Data 9Z69 Main

Three Notrump vs. Partscore

by Richard Pavlicek

No 5+ suit, 24 HCP, any spots

Found 139 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 55

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

West North East South West North East South
Upmark Nunes Nystrom Fantoni Helness Fallenius Helgemo Fredin
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT Pass 3
Pass 3 NT AP

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

7 6 2
J 7 6
A 7 6 5
J 4 3 Table A J 10
8 5 2
Q J 4
Q 9 6 2
89978 89998
54445 =
Par NS +140 K 9 8
A K 4
K 9 2
A 10 8 5

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 10
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
-10 0

2. 2014 Spingold Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 14

S deals
None vul 10 7 3
A Q 4 3
Q 5 4
K 9 5

West North East South West North East South
Tokay Hamman Sementa Weichsel Glubok Smirnov Lee Piekarek
1 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 NT AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

8 6 4
10 9 8
A 9 7
J 8 4 3 Table K 9 2
K 6 5 2
J 6 3 2
A 6
AA99A =
33443 =
Par NS +430 A Q J 5
J 7
K 10 8
Q 10 7 2

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+8 18
Partscore
1 NT N = +90
-8 0

3. 2014 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 92

S deals
E-W vul A 9 8 3
Q 6 4
9 6
Q J 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Meckstroth Ekeblad Rodwell Dwyer Coren Nickell Kamil Katz
1 NT 1 NT
2 3 Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 NT AP

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

K
A 10 9 3 2
K Q 10 2
10 9 4 Table Q J 6 5 2
J
7 5 3
8 7 5 3
87866 =
45454 =
Par NS +120 10 7 4
K 8 7 5
A J 8 4
A K

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-6 18
Partscore
2 NT S +1 +150
+6 6

4. 2014 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 7, Bd 98

N deals
E-W vul Q 7 4
Q J 8 2
K J 6
J 6 3

West North East South West North East South
Berkowitz Hampson Sontag Greco Diamond Pszczola Platnick Seamon
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)

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

8 5 3
A
9 7 5 4
A 10 9 8 7 Table J 9 6 2
K 9 5 4 3
A 2
5 4
87776 =
45646 =
Par NS +120 A K 10
10 7 6
Q 10 8 3
K Q 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 25
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
-7 6

5. 2014 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 7, Bd 98

N deals
E-W vul Q 7 4
Q J 8 2
K J 6
J 6 3

West North East South West North East South
Wooldridge Bramley Hurd Stansby Grabel LallJ WeinsteinH Kranyak
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 Pass 2 NT (AP)

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

8 5 3
A
9 7 5 4
A 10 9 8 7 Table J 9 6 2
K 9 5 4 3
A 2
5 4
87776 =
45646 =
Par NS +120 A K 10
10 7 6
Q 10 8 3
K Q 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 32
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
-7 6

6. 2014 USBC Final, Seg 3, Bd 44

E deals
N-S vul 9 6 2
A K J 2
A 5
A Q 9 8

West North East South West North East South
Rodwell Hampson Meckstroth Greco Platnick Weinstein Diamond Levin
Pass Pass Pass Pass
1 Dbl Pass 1 NT Pass 1 AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A Q 7 3
6 5 4
10 8 7 6
K 5 Table K J 4
8 7 3
Q 9 3
J 10 6 4
98988 =
45344 =
Par NS +600 10 8 5
Q 10 9
K J 4 2
7 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+11 43
Partscore
1 N +1 +90
-11 6

8. 2014 Vanderbilt Round of 32, Seg 4, Bd 58

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

West North East South West North East South
Pszczola Woolsey Kwiecien Stewart WeinsteinH Sontag Grabel Berkowitz
Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 2 NT AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A J 8 2
J 10 7 2
9 8 7
A 5 Table Q 3
Q 6 4
5 2
Q 9 8 7 4 2
88796 888A6
54537 =
Par NS +130 K 5 4
A K 3
A 6 4 3
K J 10

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 43
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+6 16

11. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 18, Bd 32

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

West North East South West North East South
Takayama Campos Kaku Villas-Boas Thoma Ino Brenner Teramoto
Pass 1 Dbl Pass Pass 1 Dbl Rdbl
2 Pass Pass 2 NT 2 Pass Pass 2 (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

6 5
7
Q 8 5 3 2
10 8 7 5 2 Table A K 10 7
A 6 4 3
7 6
K 6 4
98865 =
45468 =
Par NS +400 Q 3 2
Q J 8 2
K 10 4
Q J 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+10 59
Partscore
2 N -1 -50
-10 16

12. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 19, Bd 5

S deals
N-S vul K 5 4
K 9 3
Q 7 6
Q 10 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Lauria Rehder Versace Gromoeller Piekarek Madala Smirnov Bocchi
1 1
1 Dbl Pass 1 NT 1 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q 7 2
J 10 8 6 2
A J 8 4
2 Table J 10 6 3
A 5
9 5 2
K 8 7 6
98779 =
45564 45664
Par NS +600 A 9 8
Q 7 4
K 10 3
A J 9 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 69
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-10 16

13. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 20, Bd 21

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

West North East South West North East South
Noshy Fritsche Samir Rohowsky Smirnov Hussein Piekarek Nabil
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass 1 NT
Dbl Rdbl 1 3 NT (AP) 2 Dbl 2 Pass
Pass 2 NT AP

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

Q 10 7 6 2
A 8 7 3
A 8 4
Q Table J 4
Q J 9 5
5 3 2
10 9 7 3
86589 88599
45844 =
Par NS +100 A 9 5 3
K 2
J 7 6
A K 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 69
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+6 22

15. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 2, Bd 21

W deals
E-W vul K J 6 3
J 3
A 8 5
J 10 8 6

West North East South West North East South
Levin Helness Weinstein Helgemo Fantoni WolpertG Nunes Kranyak
1 Pass 1 NT Dbl 1 NT Pass 2 Pass
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT 2 Pass Pass Dbl
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 AP

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

A 8 4
A Q 9 7 4
J 4
Q 9 4 Table 9 7 5
10 8 6 2
K 10 9 7
7 2
68578 =
65854 =
Par NS +110 Q 10 2
K 5
Q 6 3 2
A K 5 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 69
Partscore
2 N = +110
+5 30

16. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 19, Bd 5

S deals
N-S vul K 5 4
K 9 3
Q 7 6
Q 10 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Rosenberg Gold Willenken Bakhshi Forrester Zia Robson Martel
1 NT 1
Pass 3 NT AP 1 1 NT Dbl Pass
2 2 NT AP

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

Q 7 2
J 10 8 6 2
A J 8 4
2 Table J 10 6 3
A 5
9 5 2
K 8 7 6
98779 =
45564 45664
Par NS +600 A 9 8
Q 7 4
K 10 3
A J 9 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 79
Partscore
2 NT N = +120
-10 30

