1430 Convention

The 1430 Roman Keycard Blackwood is a variation of the Roman Keycard Blackwood with only one slight difference. The slight variations of significance given to the individual responses among the Blackwood, Roman Blackwood, Roman Keycard Blackwood, and the Roman Keycard Blackwood 1430 conventions signify only that a partnership must memorize, practice and apply the individual interpretations of the various bids. All of these variations are geared towards reaching a slam, knowing in advance the location of certain Key Cards.

All variations begin with the bid of 4 No Trump. In the 1430 convention, there are five Key Cards, all four Aces and the King of Trump, the suit having been already established. The Trump is a Trump Suit, as opposed to a No Trump contract. In a No Trump contract, the partnership is interested only in the amount of Aces and Kings.

The responses to the 1430 convention are as follows, remembering that there are five Key Cards, not four as in the regular Blackwood convention. These five Key Cards are the four Aces and the King of Trump.Using the 1430 convention, the responses to 4 No Trump are as follows, and remember that the magic word is "or":

This is the different variation of the Roman Key Card Blackwood convention, and the difference can be illustrated plainly when comparing the two responses of 5 Clubs and 5 Diamonds used in Roman Key Card Blackwood, which follow.

The significance of the two bids, 5 Clubs and 5 Diamonds, have been reversed, and that is why it is called the 1430 convention. All other responses are the same as with Roman Key Card Blackwood and can be viewed by clicking here.