner showing 13-16 points, and your hand revaluing to 21 you are definitely thinking slam. It would not be terrible to just bid 6♣ right now, but Blackwood was invented just for these situations, to make sure you are not missing 2 Aces when you bid a slam. So you bid 4NT. Partner answers with 5♦. What say you?
  ♠ K Q 6 5
♥ A K 9 7
♦ 8
♣ A Q J 2 		 

 
Deal 7 ♠ J 4
♥ Q J 4
♦ A Q 5
♣ K 10 8 7 3 		 
 WEST  NORTH  EAST  SOUTH
1♣
pass3♣pass4NT
pass5♦pass6♣
passpasspass

You dealt this hand. What do you bid?
Nice hand! But not strong enough to open with anything other than 1♣.
Partner jumps to 3♣! What do you bid?
You might be tempted to mention one of your Majors at this point, but resist the temptation. Trust that your partner also knows the bidding priorities and that he would have bid a 4-card Major if he had held one. The problem with you now saying 3♥ for example, is that partner would probably think you had a 5-card ♥ suit and support you with only 3 of them. You know that ♣s is your suit so stick to it.

With partner showing 13-16 points, and your hand revaluing to 21 you are definitely thinking slam. It would not be terrible to just bid 6♣ right now, but Blackwood was invented just for these situations, to make sure you are not missing 2 Aces when you bid a slam. So you bid 4NT. Partner answers with 5♦. What say you?

Blackwood did its job. You are missing one Ace so all thoughts of a Grand are put aside. Bid 6♣.

 Deal 8 
  ♠ K Q 6 5
♥ A K 9 7
♦ 8
♣ A Q J 2