Comments on: The Barking Dog http://oldprofbridge.com/2007/03/06/the-barking-dog/ Contract Bridge Themes with a Midwest Accent! Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:36:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.9 by: Mark Kinzer http://oldprofbridge.com/2007/03/06/the-barking-dog/#comment-186 Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:03:07 +0000 http://oldprofbridge.com/2007/03/06/the-barking-dog/#comment-186 Good hand! I think declarer has something like: Ax(x) Q10xxx(x) Jxx Qx If you do not try to give partner a diamond ruff now, declarer may "hear the dog barking", and wonder why. If he figures it out, he may drop your stiff king offside. Thus in this event, you are probably better off leading the diamond right now. Declarer then must at least guess the hearts. After all, if you had this same hand, without the heart king, you may assume partner has the spade ace, and thus must lead the diamond now. Only if you are looking at the heart king will you try something strange. p.s. Who won the event? Good hand! I think declarer has something like:
Ax(x)
Q10xxx(x)
Jxx
Qx
If you do not try to give partner a diamond ruff now, declarer may “hear the dog barking”, and wonder why. If he figures it out, he may drop your stiff king offside. Thus in this event, you are probably better off leading the diamond right now. Declarer then must at least guess the hearts.

After all, if you had this same hand, without the heart king, you may assume partner has the spade ace, and thus must lead the diamond now. Only if you are looking at the heart king will you try something strange.

p.s. Who won the event?

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