WARNING! The following post talks about BLACKWOOD. Blackwood is a bid used by more experienced players. If you are a new player do NOT bother reading this post. When you have played a bit more and know a bit more you can learn Blackwood. For now, do not bother.

Blackwood -- Asking for Kings

For an introduction on Blackwood please read the following posts first:
Blackwood -- An Introduction
Blackwood -- To Bid or Not to Bid

Once the Partnership has gone through Blackwood to ask their Partner for the number of Aces they hold, they can continue bidding Blackwood if they want to know the number of Kings. In order to do this the Partnership MUST hold ALL the Aces. You do not ask Partner for the number of Kings they hold if you are missing an Ace. If you cannot bid a small slam after going through Blackwood and finding out the Partnership is off one Ace then you shouldn't have bid Blackwood in the first place.

In order to ask for Kings you should be interested in a GRAND. Partner is allowed to ignore your question and leap to the 7 level if they have a hand that can take all the tricks knowing the partnership has all the Aces.

After getting a response from bidding 4NT, a bid of 5NT is now asking for the number of KINGS Partner holds. The responses are:

6♣	Partner I have zero Kings
6♦	Partner I have one King
6♥	Partner I have two Kings
6♠	Partner I have three Kings
6NT	Partner I have all four Kings

Note: Some people play 6♣ shows zero or four Kings. I think that is a way to keep these bids consistent and make life a little easier for some. Blackwood is not easy. I like the old school approach of bidding 6NT to show all four Kings because if the Partnership cannot play in 6NT or a grand knowing that I have all four Kings then Partner should not have asked for the number of Kings I have and there will be no mercy.

Let's practice your responses to Blackwood asking for Kings. On the following hands you opened the bidding 1♣. Partner responded 1♥. You responded with 4♥ showing about 20 points with four trump. Partner then bid 4NT asking for the number of Aces you have in your hand. You gave your answer and then Partner bids more Blackwood. They bid 5NT guaranteeing all the Aces and asking for the number of Kings you hold. What will you bid now and what are you telling Partner with your bid?

You	Partner
1♣	1♥
4♥	4NT
(Answer to number of Aces)	5NT
?

Hand 1

♠AJ4
♥AKQ9
♦8
♣K8752



Hand 2

♠QJ
♥AKQ2
♦K9
♣KQT42



Hand 3

♠AT9
♥AKQ6
♦63
♣AQT2



Hand 4

♠KT5
♥AKT4
♦A
♣AQ854



Hand 5

♠K85
♥KQ96
♦A
♣AQT85



Hand 6

♠AJT2
♥AQJT
♦8
♣AJT8



Hand 7

♠AK5
♥K875
♦5
♣AKQ85



Hand 8

♠AK
♥KQ87
♦5
♣AKQ85



Hand 9

♠76
♥AKJT
♦A52
♣AQJ8



Hand 10

♠AK
♥AT85
♦KQ
♣KJ863



Hand 11

♠AK7
♥AK64
♦63
♣KQ98



Hand 12

♠AK7
♥KQT8
♦A8
♣QJ98



Hand 13

♠AK7
♥KT94
♦A
♣KQ953



Hand 14

♠AK9
♥KQT8
♦96
♣AQJ3



Hand 15

♠Q52
♥AQJ9
♦A7
♣AQT5



Hand 16

♠AK
♥KQ93
♦76
♣AKT98



Hand 17

♠AKQ5
♥KQ92
♦6
♣AQT9



Hand 18

♠KT2
♥AKT7
♦A
♣A9764



Hand 19

♠8
♥AKJ4
♦KQJ
♣AJT52



Hand 20

♠KJ
♥QJ52
♦AQ7
♣AQ74



Hand 21

♠AQ
♥K754
♦AJ3
♣AJ95



Hand 22

♠K6
♥K942
♦K4
♣AKQT3



Hand 23

♠9
♥KQ54
♦9
♣AKQ9852



Hand 24

♠A5
♥AQ95
♦KJ
♣AJ983



Hand 25

♠3
♥AKJ2
♦KQ3
♣AJ762



Hand 26

♠KQ64
♥AKQ7
♦K
♣K732



Hand 27

♠A3
♥AJT5
♦2
♣AKQ972



Hand 28

♠K9
♥AK72
♦K8
♣AJ742



Hand 29

♠A
♥AK97
♦A83
♣KQ852



Hand 30

♠8
♥AT98
♦A
♣AQJ8754



Hand 31

♠AK
♥AKQ2
♦65
♣K9852