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Gerber - A slam convention using the bid of 4 Clubs to ask partner to disclose the Aces held. Also see Super Gerber, which requires a Club jump to initiate Gerber. The most common usage of Gerber to investigate Ace "controls" is when the partnership has not found a suit fit and have bid Notrump.
The Gerber convention is a 4 response to a no-trumps bid. Like Blackwood, it is a slam investigation bid that asks partner how many aces he holds. The difference from Blackwood is that Gerber is only used for no-trumps.
Asking for Partners Aces – Gerber. After you have discovered that your partnership has at least 33 combined points and the suit or lack of suit fit the Gerber is a bidding convention designed to describe the Aces held in partners hand to decide whether a grand slam or a small slam can be achieved.
3 sty 2022 · Gerber is our Ace-asking convention in notrump contracts. Here we look at how (and when) to use Gerber to explore slam. We will also examine an upgrade to traditional Gerber, called 1430 Gerber, and see how this is an even more flexible tool for helping us investigate slam.
Remember you should not use Blackwood or Gerber to ask partner for Aces if you have a void. But if partner uses Blackwood and you have a void, there is a simple way to show it IF you have one or two Aces AND there is an agreed trump suit.
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.
Gerber, bidding 4♣, is used directly after a NT bid by your partner to ask how many Aces she holds. A follow up bid of 5 NT (for 1 & 2) or 5♣ (for 3) can be used to ask for more information about Kings, but you would only do this if considering a Grand Slam (winning all 13 tricks)