17. 2013 Spingold Final, Seg 1, Bd 6

N deals
N-S vul J 6 3
K 10 9 2
A 2
A 6 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Jagniewski Morgan Gawel Amoils Grue Kalita Moss Nowosadzki
1 Pass 2 NT 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 Pass 2 NT (AP)

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

K 10 5 2
8 6
Q J 8 5 4
10 3 Table 9 8 4
Q 7 5 4
K 10 6
K Q 7
87869 =
56574 =
Par NS +120 A Q 7
A J 3
9 7 3
J 9 8 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -300
-9 79
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+9 39

18. 2013 USBC Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 45

E deals
Both vul A 9 6
J 6 3
10 8 2
A 9 8 6

West North East South West North East South
Willenken Spector Rosenberg Becker Cheek Kamil Grue Fleisher
Pass 1 NT Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 NT AP

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

Q 8 7
K 9 4
J 9 5 3
5 3 2 Table K 10 4 2
Q 10 8 2
K Q 7
10 7
76667 =
67776 =
Par NS +90 J 5 3
A 7 5
A 6 4
K Q J 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 79
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+8 47

19. 2013 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 45

S deals
Both vul 8 2
A 6 5 2
A K 9
9 7 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Greco Cheek Hampson Grue Becker Platnick Spector Diamond
1 NT 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

K 9 7 4
Q J
8 7 6 5
8 4 2 Table A Q 6 5
10 8 4 3
J 4 3
K 10
9798A =
46443 =
Par NS +600 J 10 3
K 9 7
Q 10 2
A Q J 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 89
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-10 47

20. 2013 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 44

S deals
E-W vul Q 9 4
K Q J 2
10 7
10 9 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Schermer Martel Chambers Zia Fleisher Compton Kamil Wold
1 NT 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

A 7 2
8 5
A 9 6 4 3 2
8 5 Table J 10 8 6
9 6 4 3
J
A Q 7 6
97878 97978
46455 =
Par NS +400 K 5 3
A 10 7
K Q 8 5
K J 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-6 89
Partscore
1 NT S +3 +180
+6 53

21. 2013 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 45

S deals
Both vul 8 2
A 6 5 2
A K 9
9 7 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Levin Seamon Weinstein Pszczola Berkowitz Rodwell Sontag Meckstroth
1 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

K 9 7 4
Q J
8 7 6 5
8 4 2 Table A Q 6 5
10 8 4 3
J 4 3
K 10
9798A =
46443 =
Par NS +600 J 10 3
K 9 7
Q 10 2
A Q J 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 99
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-10 53

22. 2013 Vanderbilt Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 41

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

West North East South West North East South
Rodwell Upmark Meckstroth Nystrom Fredin Weinstein Fallenius Levin
Pass Pass 1 Dbl Pass Pass 1 1 NT
1 Dbl Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
1 Pass Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

A 10 6 4
9 7 4
10 6 4 3
7 2 Table K 2
Q 6 2
Q J 8 5
K J 9 3
99979 =
33364 34364
Par NS +600 J 8 7 5
A K 5
A 7
A Q 6 4

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 109
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
-10 53

23. 2013 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 4, Bd 54

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

West North East South West North East South
Drijver BildeD Brink BildeM AukenS v.Prooijen Welland Verhees
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A Q 6
J 10 7 6 2
8 5 3
A 3 Table J 5 4 2
A 8
10 9 4
10 8 7 6
98899 =
45534 =
Par NS +600 9 7
K Q 5 3
A K 7 2
K J 9

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 119
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
-10 53

24. 2012 WC Semifinal, Seg 6, Bd 81

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

West North East South West North East South
Nystrom Helness Upmark Helgemo Nunes Cullin Fantoni Bertheau
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Dbl 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 NT AP

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

K 10
5 4 3
8 7 4 3 2
A 9 6 Table 9 7 6 4
K J 9 6 2
A
J 7 2
98586 =
45654 45655
Par NS +400 A 5 2
A 10 7
J 10 9
K Q 10 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 125
Partscore
1 NT N +2 +150
-6 53

25. 2012 WC Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 25

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

West North East South West North East South
McGann Narkiewicz Hanlon Buras Zmudzinski Garvey Balicki Carroll
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass Pass Pass

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

9 8 7 4
Q 10 8 7
A 8
A Q 10 Table J 10 5
4 2
Q J 6 2
9 6 3 2
88988 88A88
55355 54355
Par NS +420 A K 3 2
A K 6 5
7 5 4
J 7

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 125
Partscore
1 NT S = +90
+5 58

26. 2012 WC Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 15

E deals
E-W vul K J 7
J 8 3
Q J 10 2
Q 7 5

West North East South West North East South
Kokten Zaleski AkerO Versace Bocchi Kuru Madala Cengiz
Pass 1 NT Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 NT AP

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

9 8 5
K 7 5 2
7 4
K J 8 2 Table Q 6 4 3
10 6
K 9 5
A 9 6 4
879A6 =
56437 =
Par NS +140 A 10 2
A Q 9 4
A 8 6 3
10 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 125
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
+5 63

27. 2012 WC Round of 16, Seg 3, Bd 39

N deals
Both vul J 10 8 2
6
A Q 9 7
Q 9 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Kholomeev Groetheim Khiuppenen Tundal Hoftaniska Khokhlov Charlsen Matushko
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 1 Dbl 2 Dbl
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 AP

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

9
A J 10 5 3
8 6 2
A J 7 6 Table Q 7 6 5 3
9 7 4
J 10 5 4
K
78579 88579
45654 =
Par NS +120 A K 4
K Q 8 2
K 3
10 8 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+11 136
Partscore
2 N = +110
-11 63

28. 2012 WC Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 42

S deals
Both vul 10 7
Q 7 4
Q 9 5 2
A K 8 2

West North East South West North East South
Upmark Multon Nystrom Zimmermann Helgemo Ahlesved Helness Petersson
1 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 NT AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

K 9 4 3 2
10 3
J 8 6
9 5 3 Table Q 8
A 8 6 5
A 10 7 4 3
Q 4
9796A =
46463 =
Par NS +600 A J 6 5
K J 9 2
K
J 10 7 6

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 146
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
-10 63

29. 2012 WC Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 3

W deals
N-S vul K 9 6 3
J 3 2
J 7 6 4
K 9

West North East South West North East South
Carroll Zmudzinski Garvey Balicki Zak Fitzgibbon Zaremba Mesbur
Pass Pass 2 2 NT Pass Pass 2 Dbl
Pass 3 Pass 3 Rdbl Pass 2 Pass
Pass 3 NT AP Pass Dbl Pass 2 NT (AP)

