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One Spade vs Four Spades

by Richard Pavlicek

Third seat, any HCP

A total of 14 cases occurred in 40,069 deals from 72 major events 1996-2014.
Cases with swings of 2+ IMPs are shown here, most recent first.

2012 World Championship Qualifying, Round 6					1 NS				4 NS
Case 1	6 J 10 9 8 2 K J 8 4 9 5 2			Zmudzinski West 2 AP Lead A 7 8 A A J 5	Rodwell NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 4 K 5 2 5 K J	Balicki East Pass Pass 3rd 9 10 Q 3 6 2 10	Meckstroth South 1 2 4th 3 2 Q 3 2 9 Q	Zia West Dbl Lead A 6 6 J Q Q 7 3 8 Q A 7	Buras NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 4 K 2 K 8 7 3 5 8 A 9 10	Hamman East Pass Pass 3rd 10 9 A 2 4 2 8 J 5 9 K 10	Narkiewicz South 4 Pass 4th 3 2 5 9 4 10 3 7 5 4 Q K
K 5 A 6 A Q 7 6 5 A 8 7 3			10 9 2 K 7 5 4 3 10 9 J 10 4
Par +110 2 NS	A Q J 8 7 4 3 Q 3 2 K Q 6
1 +9		1 9-0		2 S =		+110		4 × S -2		-300

2012 World Championship Qualifying, Round 6					1 NS				4 NS
Case 2	6 J 10 9 8 2 K J 8 4 9 5 2			Upmark West 1 NT AP Lead A A 5	Duboin NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 2 4 K	Nystrom East Pass 2 3rd J 10 9	Sementa South 1 2 4th 6 2 3	Madala West Pass Lead A 7 2 8 A J A 3	Cullin NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 4 K J 5 5 K 8 9	Bocchi East Pass Pass 3rd 10 9 K 4 6 2 3 10	Bertheau South 4 4th 2 3 A Q 2 9 Q 6
K 5 A 6 A Q 7 6 5 A 8 7 3			10 9 2 K 7 5 4 3 10 9 J 10 4
Par +110 2 NS	A Q J 8 7 4 3 Q 3 2 K Q 6
1 +6		1 15-0		2 S +1		+140		4 S -2		-100

2012 Spingold Final, Segment 3					1 NS				4 NS
Case 3	6 8 7 4 3 A K J 10 3 10 6 2			Meckstroth West Dbl AP Lead 10 A 6 K J 8 5 Q	Multon NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 6 4 2 4 9 4 10	Rodwell East Pass 2 3rd 3 3 A 7 2 2 J	Zimmermann South 1 2 4th Q J 7 5 8 K 4	Helgemo West Pass Lead 5 A K 2 Q A 9	Weinstein NORTH Pass Pass 2nd J 7 9 8 3 4 10	Helness East Pass Pass 3rd 4 7 10 K 9 6 3	Levin South 4 4th 6 2 8 A 2 3 J
10 4 A J 2 Q 8 5 2 A J 5 4			K J 3 Q 9 6 5 9 7 4 Q 9 8
Par +100 3 NT× East -1	A Q 9 8 7 5 2 K 10 6 K 7 3
1 +5		1 20-0		2 S =		+110		4 S -2		-100

2011 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Round 21					1 NS				4 NS
Case 4	Q J 5 9 8 2 10 5 3 2 9 8 4			Sadek West 2 AP Lead Q J K	Campos NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 2 10 A	El Ahmady East Pass 4 3rd 6 K 2	Villas-Boas South 1 Dbl 4th 4 3 6	Branco West Pass Lead A 7 2 7 A 3 3 9 9	Hishmat NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 2 3 7 4 5 6 8 4 4	Brenner East Pass Pass 3rd Q Q Q K 10 Q J J A	Nadim South 4 4th 6 2 A 2 8 9 8 10 6
4 3 A K 10 7 6 3 A J Q 10 7			10 2 Q J 5 4 9 7 6 A K J 3
Par -500 5 × NS -2	A K 9 8 7 6 — K Q 8 4 6 5 2
4 +12		1 20-12		4 × W =		-790		4 S -1		-100

