Data 9X13 Main

One Heart vs. Pass

by Richard Pavlicek

Third seat, any HCP

Found 92 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 Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 60

N deals
E-W vul A 9 6 3
A 9
9 5 3
9 7 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Duboin LallJ Zia Gitelman Hanlon Madala Moss Bocchi
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl 2 4 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass
5 Dbl AP 3 Pass 4 Pass
4 Pass 4 Pass
4 NT Pass 5 Pass
5 AP

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

K Q 5 4
K Q 2
A Q J 6
A 2 Table 7
J 10 7 6 3
K 7
K Q J 6 3
24121 =
B8BBB A8BBB
Par NS -660 J 10 8 2
8 5 4
10 8 4 2
10 8

1 opening
5 × E +1 -950
-7 0
Pass
5 W = -650
+7 7

3. 2014 USBC Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 24

N deals
None vul Q 10 8 6
5
K Q 4
10 9 5 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Cohler Diamond Fleisher Platnick Hampson Willenken Greco Rosenberg
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 NT Pass 3 NT AP 1 Pass 1 Pass
1 NT Pass 3 NT AP

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

A 7 5 3
A K 6 4
A 7 6 3
Q Table K J 4
J 9 8
J 9 5
K 8 6 2
44546 =
99897 =
Par NS -400 9 2
Q 10 7 3 2
10 8 2
A J 7

1 opening
3 NT W = -400
-10 0
Pass
3 NT W -1 +50
+10 18

4. 2014 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 5, Bd 72

N deals
None vul J 10 9 4 3 2
6
10 9 7 6
J 2

West North East South West North East South
Sontag Greco Berkowitz Hampson Platnick GordonM Diamond Pratap
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl 1 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass
2 Pass 3 NT AP 3 Pass 4 Pass
4 Pass 4 NT Pass
6 AP

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

A K Q
A 9 8
K Q 8
K 8 6 5 Table 7
K J 10 4
A 5 4 3 2
Q 9 7
25222 =
B8BBB =
Par NS -460 8 6 5
Q 7 5 3 2
J
A 10 4 3

1 opening
3 NT E +2 -460
-11 0
Pass
6 W -1 +50
+11 29

5. 2014 USBC Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 24

N deals
None vul Q 10 8 6
5
K Q 4
10 9 5 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Hamman Meckstroth Lee Rodwell Nickell WeinsteinH Katz Grabel
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass
2 NT AP 2 NT Pass 3 NT AP

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

A 7 5 3
A K 6 4
A 7 6 3
Q Table K J 4
J 9 8
J 9 5
K 8 6 2
44546 =
99897 =
Par NS -400 9 2
Q 10 7 3 2
10 8 2
A J 7

1 opening
2 NT E +1 -150
-5 0
Pass
3 NT E -1 +50
+5 34

7. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 18

N deals
E-W vul A 7 5 3
Q 4
10 8 6
K 8 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Bocchi GartaganisJ Madala GartaganisN SmithJ Sementa Thurston Duboin
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl Pass 1 NT Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass
2 NT Pass 3 NT AP 2 NT Pass 3 Pass
3 Pass 4 AP

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

K J 4
J 6 3 2
A K Q J
A J Table 10 9 8
A 10 8 7
7 3
Q 10 6 2
34333 =
A9AA9 =
Par NS -630 Q 6 2
K 9 5
9 5 4 2
9 7 4

1 opening
3 NT E +2 -660
-13 0
Pass
4 W -1 +100
+13 48

8. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 9, Bd 9

N deals
E-W vul K J 7 3
A 10 8
7 3
7 5 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Balakrishnan Karwur Tewari Sakul Tobing Satyanarayana Asbi Nadar
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl 2 Dbl 2 1 Pass 1 Pass
Pass Pass Dbl Pass 1 NT Pass 3 NT AP
3 Pass 3 AP

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

A 9 5
9 4
J 10 6
A K Q J 10 Table 8 6 2
J 7 5
A K 9 8 5
8 3
56833 =
86598 =
Par NS -100 Q 10 4
K Q 6 3 2
Q 4 2
9 6

1 opening
3 E = -110
-5 0
Pass
3 NT W -1 +100
+5 53

9. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 9, Bd 8

N deals
None vul A 7 5
9 2
A 10 5
J 8 6 5 2

West North East South West North East South
ShenN Jassem HoC Mazurkiewicz Buras HoJ Narkiewicz Chao
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 1 NT AP 1 Pass 1 NT AP

