[Phil]

I've never had a clear answer to this one, either in practice, or from what I've read:

Lets assume standard carding.

Say you are defending 3N and partner leads the ♠5. Dummy is ♠T72 and declarer calls for the 2. We hold 983.

Let's say its a card combo where nothing productive can come from splitting our 9-8 here.

Is standard practice to play the 8? Or is it more useful to show count here?

I've always thought it better to show count to help pard differentiate from:

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and

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Agree?

[kfay]

No because I also play the 9 from 93. We can't play half-way double dummy.

[pooltuna]

Phil, on Sep 21 2009, 10:47 AM, said:

I've never had a clear answer to this one, either in practice, or from what I've read:

Lets assume standard carding.

Say you are defending 3N and partner leads the ♠5. Dummy is ♠T72 and declarer calls for the 2. We hold 983.

Let's say its a card combo where nothing productive can come from splitting our 9-8 here.

Is standard practice to play the 8? Or is it more useful to show count here?

I've always thought it better to show count to help pard differentiate from:

---

and

---

Agree?

No. Either play the 3 or the 8