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

A Q 8 7
K
10 9 2
J 8 7 4 3 Table 10 5
A 10 8 6 5 4
Q 5
10 6 2
99798 =
44635 =
Par NS +600 J 4 2
Q 9 7
A K 8 3
A Q 5

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+10 156
Partscore
2 NT S +1 +150
-10 63

30. 2012 WC Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 51

E deals
N-S vul 5 4 2
9 4 2
A 10 3 2
9 8 7

West North East South West North East South
Hanlon Narkiewicz McGann Buras Balicki Mesbur Zmudzinski Fitzgibbon
Pass 2 NT Pass 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) 1 Pass 1 1 NT (AP)

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

A J 9 7 3
8 6
Q J 7 6
J 3 Table Q 10 8
Q J 7 3
9 4
Q 10 6 2
76887 76988
57454 67455
Par NS +140 K 6
A K 10 5
K 8 5
A K 5 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 156
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+6 69

31. 2012 WC Semifinal, Seg 6, Bd 81

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

West North East South West North East South
Buras Fitzgibbon Narkiewicz Mesbur Carroll Balicki Garvey Zmudzinski
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Dbl
Pass 2 Pass 2 2 2 Pass Pass
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) 3 Dbl Pass 3 (AP)

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

K 10
5 4 3
8 7 4 3 2
A 9 6 Table 9 7 6 4
K J 9 6 2
A
J 7 2
98586 =
45654 45655
Par NS +400 A 5 2
A 10 7
J 10 9
K Q 10 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+10 166
Partscore
3 N -1 -50
-10 69

33. 2012 WC Round of 16, Seg 5, Bd 69

S deals
N-S vul Q 7 3
10 5 3
9 7 2
J 9 8 6

West North East South West North East South
AkerO Madala Kokten Bocchi Sementa Yilmaz Duboin Gur
2 NT 2
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 Pass 2 NT (AP)

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

K 10 8 4
6 4 2
A 8 5
5 3 2 Table J 5 2
J 8 7
J 10 6
A Q 7 4
87998 =
55445 =
Par NS +140 A 9 6
A K Q 9
K Q 4 3
K 10

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 166
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+6 75

34. 2012 WC Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 15

W deals
E-W vul A 10 2
A Q 9 4
A 8 6 3
10 3

West North East South West North East South
Dubinin Berg Gromov Svendsen Charlsen Khiuppenen Hoftaniska Kholomeev
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass Pass Pass

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

Q 6 4 3
10 6
K 9 5
A 9 6 4 Table 9 8 5
K 7 5 2
7 4
K J 8 2
879A6 =
56437 =
Par NS +140 K J 7
J 8 3
Q J 10 2
Q 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 166
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+5 80

35. 2012 WC Qualifying, Rd 4, Bd 17

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

West North East South West North East South
Cornell WuCD Bach Huang Chung Tislevoll LiuCK Ware
3 Pass Pass 3 NT 3 Pass Pass Dbl
Pass Pass Pass Pass 3 AP

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

9
8 6 4 3
9 3
A K J 10 8 2 Table K 7 3 2
Q J 9
Q 10 8 6 4
7
7A786 =
42546 =
Par NS +420 A Q 6 5
A 10 5
A J 7 2
Q 9

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-6 166
Partscore
3 N = +140
+6 86

36. 2012 WC Qualifying, Rd 11, Bd 16

W deals
E-W vul 10 7 5 2
K Q 2
4 3
A J 9 5

West North East South West North East South
Babsch Nickell Schifko Katz Rodwell Purkarthofer Meckstroth Fucik
Pass Pass 1 Dbl Pass Pass 1 Dbl
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

J 6 3
6 3
10 6 5
Q 8 7 4 3 Table Q 9 4
A J 9 4
A Q 7 2
10 6
99988 =
44454 44455
Par NS +400 A K 8
10 8 7 5
K J 9 8
K 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 172
Partscore
1 N +2 +140
-6 86

37. 2012 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 34

W deals
N-S vul 8 4 2
A Q 3
7 5 2
J 7 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Lauria Zimmermann Versace Multon Nunes Duboin Fantoni Sementa
Pass Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass Pass Pass

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

Q 10
10 8 7 2
J 10 6 4 3
A 9 Table K 9 7 5 3
J 6 4
Q 9
K 8 6
77668 87769
56674 =
Par NS +120 A J 6
K 9 5
A K 8
Q 10 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 182
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
-10 86

38. 2012 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 35

N deals
E-W vul K 9 7 6
K
8 7 6 3
Q J 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Lauria Zimmermann Versace Multon Nunes Duboin Fantoni Sementa
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 NT AP

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

8 5
Q J 10 2
A Q 4 2
A 8 3 Table Q J 10 4 2
9 7 4 3
5
7 6 5
87598 886A9
55634 =
Par NS +130 A 3
A 8 6 5
K J 10 9
K 10 9

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 182
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+5 91

39. 2012 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 55

S deals
Both vul 10 8 4
K Q J 10
8 4 3 2
Q J

West North East South West North East South
Kwiecien Rodwell Pszczola Meckstroth Levin Sontag Weinstein Berkowitz
1 NT 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 NT AP

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

K 9 7
9 8 7 4 2
5
A 9 7 2 Table J 6 5
6 3
A K J 10
10 6 5 3
88786 =
55657 =
Par NS +120 A Q 3 2
A 5
Q 9 7 6
K 8 4

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 192
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
-10 91

40. 2012 Spingold Round of 32, Seg 1, Bd 11

N deals
None vul Q 10 5 3
Q 7 4
J 9 5 3
A 4

West North East South West North East South
Konow Bertheau Schaltz BessisT Fu Welland Delmonte AukenS
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass Pass Pass

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

8 7 2
A 9 6
6
Q J 8 6 3 2 Table J 6 4
K 10 5 3
K Q 8 7
10 9
89896 =
44547 =
Par NS +140 A K 9
J 8 2
A 10 4 2
K 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 192
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
+5 96

41. 2012 Spingold Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 11

S deals
None vul 9 8 5 4
9 7
8 5 3 2
A 8 7

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

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

K J 10 7
A 6 5 4 3 2
Q
K 9 Table Q 3
10
10 9 7 4
J 10 6 5 3 2
87684 87784
55648 =
Par NS +100 A 6 2
K Q J 8
A K J 6
Q 4

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 199
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
-7 96

42. 2012 Spingold Round of 32, Seg 4, Bd 52

N deals
Both vul A 6 3 2
J 8 4
9 5
K Q 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Bjarnarson Delmonte Askgaard Fu Bertheau Konow BessisT Schaltz
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
3 3 NT AP

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

K 8 5 4
A 10 2
10 7 6 3
J 3 Table J 10
Q 9 6
K Q 8 2
8 7 5 4
88868 88878
55565 =
Par NS +120 Q 9 7
K 7 5 3
A J 4
A 10 9