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

J 10 8 3
A K Q 7 5
4 3
Q 7 Table K 4 2
3
Q 9 8 7 2
A 10 9 4
76767 =
67676 =
Par NS +90 Q 9 6
J 10 8 6 4
K J 6
K 3

1 opening
1 NT N = +90
+5 5
Pass
1 NT E +1 -120
-5 53

10. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 17, Bd 15

N deals
N-S vul 8 5 4
A K J 9
6 2
6 5 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Asbi Zia Tobing Martel Rosenberg George Willenken Karwur
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 2 3 AP 1 Pass 2 Pass
2 Pass 3 Pass
4 AP

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

K Q J 7 3
2
K 7 5 3
A 8 2 Table 10 9 6 2
Q 5
A 10 9 8
Q J 10
73836 =
6A5A7 =
Par NS -420 A
10 8 7 6 4 3
Q J 4
K 9 7

1 opening
3 W = -140
+7 12
Pass
4 W = -420
-7 53

12. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 9, Bd 8

N deals
None vul A 7 5
9 2
A 10 5
J 8 6 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Nunes Alujas Fantoni Ravenna Rizzo Helgemo Lambardi Helness
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 Pass 1 NT AP
Dbl Pass Pass Rdbl
Pass 2 Dbl Rdbl (AP)

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

J 10 8 3
A K Q 7 5
4 3
Q 7 Table K 4 2
3
Q 9 8 7 2
A 10 9 4
76767 =
67676 =
Par NS +90 Q 9 6
J 10 8 6 4
K J 6
K 3

1 opening
2 ×× N -3 -1000
-15 16
Pass
1 NT E -2 +100
+15 68

13. 2013 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 60

N deals
E-W vul K Q 9 8 2
10 6 4
J 4
A 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Brogeland Bertheau Lindqvist BessisT Moss SchwartzRO Grue FisherL
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
2 Dbl Rdbl Pass 2 2 Dbl Pass
3 3 AP 3 Pass 3 NT AP

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

4
8 5
A K Q 10 9 5
K 9 3 2 Table A 10 7 6 5
K 9 3 2
7 2
J 7
68756 =
75587 75687
Par NS +110 J 3
A Q J 7
8 6 3
Q 10 8 4

1 opening
3 S -2 -100
-7 16
Pass
3 NT E -2 +200
+7 75

15. 2013 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 84

N deals
Both vul K 10 7 6 4
8 5 4
K 2
K 8 6

West North East South West North East South
Wold Fleisher Compton Kamil Zia Milner Martel LallH
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 NT 2 AP 1 NT AP

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

A 9
J 10 7 6
A Q J
A J 3 2 Table Q 8 2
3 2
10 9 7 6 4
Q 10 5
68756 =
65687 =
Par NS +110 J 5 3
A K Q 9
8 5 3
9 7 4

1 opening
2 S -1 -100
-7 16
Pass
1 NT W -2 +200
+7 82

16. 2013 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 37

N deals
N-S vul 9 7 3
J 4
9 8 7
A K 8 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Diamond Dwyer Platnick Bathurst Kranyak Greco WolpertG Hampson
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 1 NT Pass 2 1 Pass 1 Pass
Pass 2 AP 3 Pass 4 AP

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

A J 8 6
K Q 10 9 5
A 4
Q 6 Table K Q 5 4 2
7
K 10 6
9 7 5 2
33465 =
AA878 =
Par NS -430 10
A 8 6 3 2
Q J 5 3 2
J 10

1 opening
2 S -2 -200
+6 22
Pass
4 E = -420
-6 82

18. 2013 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 10

N deals
Both vul K 6 3
Q 10 6
7 6 5
A J 10 7

West North East South West North East South
Martel Drijver Zia Brink Bathurst Rosenberg Zagorin Willenken
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 NT Dbl Rdbl Pass 1 NT AP
2 Pass 2 Pass
Pass Dbl Pass 2 (AP)

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

A 10 7
A J 3
A 9 8
K 8 3 2 Table J 9 4
8 7
Q J 4 3 2
6 5 4
77856 77968
65486 55475
Par NS +140 Q 8 5 2
K 9 5 4 2
K 10
Q 9

1 opening
2 S +2 +170
+7 29
Pass
1 NT W +1 -120
-7 84

22. 2012 WC Qualifying, Rd 4, Bd 22

N deals
N-S vul A 9 7 4 3
A
9 7 6 4
J 7 5

West North East South West North East South
Chung Tislevoll LiuCK Ware Cornell WuCD Bach Huang
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl 1 Pass 2 1 1 Pass 2 (AP)
2 NT AP

