Data 9Z74 Main

Three Notrump vs. Partscore

by Richard Pavlicek

No 5+ suit, 23 HCP, good spots

Found 16 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. 2013 USBC Round of 16, Seg 6, Bd 85

W deals
E-W vul K J 8 4
4 2
Q J 10
K 9 4 2

West North East South West North East South
WolpertG Hamman Kranyak LallJ Hurd Dwyer Wooldridge Bathurst
Pass Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q 3 2
K J 5 3
6 5 2
Q 7 3 Table A 10 7
Q 9 7
K 9 7 3
8 6 5
9A99A =
43443 =
Par NS +420 9 6 5
A 10 8 6
A 8 4
A J 10

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 0
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+5 5

2. 2012 WC Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 8

S deals
None vul A 7 3
Q 9 7 2
K 6 5
Q J 10

West North East South West North East South
Rombaut Muller Lorenzini de Wijs Drijver Bompis Brink Quantin
1 NT 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 NT AP

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

6
K J 10
A Q 10 2
8 6 4 3 2 Table K 8 5 4 2
5 4 3
J 7
K 7 5
78976 =
55457 =
Par NS +140 Q J 10 9
A 8 6
9 8 4 3
A 9

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-6 0
Partscore
2 NT N +1 +150
+6 11

3. 2012 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 63

E deals
E-W vul K J 8 4
A 10 4 2
A 7
J 10 8

West North East South West North East South
Gitelman ClerkinD Moss ClerkinJ Ekeblad Hampson Weichsel Greco
1 Pass 1 Pass
Pass Dbl Pass 2 NT Pass Dbl Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

9 6 5 2
K J 9
6 4 3
9 7 6 Table A Q 7
7 5 3
K Q 9 5
Q 4 2
99989 88989
44453 =
Par NS +400 10 3
Q 8 6
J 10 8 2
A K 5 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 7
Partscore
1 NT S = +90
-7 11

4. 2012 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 14

E deals
None vul K 10 4 2
K 10 8 2
J 2
A 10 2

West North East South West North East South
Cheek Friedland Grue Dahl Falk WolpertD Lusky Amoils
Pass 1 Pass 1
1 Dbl 2 Pass Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
2 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2 NT (AP)

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

A J 7 6 5
Q 7 3
9 5
9 8 6 Table Q
9 6 5
K 8 7 6 4 3
K Q 5
A9A8A A9A7A
34353 =
Par NS +430 9 8 3
A J 4
A Q 10
J 7 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S +2 +460
+7 14
Partscore
2 NT S +1 +150
-7 11

5. 2011 Bermuda Bowl Final, Seg 1, Bd 16

S deals
N-S vul 10 6 4
Q 8 4
Q 9 6
A K 10 5

West North East South West North East South
Bathurst Muller Zagorin de Wijs Drijver Hurd Brink Wooldridge
1 NT 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 NT AP

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

K Q 7 3
9 5 3 2
A 8 3
J 2 Table J 9
K J 7 6
7 5 4 2
Q 8 3
87778 77778
56664 =
Par NS +120 A 8 5 2
A 10
K J 10
9 7 6 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 14
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
+8 19

7. 2011 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 4, Bd 54

E deals
E-W vul 8 6
A K J 9
A 10 9
K 10 7 4

West North East South West North East South
Stansby Delmonte Martel Bakhshi Cheek Levin Grue Weinstein
Pass Pass Pass Pass
1 Dbl Pass 1 NT 1 Dbl Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT
Pass Pass Dbl AP

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

K Q 7 4 2
7 4
J 7 6
A 5 3 Table 10 3
10 6 5 3
K Q 2
Q 9 6 2
86887 =
57555 57556
Par NS +120 A J 9 5
Q 8 2
8 5 4 3
J 8

Three notrump
3 NT× S -1 -100
-6 14
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+6 28

9. 2008 WC Final, Seg 3, Bd 43

W deals
None vul J 4
A 8 6 5
9 5 4
A K 9 2

West North East South West North East South
Duboin Townsend Sementa Gold Malinowski Versace Sandqvist Lauria
Pass 1 1 3 NT Pass 1 1 2 NT
Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass