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 199
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
+8 104

44. 2011 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 20

E deals
Both vul A 10
9 8 6 4
8 3 2
J 10 8 4

West North East South West North East South
Sementa LallJ Duboin Grue Hurd Madala Wooldridge Bocchi
Pass 2 NT Pass 2
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 Pass 2 NT (AP)

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

J 8 5 3
10 7 3
A 5 4
K 7 6 Table Q 9 7 6 2
K Q
J 9 7
9 3 2
87AA9 =
46333 =
Par NS +620 K 4
A J 5 2
K Q 10 6
A Q 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 199
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+8 112

45. 2011 Spingold Round of 32, Seg 4, Bd 52

W deals
Both vul Q 8 2
8 7 3
9 8 7
9 8 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Gerstman Rodwell Landen Meckstroth Hamman ClerkinJ Zia ClerkinD
Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass 2 NT
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

9 5 3
A J 9 5
A 4 3 2
J 6 Table J 10 7 6
K 10 6 2
10 5
Q 10 7
87689 =
56754 =
Par NS +120 A K 4
Q 4
K Q J 6
A K 5 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 209
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
-10 112

46. 2011 USBC Round of 16, Seg 5, Bd 67

E deals
N-S vul A 2
10 8 7 4
Q J 6 4
K 8 3

West North East South West North East South
Silverstein WeinsteinH Rosenthal Garner Ekeblad LevinJ Rubin Meyers
Pass 1 NT Pass 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 1 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

Q 7 4
A Q 9 5 3
7 5
10 9 6 Table 10 9 5 3
6
A K 10 3 2
J 4 2
87777 86777
56564 =
Par NS +120 K J 8 6
K J 2
9 8
A Q 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+11 220
Partscore
1 NT S = +90
-11 112

47. 2010 Spingold Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 45

S deals
Both vul J 6 3
A 6 4
10 6 3
K Q 8 7

West North East South West North East South
Platnick Lowe Diamond Dawson Kovachev Gitelman Isporski Moss
1 NT 1
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass 1 NT AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q 8 4
10 7 3 2
Q 8 4
10 5 2 Table K 7 5 2
K Q 9
K 7 5
J 6 3
A889A 98899
35533 35543
Par NS +630 A 10 9
J 8 5
A J 9 2
A 9 4

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+10 230
Partscore
1 NT N +3 +180
-10 112

48. 2010 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 8

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

West North East South West North East South
Lynch Brogeland Passell Saelensminde Strul Zmudzinski Becker Balicki
Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT AP

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

Q 10 5
J 10 9 5
K J
J 8 6 2 Table K J 8 3
7 4
Q 10 7 5
Q 9 3
76877 =
67566 =
Par NS +100 9 7 4
A K 2
A 8 3 2
A K 4

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+10 240
Partscore
2 NT S -1 -50
-10 112

49. 2010 Rosenblum Round of 32, Seg 1, Bd 2

S deals
E-W vul A J 10 5
A 10 9
A 9 7 4
9 4

West North East South West North East South
Nunes Angeleri Fantoni Villegas Camberos Helgemo Pellegrini Helness
Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

7 2
6 4 2
J 6 2
K Q 10 3 2 Table K 9 4 3
K J 7 5
K 10 5
8 6
89786 =
44547 =
Par NS +140 Q 8 6
Q 8 3
Q 8 3
A J 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 240
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
+5 117

50. 2010 Rosenblum Round of 64, Seg 2, Bd 15

W deals
E-W vul Q J 9 5
6
9 6 4 2
9 8 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Duboin Feldman Sementa Weichsel Polowan Ferraro Morgan Bocchi
Pass Pass Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 1 Pass 2 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

8 7 3
J 10 7 5
A 10 8 3
J 10 Table A 10 6 2
K 9 3 2
Q J
7 6 2
88689 =
55653 55753
Par NS +120 K 4
A Q 8 4
K 7 5
A K Q 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-6 240
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+6 123

51. 2010 Rosenblum Qualifying, Rd 6, Bd 28

S deals
E-W vul K 9 3
K 7 4 2
J 7 6 2
9 8

West North East South West North East South
Pottenger Sveindal Rimer AukenJ van Cleeff Huston Shenkin Young
1 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q 8 6 5 2
10 5
K 4 3
Q J 5 Table 7
J 8 6 3
A 9 8 5
K 7 6 3
98887 =
44555 =
Par NS +400 A J 10 4
A Q 9
Q 10
A 10 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 246
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-6 123

52. 2010 Rosenblum Qualifying, Rd 6, Bd 28

S deals
E-W vul K 9 3
K 7 4 2
J 7 6 2
9 8

West North East South West North East South
Fu GipsonP Zhao GipsonA Rees Pszczola Punch Lev
1 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q 8 6 5 2
10 5
K 4 3
Q J 5 Table 7
J 8 6 3
A 9 8 5
K 7 6 3
98887 =
44555 =
Par NS +400 A J 10 4
A Q 9
Q 10
A 10 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 252
Partscore
1 NT S +3 +180
-6 123

53. 2010 Rosenblum Qualifying, Rd 6, Bd 28

S deals
E-W vul K 9 3
K 7 4 2
J 7 6 2
9 8

West North East South West North East South
Ventin Klimowicz GaviardJ Campbell GartaganisN BessisT GartaganisJ BessisM
1 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q 8 6 5 2
10 5
K 4 3
Q J 5 Table 7
J 8 6 3
A 9 8 5
K 7 6 3
98887 =
44555 =
Par NS +400 A J 10 4
A Q 9
Q 10
A 10 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 258
Partscore
1 NT S +3 +180
-6 123

54. 2010 USBC Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 60

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

West North East South West North East South
Martel Zia Stansby Hamman Rodwell Weinstein Meckstroth Levin
1 NT 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 NT AP

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

J 5 2
10 8
J 9 7 6
Q 9 7 5 Table A Q 9 4
J 9 7 5
10 8 5
A J
88989 =
45454 =
Par NS +140 K 6 3
A 4 2
K Q 4 2
K 8 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 258
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+5 128

55. 2010 USBC Semifinal, Seg 5, Bd 65

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

West North East South West North East South
Platnick Etter Diamond Kolesnik Sher Hampson Jackson Greco
1 1
1 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

K 6 4
A 10
10 9 8 5 4
A Q 8 Table 10 7 3 2
K 7 4 2
7
10 5 4 3
75675 85675
57768 =
Par NS +100 A 9 5
6 5 3
K J 6
K J 9 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 258
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+5 133

56. 2010 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 21

N deals
N-S vul K 8 6 2
A 7 5
8 7 5 2
10 3

West North East South West North East South
Diamond Jacobus Platnick Wold Jacobs Moss Beatty Gitelman
Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

