Blackwood convention Blackwood convention In the partnership card game contract bridge, the Blackwood convention is a popular bidding convention that was developed by Easley Blackwood. It is used to explore the partnership's possession of aces, kings and in some variants, the queen of trumps, to judge more precisely whether slam is likely to be a good contract. Two versions of Blackwood are common: "standard" Blackwood, developed by Easley in 1933, and "Roman Key Card" Blackwood ("RKC" or "RKCB"), named for the Italian team which invented it. Standard Blackwood enables one partner to count partnership aces and kings in general. Key card variants
Tristan Blackwood his sophomore year is widely considered to be his breakout season, over the course of his junior year he established himself as a star. Blackwood led the team in scoring with 17.1 points per game. He also averaged 4.1 assists per game leading his team in that category as well. He hit a staggering 122 three-pointers ranking amongst the top shooters in the country. Also Blackwood was almost automatic from the free throw line, hitting 97 and missing only 8 all season. Blackwood has played one game in the NCAA tournament. In 2007, after CCSU went 16-2 in-conference and won