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

Q 2
K Q 6
A K 8 5 2
A 10 6 Table J 8 6 5
J 5 2
J 3
9 4 3 2
67776 =
65666 =
Par NS +80 K 10
10 9 8 7 4 3
Q 10
K Q 8

1 opening
2 NT W -2 +100
+5 35
Pass
2 S -1 -100
-5 85

23. 2012 Spingold Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 4

N deals
Both vul Q 10 7 4 2
8 4
K 10 5 4
Q 8

West North East South West North East South
Fantoni Willenken Nunes Rosenberg Zia Helgemo Martel Helness
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl 1 Pass Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass
Dbl Pass 2 Pass 3 NT AP
2 NT Pass 3 NT AP

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

A K J 9 3
A 9 5
A J
K 5 2 Table 8
10 6 3 2
9 6 2
A 10 9 4 3
55574 =
87869 =
Par NS -120 6 5
K Q J 7
Q 8 7 3
J 7 6

1 opening
3 NT W = -600
-12 35
Pass
3 NT W -1 +100
+12 97

24. 2012 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 3, Bd 43

N deals
None vul A J 4
Q 10 3
10 9
Q J 5 3 2

West North East South West North East South
ClerkinD Greco ClerkinJ Hampson Platnick Weichsel Diamond Ekeblad
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl Rdbl 2 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass
2 2 3 AP 1 Pass 1 NT Pass
3 NT AP

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

K 10 7 6
9 4
A K J 7 5 2
A Table Q 2
J 8 7 5
Q 8 3
K 9 8 4
45527 =
978A6 =
Par NS -400 9 8 5 3
A K 6 2
6 4
10 7 6

1 opening
3 W +1 -130
+7 42
Pass
3 NT E = -400
-7 97

31. 2011 BB Playoff, Seg 2, Bd 20

N deals
Both vul 10 9 8 7
Q 10
10 8 7
J 10 8 6

West North East South West North East South
Kamil Duboin Fleisher Sementa Madala Weinstein Bocchi Levin
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 NT Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 4 Pass
2 NT Pass 3 Dbl 4 Pass 4 NT Pass
3 NT AP 6 AP

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

A J 4
K 7 5 4
K Q 6 5
A Q Table Q 5 3
A 6
3
K 9 7 5 4 3 2
44572 =
9976B =
Par NS -600 K 6 2
J 9 8 3 2
A J 9 4 2
—

1 opening
3 NT W = -600
-12 46
Pass
6 W -1 +100
+12 114

33. 2011 BB Qualifying, Rd 11, Bd 3

N deals
E-W vul Q 9 4
Q 8 3
K J 10 9
J 8 3

West North East South West North East South
Sementa Verhees Duboin v.Prooijen Drijver Madala Brink Bocchi
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 NT Pass 2 Pass 1 NT Pass 2 Pass
2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass
3 NT AP 3 AP

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

A 6 2
K J 10
A Q 6
Q 9 5 4 Table K J 10 5 3
6 5 4
2
K 10 7 2
33582 =
AA85A 8A75A
Par NS -500 8 7
A 9 7 2
8 7 5 4 3
A 6

1 opening
3 NT W = -600
-12 46
Pass
3 E -1 +100
+12 126

34. 2011 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 56

N deals
None vul Q 9 8 5 2
—
K Q 6 3
10 8 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Diamond Kranyak Platnick WolpertG CohenB Greco Smith Hampson
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 NT Pass 3 NT AP 1 Pass 1 NT Pass
2 NT Pass 3 NT AP

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

K 7 6 4 3
A Q 3
A 7
A 5 3 Table A 10
J 9 6 5 4
J 9 4
K J 6
55466 =
87967 77967
Par NS -140 J
K 10 8 7 2
10 8 5 2
Q 9 7

1 opening
3 NT W -1 +50
+10 56
Pass
3 NT E = -400
-10 126

40. 2010 Rosenblum Qualifying, Rd 4, Bd 30

N deals
None vul 10 7 5 4
Q 6 4 2
K J 5
10 5

West North East South West North East South
Jones Martens Rosen Jassem Kopecky Byrne Kurka Bell
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl 2 2 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass
4 AP 2 Pass 3 Pass
3 Pass 3 NT AP