J 5 3
2
K 9 6 4 3
7 6 5 2 Table Q 9 4
Q J 10 6 4
Q J
K J 9
9A989 =
43344 43454
Par NS +620 A 10 7
K 9 8 3
A 10
A Q 8 4

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 268
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-10 133

58. 2010 USBC Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 46

N deals
None vul Q 5
10 6 5 3
K 8 2
A J 10 5

West North East South West North East South
Landen Mohan Gerstman Bates Cohler Chorush Milner Koneru
Pass Pass 1 NT 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 5 9 K 6 10 9 3
3 5 K 6 8 tricks won
3 4 K 9
4 2 10 4
5 2 A 7
Q 7 6 8
3 Q A 2
J 3 4 8
Q K 6 9
J 7 9 10

A 9 7
9 7
A 9 5
Q 8 7 6 2 Table K 10 4 3 2
J 8 4 2
Q 10 6
9
85887 =
48545 48546
Par NS +100 J 8 6
A K Q
J 7 4 3
K 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 268
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+5 142

59. 2010 Rosenblum Round of 32, Seg 1, Bd 2

S deals
E-W vul A J 10 5
A 10 9
A 9 7 4
9 4

West North East South West North East South
BildeD Cayne Graversen Seamon Versace Hansen Lauria BildeM
Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 NT AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

7 2
6 4 2
J 6 2
K Q 10 3 2 Table K 9 4 3
K J 7 5
K 10 5
8 6
89786 =
44547 =
Par NS +140 Q 8 6
Q 8 3
Q 8 3
A J 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 268
Partscore
1 NT N +2 +150
+5 147

60. 2010 Vanderbilt Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 22

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

West North East South West North East South
Fredin Zaleski Fallenius Faigenbaum Bompis de Knijff Quantin Wrang
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

9 4
A J 5
9 8
A 10 8 7 5 4 Table A 10 7 2
10 9 6 4
J 6 3
Q 3
68795 =
54638 55648
Par NS +110 K Q J 5
K 7 3
A Q 10 7
J 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -300
-5 268
Partscore
1 NT S -1 -100
+5 152

61. 2010 Vanderbilt Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 60

S deals
E-W vul Q 4
A 10 9 5
6 5 3
K J 8 3

West North East South West North East South
Helness Rodwell Helgemo Meckstroth Hamman BessisM Zia BessisT
1 NT 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 AP

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

K 10 9 5
K 7 3
K 9 8
7 6 2 Table 7 6 3
J 8 6 2
A Q 10 2
9 5
87778 =
56665 =
Par NS +120 A J 8 2
Q 4
J 7 4
A Q 10 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 268
Partscore
2 S +1 +110
+5 157

62. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 45

E deals
Both vul Q 10 7
Q 10 8 3
J 10 6
K J 3

West North East South West North East South
Aronov Versace Stefanov Lauria Duboin Karaivanov Sementa Trendafilov
Pass 1 NT Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 NT AP

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

9 8 4 3
K 5 4
A K 8
9 7 2 Table 6 2
9 7 2
7 5 4 3
A Q 6 5
78866 =
55566 =
Par NS +110 A K J 5
A J 6
Q 9 2
10 8 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 268
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+6 163

63. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 25

E deals
N-S vul K 5 4
K Q 8 3
K 10 8 3
8 5

West North East South West North East South
Dubinin Duboin Gromov Sementa Nunes Matushko Fantoni Khokhlov
Pass 1 Pass 1
1 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 NT AP

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

Q J 2
4 2
A Q J 2
Q 10 7 2 Table 9 8 6
J 10 9 7 6
7 5
K 6 3
99898 =
44545 =
Par NS +600 A 10 7 3
A 5
9 6 4
A J 9 4

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+11 279
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
-11 163

64. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 4, Bd 2

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

West North East South West North East South
Boyd Cornell Robinson Bach Ware Stewart Whibley Woolsey

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 2
9 tricks won 8 tricks won

9 2
A 4 3 2
7 4
J 9 8 7 6 Table K J 7 3
J 9
A 9 3 2
Q 3 2
99998 A9997
34445 =
Par NS +430 A Q 6 4
Q 10 8
J 10 5
A K 10

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 286
Partscore
2 N = +110
-7 163

65. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 10, Bd 7

S deals
Both vul K 9 5 4
A 10 9
6 2
J 9 7 2

West North East South West North East South
Dubinin Satyanarayana Gromov Nadar Gupta Khiuppenen Chokshi Kholomeev
1 NT 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 NT AP

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

J 8 3
6 5 4
K J 3
8 6 5 3 Table A Q 6
J 8 3
A 9 8 7 4
10 4
68768 =
55575 =
Par NS +110 10 7 2
K Q 7 2
Q 10 5
A K Q

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+13 299
Partscore
2 NT S -2 -200
-13 163

66. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Final, Seg 1, Bd 3

E deals
N-S vul K Q 7
A J 7
10 8 6
A K 10 6

West North East South West North East South
Katz Fantoni Nickell Nunes Lauria Meckstroth Versace Rodwell
Pass Pass Pass Pass
1 Dbl 1 1 NT Pass 1 NT AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

9 6 3 2
6 5 2
K Q 9
Q 8 7 Table A J 5 4
K 8 4 3
4 3 2
J 3
76788 76688
67655 =
Par NS +90 10 8
Q 10 9
A J 7 5
9 5 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -300
-9 299
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
+9 172

67. 2009 Spingold Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 37

N deals
N-S vul Q 7 3 2
A Q 9 4
J 2
8 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Aker Balicki Milgrim Zmudzinski Dubinin BlanchardB Gromov BlanchardS
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 NT AP

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

J 10 9 8
10 6
K 7 5 4
Q 10 7 Table K 5
K J 8 5
Q 9 6 3
J 9 2
88768 =
55575 55675
Par NS +120 A 6 4
7 3 2
A 10 8
A K 6 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -300
-5 299
Partscore
2 NT S -1 -100
+5 177

69. 2009 USBC Semifinal, Seg 6, Bd 85

N deals
N-S vul 9 6
J 9 4
Q 10 4 3
Q 8 7 2

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

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

Q 10 3
A Q 10 8 6 3
6 2
9 5 Table A 8 7 5 4
7
9 7 5
K J 10 6
64576 =
68856 =
Par NS -110 K J 2
K 5 2
A K J 8
A 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -5 -500
-7 299
Partscore
3 S -2 -200
+7 187

70. 2009 USBC Round of 16, Seg 2, Bd 25

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

West North East South West North East South
Moss Simson Gitelman Johnson Parker Greco Rogoff Hampson
1 Pass 1 1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 1 Pass 2 NT (AP)

