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aguahombre, on 2011-September-17, 10:11, said:
Very interesting. However, it might not be "clear" which hand should be doing the asking at that point. You could keep the same Eitherwood scheme you presented, but leave out 4m+1 kickback and reserve that for a cue. Then, after the 4H decline of the either/or 4D, 4S would demand an actual RKC reply.
This is actually what 4S over 4H means where 4H would not have been RKCB the round before - "give me keycards anyway". This is unnecessary when playing Kickback in any auction where 4m+1 was clearly asking. If not playing Kickback, as well as any auction where 4m+1 might have been natural, then I agree that 4m+2 over the decline should always unambiguously be RKCB for the minor in this method. In this case you can use 4H for some other purpose; I guess either a cue/asking bid or a splinter would seem to be the most likely candidates.
Edit: I should probably also add that the system where I actually play this is relay-based so it always clear which hand should be doing the asking. It is not too difficult to put rules in place for natural systems too, though.