2009 Bermuda Bowl Semifinal, Segment 1					1 NS				4 NS
Case 5	Q 4 6 5 4 9 8 6 4 Q J 9 2			Karakolev West Dbl 4 Lead K J Q 8 6 5 A 3 3 5	Lauria NORTH Pass Pass AP 2nd 2 K 5 6 8 6 7 7 7 9	Danailov East Pass 3 3rd 4 A 2 10 K J Q 8 A 10	Versace South 1 3 4th A 4 3 3 4 Q 9 10 2 2	Fantoni West Pass Lead A 5 2 Q 9 A 3	Trendafilov NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 2 4 K 5 6 7 K	Nunes East Pass Pass 3rd 3 A A 7 10 4 Q	Karaivanov South 4 4th 7 3 4 3 2 9 6
K 7 A Q 9 8 7 5 2 A 8 6 5			9 6 J 10 7 2 A J 10 K 10 4 3
Par -500 4 × NS -3	A J 10 8 5 3 2 K 3 K Q 3 7
4 +11		4 23-20		4 E =		-620		4 S -2		-100

2009 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Round 2					1 NS				4 NS
Case 6	J K 10 9 8 4 A 9 4 2 Q 9 8			Bach West 2 3 5 Lead J 2 10 10 9 2 6 J	Duboin NORTH Pass 2 Pass AP 2nd Q 3 6 A Q 5 2 3	Cornell East Pass Pass 4 3rd K K 7 8 J A 3	Sementa South 1 2 Pass 4th 4 5 A 5 3 8 K	Nunes West Pass Lead A Q J 9 A K 5 3	Ware NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 8 A 2 6 6 3 2 9	Fantoni East Pass Pass 3rd J 8 3 8 4 2 A Q	Whibley South 4 4th 5 5 4 10 7 9 8 7
4 A 3 Q J 10 7 6 3 A K 10 7			Q 9 7 2 Q 6 5 8 J 6 4 3 2
Par +140 3 NS	A K 10 8 6 5 3 J 7 2 K 5 5
1 +6		1 26-24		5 W -2		+200		4 S -1		-50

2009 USBC Quarterfinal B, Segment 4					1 NS				4 NS
Case 7	4 2 Q J 8 6 5 2 7 2 7 6 5			Zia West 1 NT Lead 4 10 3 K 10 Q J 9 8 2 9	Levin NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 3 5 A 6 J 6 7 5 8 6 Q	Hamman East Pass 3 NT 3rd Q A 4 2 2 K 5 4 3 K	Weinstein South 1 AP 4th A 3 2 8 7 4 7 5 6 8	Grue West Pass Lead J A 6 2 K K	Meckstroth NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 2 5 10 3 2 6	Cheek East Pass Pass 3rd 9 7 4 Q 2 5	Rodwell South 4 4th Q 3 8 A 5 8
A J 6 K 4 3 K J 10 5 4 Q 10			3 10 9 7 9 8 3 A K J 9 8 2
Par -630 4 NT EW	K Q 10 9 8 7 5 A A Q 6 4 3
4 +12		4 36-26		3 NT W +2		-660		4 S -1		-50

1997 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Round 1					1 NS				4 NS
Case 8	J 5 K 10 9 8 9 8 10 8 7 6 5			Meckstroth West Dbl 3 Lead Q J 4 J K 6 4	Martel NORTH Pass Pass 3 2nd 8 9 10 Q 10 A K	Rodwell East Pass 2 AP 3rd 2 K 5 A 5 8 5	Stansby South 1 2 4th 3 A 7 3 2 2 J	Zia West Dbl Lead Q 3 A 4 5 6	Nickell NORTH Pass Pass 2nd 8 5 J 10 K 9	Rosenberg East Pass Pass 3rd 7 Q 9 J J 10	Freeman South 4 Pass 4th 3 A 2 5 9 6
10 3 A Q 7 4 3 Q J 10 A Q 9			Q 2 5 2 K 7 6 5 2 K 4 3 2
Par +140 3 NS	A K 9 8 7 6 4 J 6 A 4 3 J
1 +7		4 37-33		3 S +1		+170		4 × S -1		-100

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