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

A K 9
7 5 4
J 10 9 5 2
4 2 Table 8 7 3
K 6 2
Q 4 3
K 9 8 5
89A79 =
43364 =
Par NS +420 Q 10 6
Q J 9 3
A 7
A 7 6 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 299
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+5 192

71. 2009 USBC QuarterfinalB, Seg 3, Bd 44

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

West North East South West North East South
Stansby Willenken Martel Welland CohenB Strul Smith Becker
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 3 AP

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

7 5
A 8 7
K 8 6 2
9 8 4 2 Table K Q 8 6
5 3
10 5 3
A 10 5 3
99987 =
44356 =
Par NS +600 A 10 2
K Q 10 9
J 9 7 4
J 6

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+10 309
Partscore
3 S = +140
-10 192

72. 2009 Vanderbilt Round of 16, Seg 3, Bd 45

S deals
Both vul A K 3 2
9 8 7 5
8 3
A K 5

West North East South West North East South
Grue Brogeland Cheek Lindqvist Sementa Wold Duboin Bramley
Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

10 7 6
J 6 4
A J 6
J 8 4 3 Table Q J 8
K 10 3
K 7 5 4
9 6 2
88987 89988
54455 =
Par NS +140 9 5 4
A Q 2
Q 10 9 2
Q 10 7

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 319
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-10 192

74. 2008 WC Qualifying, Rd 17, Bd 14

S deals
None vul A J 6 4
10 4
K J 10 5
A 9 2

West North East South West North East South
Meckstroth George Rodwell Asbi Gontha Nickell Bojoh Freeman
1 NT Pass
2 Dbl Pass 2 NT Pass 1 2 2 NT (AP)
Pass 3 Dbl 3 NT (AP)

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

5
A Q 8 7 5
9 8 6 3
K J 3 Table Q 10 9 8 3 2
9 6 3
Q
Q 10 6
85698 =
57744 =
Par NS +120 K 7
K J 2
A 7 4 2
8 7 5 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 319
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+5 197

75. 2008 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 53

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

West North East South West North East South
McNay Lesniewski Stoltz Gawrys Fredin Tolliver Fallenius Horton
Pass 1 NT Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 3 NT AP

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

9 8 7 4
7
A Q 5 4 2
J 5 3 Table 10 6 5
A Q J 4 2
9 3
Q 9 8
87777 =
55655 =
Par NS +120 A K
9 6 5 3
K 10 8 7
A 10 6

Three notrump
3 NT S +2 +460
+8 327
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
-8 197

76. 2008 USBC Final, Seg 6, Bd 87

W deals
Both vul K J 5 4
9 7 4
Q 10 9 3
A 8

West North East South West North East South
Stansby Meckstroth Martel Rodwell Freeman Becker Nickell Strul
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
5 3 7 8 4 9 J A
A 4 9 J 2 5 10 7
2 K 10 3 9 tricks won
6 A 4 2
Q 5 3 6
9 J A 2
8 Q 4 7
J 8 Q 5
10 K 7 4
K 6 7 3

Q 10 8
Q 6 2
K 6 5 4
J 7 6 Table A 7 6 3
J 5 3
J 7
Q 10 9 4
88997 88AA7
55335 =
Par NS +620 9 2
A K 10 8
A 8 2
K 5 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 327
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
+6 203

77. 2008 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 84

E deals
Both vul 3 2
K Q 6 5
Q 10 2
A 9 8 7

West North East South West North East South
Grue Weinstein Cheek Levin Rosenberg Spector Zia WolpertG
Pass 1 Pass 1
1 Dbl Pass 1 NT 1 Dbl Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A Q 9 8 6
J 4 3
7 3
K 10 3 Table 10 5
10 8 2
K J 6 4
Q 5 4 2
76887 77887
56556 =
Par NS +110 K J 7 4
A 9 7
A 9 8 5
J 6

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+10 337
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-10 203

78. 2008 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 81

W deals
None vul A 10 7 3
7 6
J 7 6
K 10 9 2

West North East South West North East South
Martel WangJ Stansby Ao Lo Becker SchwartzA Strul
Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass 1 NT
2 Dbl Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Dbl 2
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 NT AP

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

J 5 4
Q 3 2
K Q 9 5 4 3
5 Table Q 9 2
J 10 8 4
8
A J 7 6 4
88779 88879
44564 =
Par NS +120 K 8 6
A K 9 5
A 10 2
Q 8 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 337
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+5 208

79. 2008 USBC Semifinal, Seg 6, Bd 77

S deals
Both vul 5 4 2
A Q J
A Q 6 3
9 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Meckstroth Willenken Rodwell Welland WeinsteinH Nickell Garner Freeman
1 Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Dbl Rdbl
Pass 3 NT AP 1 Pass Pass 1
Pass 1 NT Pass 2 NT (AP)

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

9 6
9 7 5 3 2
K J 9 8
6 5 Table A Q J 8
K 6 4
5 4
Q 10 8 3
99789 =
44543 44554
Par NS +600 K 10 7 3
10 8
10 7 2
A K J 7

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 347
Partscore
2 NT N = +120
-10 208

80. 2008 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 84

E deals
Both vul 3 2
K Q 6 5
Q 10 2
A 9 8 7

West North East South West North East South
Freeman Pszczola Nickell Lev Seamon Meckstroth Mahaffey Rodwell
Pass 1 Pass 1
1 Dbl Pass 1 NT 1 Dbl Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

A Q 9 8 6
J 4 3
7 3
K 10 3 Table 10 5
10 8 2
K J 6 4
Q 5 4 2
76887 77887
56556 =
Par NS +110 K J 7 4
A 9 7
A 9 8 5
J 6

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 357
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
-10 208

81. 2008 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 86

N deals
N-S vul 9 4
K 6 3
K J 10 8
8 7 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Lev Freeman Pszczola Nickell Rodwell Seamon Meckstroth Mahaffey
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Dbl Rdbl Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
2 Pass Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

A K 10 3
J 9 5 2
6 3
K 10 9 Table 8 7 2
Q 8 7 4
7 5 4 2
Q J
77589 =
55754 55854
Par NS +100 Q J 6 5
A 10
A Q 9
A 6 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 357
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+6 214

82. 2008 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 81

W deals
None vul A 10 7 3
7 6
J 7 6
K 10 9 2

West North East South West North East South
WolpertG Rosenberg Spector Zia Levin Grue Weinstein Cheek
Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass 1 NT
1 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 2 Dbl 2
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 NT AP

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

J 5 4
Q 3 2
K Q 9 5 4 3
5 Table Q 9 2
J 10 8 4
8
A J 7 6 4
88779 88879
44564 =
Par NS +120 K 8 6
A K 9 5
A 10 2
Q 8 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 364
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
-7 214