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

A 3 2
J
A Q 8 4 2
A J 7 2 Table Q J 9 6
A 9 3
7 6
K 9 4 3
32621 =
AA6BC =
Par NS -920 K 8
K 10 8 7 5
10 9 3
Q 8 6

1 opening
4 E = -420
-11 61
Pass
3 NT E -2 +100
+11 137

43. 2010 Rosenblum Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 29

N deals
Both vul 9 8 3
K 3
K 6 5 4
Q 10 8 7

West North East South West North East South
Berkowitz Senior Sontag Kendrick Robson Paulissen Allfrey Jansma
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl 1 NT Pass Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass
Dbl Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass
2 AP 3 NT AP

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

A K 10
A 5
A Q 10 9 3
A 4 2 Table Q 7 6
10 8 7 6
J 2
J 9 5 3
45644 =
97799 =
Par NS -600 J 5 4 2
Q J 9 4 2
8 7
K 6

1 opening
2 W +2 -130
+10 72
Pass
3 NT W = -600
-10 139

50. 2009 BB Qualifying, Rd 5, Bd 4

N deals
Both vul J 10 8 4
2
A K 10 5 2
10 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Duboin Venkataraman Sementa Chokshi Gupta Nunes Dalal Fantoni
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 NT Pass 3 NT AP 1 Pass 2 Pass
2 Pass 3 Pass
3 Pass 3 Pass
3 NT AP

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

A K 7 6
A 6 3
J 8 7 3
A 8 Table 9 2
K 10 8 5
Q 9 6
K J 7 3
55445 45445
88888 =
Par NS -120 Q 5 3
Q J 9 7 4
4
Q 9 4 2

1 opening
3 NT W = -600
-12 74
Pass
3 NT W -1 +100
+12 159

52. 2009 BB Playoff, Seg 1, Bd 16

N deals
N-S vul K J 10 3
9
K J 9 8 5 2
3 2

West North East South West North East South
YangL Karaivanov Dai Trendafilov Aronov Zhao Stefanov Fu
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
2 Pass 2 AP 1 2 2 Dbl
4 Dbl AP

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

A 9 7 5 2
A 8
Q
K Q 9 7 6 Table 8 6 4
Q J 6 3 2
A 7 3
J 8
54595 =
89848 =
Par NS -140 Q
K 10 7 5 4
10 6 4
A 10 5 4

1 opening
2 E +1 -140
-6 74
Pass
4 × W -1 +100
+6 165

55. 2009 USBC Playoff, Seg 1, Bd 9

N deals
E-W vul Q 5 4 3 2
Q 9 5
10
Q J 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Rubin Rodwell Granovetter Meckstroth Zia Ekeblad Hamman Weichsel
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl 2 3 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass
3 Pass 4 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass
4 NT Pass 5 Pass 4 Pass 4 Pass
5 Pass 5 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass
5 NT Pass 6 AP 6 AP

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

A K 10 7
K J 6
A K Q 5
K 9 Table 9
8 7
J 8 3 2
A 10 8 7 6 3
24512 =
A88CA 977BA
Par NS -1370 J 8 6
A 10 4 3 2
9 7 6 4
5

1 opening
6 W = -1370
-17 77
Pass
6 E -2 +200
+17 182

56. 2009 USBC Semifinal, Seg 6, Bd 89

N deals
E-W vul Q 5 4
9 6
A 10 9 5 3
Q J 6

West North East South West North East South
Granovetter Hamman Rubin Zia Freeman Ekeblad Nickell Weichsel
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 Dbl 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass
2 NT Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 2 AP
3 Pass 3 NT AP

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

A 10 9 7 6
A K 7 5
7 2
A 8 Table K 2
10 4 3
Q J 8 6 4
K 10 9
33436 =
999A7 =
Par NS -600 J 8 3
Q J 8 2
K
7 5 4 3 2

1 opening
3 NT E -1 +100
+6 83
Pass
2 W +1 -140
-6 182

57. 2009 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 31

N deals
N-S vul J 10 8 7 3
9
A 7 6
K 10 8 4

West North East South West North East South
Hampson Rodwell Greco Meckstroth Freeman Diamond Nickell Platnick
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass
3 Pass 3 NT Pass 2 Pass 2 AP
Pass Dbl AP

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

A K Q 9 5
A 10
5
Q 9 7 5 2 Table 4 2
Q J 7 4
K Q J 10 8
6 3
46666 =
87667 =
Par NS -120 6
K 8 6 5 3 2
9 4 3 2
A J

