Data 9Z13 Main

Notrump vs. 5-4 Minor

by Richard Pavlicek

Choice of Game

Found 46 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 Vanderbilt Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 64

S deals
N-S vul A 9 6
6
Q 8 7 5 4
A 7 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Pszczola Kranyak Kwiecien Demuy Wooldridge Berkowitz Hurd Sontag
1 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 3 Pass 4
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 5 AP

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

J 10 4 3
K J 8 7
J 3
9 4 2 Table 8 7 5 2
Q 4 2
6 2
K Q J 8
A89D9 =
34304 =
Par NS +2140 K Q
A 10 9 5 3
A K 10 9
10 6

Notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
Tie 0
5-4 Minor
5 S +2 +640
Tie 0

2. 2013 BB Qualifying, Rd 5, Bd 11

E deals
None vul 5 3 2
7 5
A J 2
Q 9 8 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Tobing Zhang Asbi WangW Lian Karwur ShiH Sakul
Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 4
Pass 5 AP

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

A Q 10 8
K J 8 6
8 7 3
7 3 Table K 9 7 6
10 4 3
10 9 6 4
10 4
9677A =
47653 =
Par NS +400 J 4
A Q 9 2
K Q 5
A K J 5

Notrump
3 NT S = +400
+10 10
5-4 Minor
5 S -1 -50
-10 0

8. 2012 WC Qualifying, Rd 11, Bd 3

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

West North East South West North East South
Askari Lorenzini Gheewala Rombaut Pilon Said Toffier Liaqat
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT
Pass 4 Pass 5 (AP)

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

Q 10 9 2
Q 2
J 5 4 2
A J 9 Table J 8 6 5
A 10 7 6 5
7 6 3
10
8688A =
57553 =
Par NS +130 7 4
K J 9 3
A Q 9
K Q 3 2

Notrump
3 NT S = +400
+11 26
5-4 Minor
5 S -2 -100
-11 4

11. 2012 USBC Round of 16, Seg 2, Bd 17

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

West North East South West North East South
WeinsteinJ Fleisher YangD Kamil Stansby Gu Martel ShiX
Pass 2 3 NT Pass Pass 2
Pass Pass Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass
Pass 4 NT Pass 5 (AP)

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

K Q J 9 7 6 2
K 10
7 6
7 6 Table 8 4 3
J 8
A J 10 8 5 2
5 4
75B6B =
38262 =
Par NS +450 A 5
A Q 9 7
K Q 4
A K J 2

Notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-11 30
5-4 Minor
5 S = +400
+11 15

13. 2011 BB Qualifying, Rd 10, Bd 17

W deals
None vul A K 8 7 4
A
A K 10 3
6 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Chagas Lauria Amaral Versace Bocchi Villas-Boas Madala Campos
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 3
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 3 NT Pass 4
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 4 Pass 4
Pass 5 AP

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

9 6 2
8 5 4
9 8 6
A J 9 3 Table J 10 5 3
Q 10 7 3 2
J
K Q 10
997A8 =
33515 =
Par NS +400 Q
K J 9 6
Q 7 5 4 2
8 7 4

Notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+10 40
5-4 Minor
5 N -1 -50
-10 15

17. 2011 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 35

S deals
E-W vul 4
A 5
A Q J 9 3
Q 9 8 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Donn Cohen Goren Wolfson Rubin Simson Ekeblad Johnson
1 1 NT
Pass 1 1 1 NT Pass 3 Pass 4
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 4 Dbl 5 (AP)

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

10 9 3 2
J 9 7 6 2
7 6
6 4 Table A J 8 7 6
K 10 8 4
10 4
A 3
B66BB 766AA
27722 =
Par NS +460 K Q 5
Q 3
K 8 5 2
K J 10 7

Notrump
3 NT S +2 +460
+11 54
5-4 Minor
5 S -1 -50
-11 15

18. 2010 Rosenblum Qualifying, Rd 5, Bd 14

W deals
None vul A Q 6 4
8 4 2
Q 10 7 6 2
2

West North East South West North East South
Ionita Nunes Teodorescu Fantoni Helness Rotaru Helgemo Coldea
1 1 Pass 3 NT 1 Pass 1 1 NT
Pass Pass Pass 2 Dbl Pass 3
Pass 3 Dbl Rdbl
Pass 5 AP

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

K J 8 5
Q 10 7 6
9
A Q 8 3 Table 9 3
K 9 5 3
5 4 3
10 9 7 5
895A6 =
44737 =
Par NS +140 10 7 2
A J
A K J 8
K J 6 4

Notrump
3 NT S = +400
+10 64
5-4 Minor
5 S -1 -50
-10 15

20. 2010 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 57

E deals
N-S vul Q 10 9 7 3
A 7 4
—
Q J 5 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Fallenius Levin Fredin Weinstein Stansby Nystrom Martel Bertheau
Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 4 Pass 5 (AP)

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

8 5 4
J 8 6 2
J 8 6
A 10 9 Table A J 6
K 10 9 3
7 5 4 3 2
8
AA7AB A979A
23632 33632
Par NS +630 K 2
Q 5
A K Q 10 9
K 7 6 2

Notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+12 76
5-4 Minor
5 S -1 -100
-12 18

25. 2008 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 5, Bd 63

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

West North East South West North East South
Katz Gitelman Jacobs Moss Spector Levin WolpertG Weinstein
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 4
Pass 5 AP

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

K J 10 4
10 9
Q 6 5 2
K 6 3 Table 6 5 3 2
Q 8 7 4 2
K J 7
8
8577A 8678B
47652 =
Par NS +400 Q 8 7
5
A 10 8 4
A J 10 7 2

Notrump
3 NT S = +400
+10 90
5-4 Minor
5 N -1 -50
-10 18

27. 2008 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 5, Bd 63

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

West North East South West North East South
Cohler Nickell Baze Freeman Meckstroth Mahaffey Rodwell Seamon
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 5 (AP)

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

K J 10 4
10 9
Q 6 5 2
K 6 3 Table 6 5 3 2
Q 8 7 4 2
K J 7
8
8577A 8678B
47652 =
Par NS +400 Q 8 7
5
A 10 8 4
A J 10 7 2

Notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+11 102
5-4 Minor
5 N -2 -100
-11 18

30. 2006 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 3, Bd 37

E deals
E-W vul J 10 6 4
8
J 7 3
A Q 8 7 2

West North East South West North East South
Nunes Lesniewski Fantoni Weichsel Jansma Versace Verhees Lauria
Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT
Pass 4 Pass 4
Pass 4 Pass 4
Pass 5 AP

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

Q 8 5
J 9 6 3
10 9 8 6
10 6 Table A 9 3 2
Q 10 2
K Q 5 4
5 3
9897C =
45451 =
Par NS +920 K 7
A K 7 5 4
A 2
K J 9 4

Notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-10 104
5-4 Minor
5 S = +400
+10 28

38. 2003 BB Qualifying, Rd 18, Bd 5

S deals
N-S vul J 9 3 2
7 4 3
8
A Q J 8 6

West North East South West North East South
Bocchi Asbi Duboin Tobing
1
1 1 2 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP

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

8 7 5
A Q J 5
A 7 5
7 3 2 Table Q 10 6 4
8 6 2
J 9 6 4 2
10
9766A 9776A
45662 46672
Par NS +500 A K
K 10 9
K Q 10 3
K 9 5 4

Notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-13 108
5-4 Minor
5 S = +600
+13 41

39. 2002 Rosenblum Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 27

E deals
None vul A Q J 9 2
K Q 5
A K J 10
7

West North East South West North East South
HackettJU Balicki HackettJA Zmudzinski Pszczola Hallberg Kwiecien Wright
Pass Pass Pass Pass
3 Dbl Pass 3 2 Dbl Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 Pass 3 NT
Pass 4 Pass 5 (AP)

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

10 6
7
Q 9 4
A J 9 8 5 3 2 Table K 8 5 4 3
J 10 8 6 3
6
Q 10
6AAC5 8AAC5
53317 43317
Par NS +920 7
A 9 4 2
8 7 5 3 2
K 6 4

Notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-11 108
5-4 Minor
5 N = +400
+11 52

40. 2000 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 7, Bd 5

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

West North East South West North East South
Pessoa Maas Castanheira Ramondt de Boer Reis Muller Canelas
1 Pass 3 NT 1 Pass 2
Pass Pass Pass 2 5 Pass Pass
Dbl AP

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

A 8 7 6 4 3
A J 7 4
A 10 3
— Table J 10
10 9 8 6 3
7 6
J 9 6 5
74399 94399
37934 =
Par NS +100 Q 9 2
K Q 2
J 8 2
A 8 4 3

Notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+15 123
5-4 Minor
5 × S -2 -500
-15 52

45. 1997 BB Qualifying, Rd 15, Bd 20

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

West North East South West North East South
Kowalski Burgess Szymanowski Richman Browne Zmudzinski Bagchi Balicki
1 Pass 1 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 4
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 4 Pass 5
Pass 5 AP

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

9 7 6 4 2
Q
K 3
J 10 7 6 2 Table J 3
J 9 6 5 4
A 10
K 9 8 3
789B4 =
55428 =
Par NS +600 5
A 8 7 3
J 9 6 5 2
A 5 4

Notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-13 124
5-4 Minor
5 N = +600
+13 68

46. 1997 USBC Playoff, Seg 3, Bd 32

W deals
E-W vul A Q 9 8 3
A 7 5
J
K 9 8 3

West North East South West North East South
Freeman Katz Nickell Weinstein Lev Rodwell Glubok Meckstroth
Pass 1 2 2 NT Pass 1 Dbl Rdbl
Pass 3 NT AP Pass Pass 2 Pass
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 Dbl Rdbl
Pass 4 Pass 5 (AP)

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

K J 7 5 4 2
9 6 4
5 4 3
10 Table —
K Q 3 2
K Q 8 7 6 2
J 6 2
B885C B885B
24561 24471
Par NS +920 10 6
J 10 8
A 10 9
A Q 7 5 4

Notrump
3 NT S +2 +460
+2 126
5-4 Minor
5 N = +400
-2 68

Data 9Z13 Main Top Notrump vs. 5-4 Minor