Data 9Z66 Main

Three Notrump vs. Partscore

by Richard Pavlicek

No 5+ suit, 25 HCP, good spots

Found 9 comparisons in 40,069 deals from 72 major events 1996-2014.
First and last, and all swings of 5+ IMPs in between, are shown here.
Deals are rotated as needed to align comparison criteria to N-S.

1. 2014 Spingold Round of 32, Seg 2, Bd 29

S deals
Both vul 9 4 2
A 4 3
A J 9 3
A K 7

West North East South West North East South
Graves Bakhshi Schwartz Ekeblad v.Prooijen Brogeland Verhees Lindqvist
Pass Pass
2 Dbl Pass 3 1 Dbl Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) 2 Pass Pass 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 2 6 8 K 2 6 8
J 4 2 A J 4 2 A
10 2 3 K Q K A 4
5 2 10 A A 5 2 3
K 9 4 3 7 9 Q 6
7 J Q 6 4 10 K J
8 3 9 4 3 10 8 6
Q K A 5 7 6 3 9
J 7 8 6 J 5 10 5
3 10 6 5 9 5 8 7

K Q J 7 5 3
Q 2
K 6
10 6 3 Table 6
K 9 7 5
10 7 5 4 2
J 9 5
A8AAA =
25233 =
Par NS +630 A 10 8
J 10 8 6
Q 8
Q 8 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 10
Partscore
3 S +1 +130
-10 0

2. 2012 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 43

N deals
None vul A J 7 4
A 8 2
J 2
K 9 8 6

West North East South West North East South
Pszczola Bathurst Lev LallJ WolpertG Jacobus Kranyak Passell
1 Pass 1 1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
9 4 3 K 9 4 5 Q
J A 6 2 10 Q K 2
9 2 Q A 9 3 4 A
10 Q K 3 2 7 3 K
8 7 5 5 6 8 A 3
9 5 4 3 2 4 10 K
7 4 Q 2 9 2 Q A
6 8 A 3 J 10 6 7
J 6 6 10 5 8 8 4
A 4 7 5 A J

10 9 8 2
K 9 5 3
9 8 5
A Q Table 5 3
J 4
K Q 7 6 4 3
7 3 2
7A96A =
33472 =
Par NS +420 K Q 6
Q 10 7 6
A 10
J 10 5 4

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 16
Partscore
1 NT S +3 +180
-6 0

3. 2011 USBC Final, Seg 3, Bd 44

W deals
N-S vul 10 9 4 3
Q J 8
A 6 2
9 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Grue Moss LallJ Gitelman Diamond Hurd Platnick Wooldridge
Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 2 K 8 J 2 7 Q
3 Q J 6 K 6 3 A
K 2 3 A 8 A 2 3
8 A 2 3 3 4 Q 2
5 K 8 9 J 9 10 K
J 5 4 K Q 5 4 K
3 4 J 7 5 6 8 7
Q 2 A 6 4 7 8 J
10 5 4 7 10 A 3 4
4 9 A 5 9 6 Q 5

J 6 5 2
K 6 4
J 10 9
Q J 2 Table A 7
9 7 2
K 7 5 3
8 7 6 4
88878 99878
44455 =
Par NS +600 K Q 8
A 10 5 3
Q 8 4
A K 10

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 16
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+6 6

4. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 2, Bd 6

S deals
N-S vul 10 4
Q 10 9 2
Q 3 2
10 9 7 5

West North East South West North East South
Brightling Brogeland Thomson Lindqvist Austberg Reynolds Saelensminde Appleton
2 NT 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 2 8 J 8 10 K A
K A 2 4 K A 2 4
7 9 J 3 6 Q 4 5
J Q 2 4 Q 3 10 5
A 2 5 6 10 6 J 7
Q K 7 8 4 6 Q 2
8 10 K A A 7 2 8
J 4 9 3 3 8 5 7
3 5 10 7 6 Q K
9 tricks claimed 11 tricks claimed

8 2
A 8 7 5
K 9 7 6
K 4 2 Table K J 9 7 6
J 6 4 3
8 4
8 6
9779A 977AA
46633 =
Par NS +600 A Q 5 3
K
A J 10 5
A Q J 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 26
Partscore
1 S +4 +150
-10 6

5. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 2, Bd 6

S deals
N-S vul 10 4
Q 10 9 2
Q 3 2
10 9 7 5

West North East South West North East South
Cambournac Aronov Hayet Stefanov Danailov Berrada Karakolev Rerhaye
1 2 NT
Pass 1 1 Pass Pass Pass Pass
Pass Dbl Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
8 10 J 3 6 2 4 10
K A 2 4 K 5 2 6
K 8 2 3 5 K 3 8
A 2 5 6 7 Q 6 J
Q 4 7 8 10 8 Q K
J K 9 6 2 4 K A
5 9 4 5 A 9 10 6
Q 4 5 K 3 4 9 7
A 10 6 10 5 9 A 2
9 tricks claimed J 7 7 J

8 2
A 8 7 5
K 9 7 6
K 4 2 Table K J 9 7 6
J 6 4 3
8 4
8 6
9779A 977AA
46633 =
Par NS +600 A Q 5 3
K
A J 10 5
A Q J 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+9 35
Partscore
2 NT S +3 +210
-9 6

6. 2001 USBC Final, Seg 8, Bd 112

E deals
E-W vul J 10 5 4
J 8 3
10 9 5 4
10 3

West North East South West North East South
Shenkin Sontag Molson Weichsel Martel Lipsitz Stansby Ekeblad
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 3 7 K 5 J 2 K
A 7 4 2 A 3 4 7
K 6 5 3 6 K 5 8
A 3 4 7 10 3 7 A
6 K 5 8 J 8 9 Q
10 8 2 A 9 A 6 4
J 8 9 Q K 7 5 2
K 6 4 3 8 Q 10 3
A 9 2 10 9 8 5 Q
9 8 Q 10 2

Q 7 6
10 9 6 5 4
K 3
8 4 2 Table 9 3 2
7 2
Q 8 7
A K J 7 5
79796 =
64647 =
Par NS +140 A K 8
A K Q
A J 6 2
Q 9 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 35
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+5 11

7. 2001 USBC Final, Seg 8, Bd 118

W deals
E-W vul J 7 5
Q 7 4 2
Q 9 2
5 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Shenkin Sontag Molson Weichsel Martel Lipsitz Stansby Ekeblad
Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 J 4 10 6 2 4 10
2 4 10 J 10 tricks won
A 5 6 Q
3 7 8 K
9 3 2 3
K 8 2 5
A 10 4 6
9 6 Q J
7 9 7 7

A 3 2
10 8 3
J 8 7 6
J 8 6 Table 8 6 4
J 6 5
K 5 4
K Q 9 3
99988 =
33344 =
Par NS +400 K Q 10 9
A K 9
A 10 3
A 10 7

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+6 41
Partscore
1 NT S +3 +180
-6 11

8. 1998 Rosenblum Final, Seg 1, Bd 13

W deals
Both vul A K 10 8
K 10 6 5
J
A 10 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Villas-Boas Lauria Campos Versace Buratti Chagas Lanzarotti Branco
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 2 AP
Pass 3 Dbl Pass
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 10 Q 2 3 A 6 J
Q 2 6 J 2 K 3 9
3 7 8 3 A 6 4 2
7 tricks won 5 9 K 8
7 10 10 Q
A 6 3 9
8 5 Q 2
7 J K 4
10 Q 2 3

J 9 2
8 7 4 3
K 10 8 6 4
2 Table 6 5 4
A Q
Q 9 5 3
Q J 9 6
7995A 79959
54483 =
Par NS +140 Q 7 3
J 9 2
A 7 2
K 8 7 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-7 41
Partscore
2 N +1 +110
+7 18

9. 1997 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 5

N deals
N-S vul A K 10 2
A Q 9
8 4
A 5 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Ker ShenC Dravitzki Lin Huang Mik Kuo Jedrychowski
1 1 NT Dbl 1 NT Pass Pass
Pass Pass 2 Pass Pass
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 4 J Q 5 6 10 4
J 4 2 Q 10 tricks won
3 A 7 8
10 tricks won

Q 8 7 6 4
K 3
10 7 2
K 7 4 Table 5
J 8 7 2
K J 9 5 3
Q 8 6
AAA8A =
23353 23252
Par NS +630 J 9 3
10 6 5 4
A Q 6
J 10 9

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+10 51
Partscore
1 NT N +3 +180
-10 18

Data 9Z66 Main Top Three Notrump vs. Partscore