1 opening
3 NT× E = -550
-12 83
Pass
2 E -1 +50
+12 194

62. 2008 USBC Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 29

N deals
Both vul J 8 7 6
6 5 2
4 2
J 9 7 4

West North East South West North East South
Martel Rosenberg Stansby Zia Levin Becker Weinstein Strul
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl Pass 3 Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass
3 NT AP 2 NT Pass 3 NT Pass
4 NT Pass 6 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 3 Q 4 2 3 9 10
10 A 5 7 6 7 A 8
K 2 3 5 2 Q K 4
8 4 A 9 K 4 6 5
Q J 10 6 8 2 A J
7 9 9 7 Q 10
6 2 3 12 tricks claimed
11 tricks claimed

A K Q 3
A 9 8 4
K 10 8
K 6 Table 10 5
7 3
A Q 7 6 3
A 5 3 2
12302 =
CBADA =
Par NS -2140 9 4 2
K Q J 10
J 9 5
Q 10 8

1 opening
3 NT W +2 -660
+12 101
Pass
6 W = -1370
-12 194

63. 2008 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 26

N deals
Both vul 10 9
A K Q 10 9
8 3
10 5 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Ekeblad Fu Rubin Zhao Nystrom Verhees Bertheau Jansma
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
2 4 Pass Pass 1 1 Dbl 3
Dbl Pass 5 AP 3 Pass 4 Pass
5 NT Pass 6 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 6 9 2 A 4 2 7
K 8 2 10 2 4 9 K
A 3 4 J 2 10 A 3
4 9 K 2 12 tricks won
5 3 A 10
Q A
12 tricks claimed

A Q J 8 4
—
A K 6
K J 9 6 4 Table K 5
6 5 2
Q 9 7 5 4 2
Q 7
21811 =
7B5CB =
Par NS -1100 7 6 3 2
J 8 7 4 3
J 10
A 8

1 opening
5 E +1 -620
+13 114
Pass
6 E = -1370
-13 194

66. 2007 Spingold Final, Seg 4, Bd 53

N deals
N-S vul K 9 2
8 5 2
10 8 7 4
K 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Dubinin Rodwell Gromov Meckstroth Soloway Balicki Hamman Zmudzinski
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 NT 2 2 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass
4 AP 1 NT Pass 2 Pass
2 AP

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

10 5 4
A K 6
A Q J
A 10 9 7 Table Q J 8 7 3
J 3
9 5 2
J 3 2
53754 54765
79678 89678
Par NS -140 A 6
Q 10 9 7 4
K 6 3
Q 8 4

1 opening
4 E -1 +50
+6 120
Pass
2 W +2 -170
-6 195

67. 2006 USBC Semifinal, Seg 8, Bd 108

N deals
E-W vul K 2
K 5 4
J 10 7 6
K 5 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Gitelman Sontag Moss Bates Feldman Greco Bramley Hampson
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 NT 2 Dbl Pass 1 NT Pass 2 Pass
3 NT AP 2 Pass 2 NT Pass
3 NT AP

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

J 10 8
A Q
K 5 4
A Q J 6 4 Table Q 9 5 4
8 7 6 3
A Q 8 2
7
44644 =
89799 79798
Par NS -140 A 7 6 3
J 10 9 2
9 3
10 9 8

1 opening
3 NT W = -600
-12 120
Pass
3 NT W -1 +100
+12 207

72. 2005 USBC Final, Seg 1, Bd 5

N deals
N-S vul 10 5
A 9 8 6 2
9 2
A 10 6 3

West North East South West North East South
Hampson Rosenberg Greco Zia Welland Moss Fallenius Gitelman
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
2 3 Pass 3 1 Pass 1 Pass
4 AP 3 Pass 3 Dbl
3 Pass 4 AP

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

Q 7 6
—
A Q J 8 7 6 3
K 9 5 Table A J 9 4 3
Q J 5
10 4
J 7 4
42826 =
9A5B6 9A5B7
Par NS -420 K 8 2
K 10 7 4 3
K 5
Q 8 2

1 opening
4 W +1 -150
+7 133
Pass
4 E = -420
-7 207

75. 2005 Vanderbilt Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 14

N deals
None vul 8 5 4 3
6 5 4
Q J 10 6
J 5

West North East South West North East South
Passell Dawson Wold Bates Morse Baze Wolff Schneider
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
2 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass
6 AP 3 Pass 3 NT Pass
4 Pass 5 AP