83. 2008 USBC Round of 16, Seg 6, Bd 89

S deals
E-W vul A K 3 2
K Q
Q J 9
K J 9 2

West North East South West North East South
Rosenberg Milgrim Zia Aker BlanchardB Weinstein BlanchardS Levin
Pass Pass
2 Dbl Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass
2 Dbl Pass 2 NT 1 Dbl 1 3 (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q 10
A J 10 7 6 2
7 3
6 4 3 Table J 8 7 6 4
8
A 8 5 2
A 8 7
77688 =
46755 =
Par NS +90 9 5
9 5 4 3
K 10 6 4
Q 10 5

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+10 374
Partscore
3 N -1 -50
-10 214

84. 2008 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 35

S deals
E-W vul J 5 3 2
Q 4
10 8 6 3
K 10 7

West North East South West North East South
Gierulski Helness Skrzypczak Helgemo Sontag Jassem Bates Martens
1 1
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT AP

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

9 8 4
J 8 6 2
Q 7 5
9 8 2 Table K Q 7 6
9 5 3
A J 9
Q J 4
99999 =
44444 =
Par NS +400 A 10
A K 10 7
K 4 2
A 6 5 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 381
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
-7 214

85. 2008 Vanderbilt Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 5

W deals
E-W vul J 5 4
9 6 5 3
Q 7 5 2
9 5

West North East South West North East South
Katz Ekeblad Jacobs Rubin Verhees Levin Jansma Weinstein
Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass 2 NT
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

K 3
J 10 8 4 2
6
Q 10 6 4 3 Table Q 10 9 6
A 7
A 9 8 3
8 7 2
77685 =
65758 =
Par NS +90 A 8 7 2
K Q
K J 10 4
A K J

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 381
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+5 219

86. 2008 Vanderbilt Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 9

E deals
N-S vul K 9 6 5
J 3
A 7 4 2
K 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Martens Krekorian Jassem Onstott Sadek Gierulski El Ahmady Skrzypczak
Pass 1 Pass 1
Dbl 1 Pass 1 NT Dbl Rdbl 1 Pass
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)

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

A J 4 3
Q 8 6
K Q
J 10 8 7 Table 10 7
K 10 9 5
10 8 6 5 3
9 2
78679 =
55664 =
Par NS +110 Q 8 2
A 7 4 2
J 9
A Q 6 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-7 381
Partscore
1 NT S = +90
+7 226

87. 2007 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 2, Bd 23

W deals
Both vul 9 6 5
A 8 3 2
7 6
K Q 7 2

West North East South West North East South
Mahaffey Cayne Lair Seamon Nunes Zhao Fantoni Fu
Pass Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 NT AP

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

Q 4
K 6 5
J 9 2
J 8 5 4 3 Table K 10 8 2
Q J 7
K 10 8 4
10 6
89978 =
54455 54465
Par NS +140 A J 7 3
10 9 4
A Q 5 3
A 9

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 381
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+6 232

88. 2007 USBC Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 30

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

West North East South West North East South
Rubin Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Krekorian Stansby Casen Martel
1 NT 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

9 8 6 4
9 8 4 3
Q J 8
A 6 Table A 7
K J 10 5
10 6 3
J 10 4 2
88698 88688
54744 55745
Par NS +120 Q 5 3
A 6 2
K 5 4
K Q 8 7

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 381
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
+5 237

89. 2007 USBC Semifinal, Seg 8, Bd 110

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

West North East South West North East South
Meckstroth Cohler Rodwell Baze Bramley Hamman Lazard Soloway
Pass 1 1 NT Pass 1 Dbl
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 NT AP

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

9 5 4 3
6
K J 7 3
J 9 7 5 Table K 10
A Q 9 7 5
Q 6 4
10 4 3
99989 =
44444 =
Par NS +400 A J 8 2
K 10 8
A 10 8 2
K 6

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 388
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
-7 237

91. 2007 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 44

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

West North East South West North East South
Welland Lauria Fallenius Versace Nunes Balicki Fantoni Zmudzinski
1 NT 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

10 9 8 6 3 2
J 8
A 8 5
J 4 Table J
A Q 9 7 5
K 7 3
9 7 5 2
86678 86677
57754 =
Par NS +120 A K Q 7
4 3
10 6 4 2
A K 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 394
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-6 237

92. 2006 USBC Round of 32, Seg 3, Bd 39

W deals
Both vul J 7 3 2
K 10 9 5
9 6 2
K 2

West North East South West North East South
Ornstein Sontag Stansby Bates Feldman Greenberg Bramley Hand
Pass Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass 1 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

K 10 9 4
8 7 6 2
10 3
8 5 3 Table Q 8 5
A Q
K 8 5 4
Q 9 7 4
98A98 98988
45345 =
Par NS +620 A 6
J 4 3
A Q J 7
A J 10 6

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+9 403
Partscore
1 NT S +4 +210
-9 237

95. 2006 WC Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 57

E deals
N-S vul Q 8 7 5
9 8 4 3
9 8 4
10 2

West North East South West North East South
YadlinI Hansen YadlinD BildeM BlaksetK Ozdil BlaksetL Ginossar
Pass 2 NT Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass Pass Pass

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

J 10 4 3 2
K 7
J 6 3
K J 5 Table 9 6
Q J 6 2
Q 10 2
Q 9 4 3
78887 =
65446 65456
Par NS +110 A K
A 10 5
A K 7 5
A 8 7 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 403
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+8 247

96. 2006 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 17

E deals
None vul A 10 6
A 7 4 3
Q J 8
8 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Stansby Mittelman Martel Delmonte Shugart Fallenius Brogeland Welland
Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT 1 Dbl Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 NT AP

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

5 4 2
9 5
A K 6 5 2
K Q 6 Table Q J 9 8
J 10 8 6 2
7
9 7 2
87678 =
56655 =
Par NS +120 K 7 3
K Q
10 9 4 3
A J 10 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 410
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
-7 247

97. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 31

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

West North East South West North East South
Sadek Sylvan El Ahmady Sundelin Fredin Hishmat Lindkvist Nadim
Pass 1 1 NT Dbl
2 Pass 2 Dbl
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

10 9 6 4 2
9 2
10 9 5 4
4 2 Table A Q 7
K 10 5 4
8 7
A Q J 3
96898 96888
46445 47545
Par NS +400 K 8
A Q J 6
K 6 2
10 9 8 6

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+10 420
Partscore
2 S -1 -50
-10 247

98. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 5, Bd 20

N deals
Both vul 6 5 4 2
Q J 8
A Q 9 4
K 10

West North East South West North East South
Sadek Kholomeev El Ahmady Zlotov Dubinin Nadim Gromov Hishmat
1 Dbl Rdbl
Pass Pass Pass

