Gerber Ace-Asking 4C
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4C is used as an ask for Aces.  The response are:
   	4D  0 or 4 aces
	4H  1 ace
	4S  2 aces
	4NT 3 aces

The king ask is 5C and the responses are:
	5D  0 or 4 kings
	5H  1 king
	5S  2 kings
	5NT 3 kings


Playing Gerber, 4NT is natural and quantitative.  In most cases
people play Gerber only after a NT opening or a natural NT bid.

However, Gerber may be played after any opening or response--
if the partnership agrees on it.

In some cases where 4C may be confused with a natural club bid,
a jump to 5C can be use to ask for Aces (this is called Super
Gerber).  Other people have solved this problem by playing 
that if clubs could be a suit, then 4D would be the ask (I 
think this is called Redwood, but I'm not sure).  


About the 5C King-ask
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In some cases you may want to *play* in 5C rather than signing
off with 4NT.  This problem of 5C possibly being natural and 
possibly be a king ask is solved by this partnership agreement:
	5C is natural and to play
	5NT is the king ask
While this uses up a whole level, you generally do not lose 
anything since the partnership has all the aces and the king 
ask SHOULD be used for finding a GRAND SLAM, not a SMALL SLAM.


In a 1991 or 1992 Bridge World Magazine, one author had an 
interesting suggestion for new responses to the 5C ask: 
instead of responding with the number of kings, respond with 
the number of quick tricks that you have:
	5D shows 0 quick tricks
	5H shows 1 quick trick (a king)
	5S shows 2 
	5NT shows 3
	6C shows 4
	6D shows 6
	etc...
Quick tricks are counted by: counting the number of tricks 
that the suit will run.  Thus, KQx is 2 tricks since you 
expect partner to have at least Ax.  K is 1 trick.  KQ is 
also 1 trick (for it to be two partner needs Axx).  AKQJTx
is counted as 5 tricks-- you don't count the Ace since your
response to 4C already showed that one.  


Thus, after 5C (which confirms all the Aces), holding:

S: KQx/ H: Kx/ D: QJxxx/ C: Axx
you would respond 5NT to show 3 quick tricks (the K of hearts
and the KQ of spades).  You assume that partner has the Ax of 
the suit and respond accordingly.

S: Qx/ H: KQx/ D: KQJTx/ C: Axx 
You respond 6D.