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

A
3
A K 8 5 4 2
A K 8 4 3 Table K 10 9 6
Q J 8 7 2
9
10 9 7
56441 =
8789B 8799B
Par NS -400 Q J 7 2
A K 10 9
7 3
Q 6 2

1 opening
6 W = -920
-11 133
Pass
5 W = -400
+11 218

77. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 10, Bd 6

N deals
N-S vul 9 2
Q 9 7 4
8 4 3 2
A 9 4

West North East South West North East South
Saaid HerbstO El Sheikh HerbstI Kalish Sadek Podgur El Ahmady
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl 2 3 Pass 1 NT Pass 2 NT Pass
4 AP 3 NT AP

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

K 5 4 3
K 3
A K 7 6
Q 10 3 Table A J 7 6
6 5 2
Q 10
K 7 5 2
43543 =
9A89A =
Par NS -420 Q 10 8
A J 10 8
J 9 5
J 8 6

1 opening
4 E +1 -450
-11 133
Pass
3 NT W -1 +50
+11 229

79. 2004 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 23

N deals
Both vul 10 7 6
5 4
J 10 8 6
A 7 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Lazard Meckstroth Wolff Rodwell Nickell Weinstein Freeman Levin
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
1 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass
2 NT Pass 3 NT AP 2 Pass 2 Pass
3 AP

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

A K J 4 3
Q J 6 2
5 3
K 9 Table Q 9 2
10 7 3
A K 2
J 10 6 2
43465 43475
89967 =
Par NS -140 8 5
A K 9 8
Q 9 7 4
Q 8 5

1 opening
3 NT W -2 +200
+8 141
Pass
3 W = -140
-8 229

80. 2004 USBC Semifinal, Seg 8, Bd 116

N deals
Both vul K 7 2
J 2
Q J 9 6 5 3
J 3

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

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

A Q 8
Q 10 6 3
K 8 2
A 10 2 Table J 4 3
9 5 4
A 10 4
K Q 7 4
35464 =
A7979 97979
Par NS -630 10 9 6 5
A K 8 7
7
9 8 6 5

1 opening
2 N -1 -100
+11 152
Pass
3 NT W = -600
-11 229

84. 2001 Spingold Round of 128, Seg 4, Bd 61

N deals
Both vul Q J
J 10 4 3
8 7 6
A Q 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Trouwborst Kersey Maas Heron McKellarG TuckerW McKellarA Litvack
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Dbl Rdbl Pass 1 1 NT AP
Pass 2 AP

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

K 10 3 2
A K 9
K J 5
K 9 7 Table 9 8 5
8 5
Q 9 3 2
J 10 8 4
76865 76866
67577 =
Par NS +110 A 7 6 4
Q 7 6 2
A 10 4
3 2

1 opening
2 S -1 -100
-5 152
Pass
1 NT W -1 +100
+5 237

89. 1997 Spingold Final, Seg 1, Bd 12

N deals
E-W vul 10 8 5 4
A 6
10 5 4
K 9 8 3

West North East South West North East South
Feldman Zmudzinski Sontag Balicki Golias Cayne Baze Burger
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
2 Pass 2 Pass 1 NT Pass 2 Pass
3 Pass 4 AP 2 Pass 3 Pass
3 NT AP

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

A 6
9 8 5
K J 3
A Q J 6 4 Table J 9 7 3 2
Q 10 3
A Q 9 8 7
—
64527 =
78596 =
Par NS -110 K Q
K J 7 4 2
6 2
10 7 5 2

1 opening
4 E = -620
-12 153
Pass
3 NT W -1 +100
+12 258

92. 1996 Spingold Final, Seg 3, Bd 33

N deals
None vul 10 8 7 5 4 3
10
Q 10 6
A 9 2

West North East South West North East South
Smith Wolff Robinson Hamman Rodwell Soloway Meckstroth Goldman
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT 1 Pass 1 Pass
Pass 2 AP 2 Pass Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 AP

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

A Q 2
K 9 7 3
J 9 8
K 10 8 Table J 9 6
A J 6 2
K 5 3
7 6 3
57576 57677
86766 =
Par NS -120 K
Q 8 5 4
A 7 4 2
Q J 5 4

1 opening
2 N -1 -50
+3 156
Pass
3 N -3 -150
-3 261

Data 9X13 Main Top One Heart vs. Pass