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

10 2
Q 9 7 4 3
A Q
8 6 4 3 Table K 8 7 5 3
2
K 10 7 3
Q J 5
98999 =
45344 =
Par NS +400 A Q 9 6
K J 10
J 8 6 2
10 7

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+7 21
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
-7 28

10. 2008 Vanderbilt Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 53

W deals
E-W vul J 10 8 3
8 5 4
A 9 2
K 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Weichsel Rosenberg Lesniewski Zia Weinstein Verhees Levin Jansma
Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 2 NT Pass 3
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q 5 2
K Q 6 3
Q 6 3
9 7 4 Table A 7 4
9 7 2
8 7 5 4
A 10 8
88788 =
45654 =
Par NS +120 K 9 6
A J 10
K J 10
Q J 6 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-6 21
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
+6 34

11. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 1, Bd 9

S deals
E-W vul A 5 4 2
7 6 5 2
A Q
10 8 6

West North East South West North East South
Armannsson Nunes Jorgensen Fantoni Lauria MagnussonM Versace Thorvaldsson
1 NT 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 AP

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

Q 7 3
A 3
K J 9 5
Q 7 5 3 Table 10 9 6
K J 8 4
8 7 6 3
J 4
88868 =
54575 =
Par NS +120 K J 8
Q 10 9
10 4 2
A K 9 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 21
Partscore
2 N +1 +140
+5 39

12. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 17, Bd 3

E deals
N-S vul A K 7 6
A K 9 3
7 5 2
Q 7

West North East South West North East South
v.Prooijen Abzianidze Brink Beriashvili Goshadze Verhees Chechelashvili Jansma
1 Pass 1 Pass
3 Dbl Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass Dbl Pass 1
2 2 AP

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

4 2
8 6
J 4 3
K J 9 6 4 3 Table Q J 5
Q J 4 2
A Q 10 8 6
5
79868 =
64575 =
Par NS +140 10 9 8 3
10 7 5
K 9
A 10 8 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 21
Partscore
2 S +1 +140
+8 47

13. 2004 USBC Semifinal, Seg 7, Bd 103

S deals
Both vul K 10 7 3
Q 6
A 7 5
K J 9 8

West North East South West North East South
Hamman Martel Soloway Stansby Sontag Rodwell Weichsel Meckstroth
Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A 8
8 7 4 2
J 8 6 3
A 6 3 Table 9 6 5 4
K 9 5
K Q
10 5 4 2
99888 =
33443 33544
Par NS +600 Q J 2
A J 10 3
10 9 4 2
Q 7

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+10 31
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-10 47

14. 2000 Olympiad Quarterfinal, Seg 5, Bd 79

W deals
E-W vul A 9 5 3
Q 10 8
10 9 8 6
Q 6

West North East South West North East South
Zmudzinski Thorvaldsson Balicki JonssonT MagnussonM Kwiecien Ingimarsson Pszczola
Pass Pass Pass 1 NT 1 Pass 1 Dbl
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 NT AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q J
A J 4
K 5 3 2
J 9 7 4 Table K 7 6 2
9 6 5
Q 7 4
8 5 3
98989 99989
44454 =
Par NS +400 10 8 4
K 7 3 2
A J
A K 10 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 37
Partscore
1 NT N +2 +150
-6 47

16. 1997 USBC Playoff, Seg 6, Bd 80

N deals
N-S vul 10 6
A 10 7 5
A K 5
Q J 10 4

West North East South West North East South
Meckstroth Lev Rodwell Glubok Weinstein Freeman Katz Nickell
1 Pass 1 1 Pass 1
Dbl 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP

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

Q 9 7 4
9
Q J 8 7 2
A 8 3 Table J 5 2
K J 6 2
6 3
K 9 5 2
76968 87978
56365 45365
Par NS +140 A K 8 3
Q 8 4 3
10 9 4
7 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
+3 40
Partscore
3 S -2 -200
-3 47

Data 9Z74 Main Top Three Notrump vs. Partscore