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

J 8
10 7
K 10 7 6 3
J 6 3 2 Table A K 10 7
A 9 4 2
5 2
7 5 4
98988 =
34454 =
Par NS +600 Q 9 3
K 6 5 3
J 8
A Q 9 8

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-8 420
Partscore
1 ×× N = +230
+8 255

99. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 10, Bd 12

S deals
E-W vul 9 5 4 2
7 5 3
K Q
A 10 8 2

West North East South West North East South
Fu Pessoa Zhao Castanheira Paz YangL Luis Dai
1 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

7 6
J 9 8 4
J 9 7 6
K 6 5 Table K Q 10 3
K Q 10 6
8 5 2
J 7
8978A =
54653 =
Par NS +140 A J 8
A 2
A 10 4 3
Q 9 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 420
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+5 260

101. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Semifinal, Seg 5, Bd 79

N deals
N-S vul K 10 2
J 4
Q 7 3 2
7 6 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Moss Freeman Gitelman Nickell Meckstroth Rubin Rodwell Ekeblad
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 Dbl 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A J 5
Q 6 3
J 9 8 4
9 8 3 Table Q 7 6 3
9 8 7 5 2
10 6
A Q
9869A =
35643 35743
Par NS +500 9 8 4
A K 10
A K 5
K J 10 5

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+9 429
Partscore
1 NT S +3 +180
-9 264

102. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 17, Bd 3

E deals
N-S vul Q 4 2
A 8 5
Q J 7
K 6 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Bertheau El Kourdy Nystrom Dagher El Ahmady Sundelin Sadek Sylvan
Pass 1
Pass 1 NT AP

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

A 10 6
K Q 7 6
10 6 3
J 10 2 Table J 9 5 3
J 4 2
A 8 4 2
9 8
86768 =
57665 =
Par NS +120 K 8 7
10 9 3
K 9 5
A Q 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 429
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
+6 270

103. 2005 USBC Semifinal, Seg 8, Bd 114

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

West North East South West North East South
Fallenius Boyd Welland Robinson Feldman Rosenberg Bramley Zia
1 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q J 4 3 2
6 5 4 3
J
Q 10 9 Table 10
K J 9 2
Q 10 5 3
A 6 5 4
87687 =
56756 =
Par NS +120 K 9 8 6
Q 8 7
A K 9 6
J 7

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 429
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+5 275

104. 2005 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 2, Bd 29

N deals
Both vul J 9 7 2
K 8 7
J 8 2
A 4 3

West North East South West North East South
CohenS Berkowitz Compton Cohen Becker Casen Schwartz Krekorian
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 AP

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

8 6
A Q 10
10 9 7 5
J 7 6 2 Table A K 4
6 5 4 3
6 3
Q 10 9 5
89785 =
54658 =
Par NS +140 Q 10 5 3
J 9 2
A K Q 4
K 8

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+10 439
Partscore
3 S = +140
-10 275

105. 2005 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 25

S deals
E-W vul K Q 4
5 3
Q 9 8 3
K 8 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Cohen Wold Berkowitz Passell Schneider Becker Baze Schwartz
1 NT 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 NT AP

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

A 7 2
9 7 6
K 6
Q 10 9 5 4 Table J 10 5 3
K J 8 4
J 4 2
J 3
99AB9 =
34324 =
Par NS +420 9 8 6
A Q 10 2
A 10 7 5
A 7

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-6 439
Partscore
1 NT N +3 +180
+6 281

106. 2005 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 26

S deals
Both vul 3 2
A J 7
A J 5 2
8 4 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Wold Berkowitz Passell Cohen Becker Baze Schwartz Schneider
1 NT 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 NT AP
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

A 10 6
8 3
10 9 6 4
10 7 6 5 Table K Q 9 4
Q 9 4 2
8 7 3
K Q
98989 98999
45444 =
Par NS +600 J 8 7 5
K 10 6 5
K Q
A J 9

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 439
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
+8 289

107. 2005 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 31

S deals
N-S vul Q 5 3
A J 4 2
J 9 3
7 6 3

West North East South West North East South
Berkowitz Passell Cohen Wold Baze Schwartz Schneider Becker
1 NT 1 NT
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass Pass Pass

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

J 9 7 4
K 9
Q 6 4
A J 9 8 Table 10 8 6
Q 10 6
8 7 2
K 10 4 2
76886 =
66557 =
Par NS +110 A K 2
8 7 5 3
A K 10 5
Q 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-7 439
Partscore
1 NT S = +90
+7 296

108. 2005 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 1, Bd 4

W deals
Both vul K 10 9 7
6 5 4
J 9 6 2
A 10

West North East South West North East South
Buratti Compton Lanzarotti CohenS Robison Cohen Onstott Berkowitz
Pass Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

A Q 6 3 2
9 7 2
Q 8 4
6 2 Table 8 4
Q 8 3
K 10 3
K 8 7 5 3
98998 =
45344 45444
Par NS +600 J 5
A K J 10
A 7 5
Q J 9 4

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+9 448
Partscore
1 NT S +3 +180
-9 296

109. 2005 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 26

S deals
Both vul 3 2
A J 7
A J 5 2
8 4 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Becker Baze Schwartz Schneider CohenS Jacob Compton Maksymetz
1 1
Pass 1 Dbl Pass Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
1 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

A 10 6
8 3
10 9 6 4
10 7 6 5 Table K Q 9 4
Q 9 4 2
8 7 3
K Q
98989 98999
45444 =
Par NS +600 J 8 7 5
K 10 6 5
K Q
A J 9

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 458
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
-10 296

110. 2004 Olympiad Round of 16, Seg 3, Bd 46

W deals
None vul 10 7 3 2
J 4
8 7 4
K Q 7 6

West North East South West North East South
Bocchi Zia Duboin Rosenberg Levin Nunes Weinstein Fantoni
Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass 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
2 4 J Q 5 4 J Q
6 2 J A 6 2 J A
5 K A 2 5 6 Q 2
Q 3 8 6 A 3 8 K
4 7 9 3 4 7 9 3
J 2 5 10 J 2 5 10
6 A 10 7 6 A 2 7
8 tricks claimed K 9 4 3
Q 5 8 8
A 8 6 3

A Q 4
9 5 2
K 10 5 2
J 8 5 Table J 9 8 5
A 10 8 3
J 6
10 9 3
77787 77788
66655 =
Par NS +90 K 6
K Q 7 6
A Q 9 3
A 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 458
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+5 301

111. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 10, Bd 5

N deals
N-S vul 3 2
10 6 5
J 9 3 2
K J 9 3

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

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

J 10 6 4
Q 7 3 2
A 5
8 6 4 Table K Q 8 7 5
J 9 8
K 8 4
10 7
75688 =
68644 =
Par NS -110 A 9
A K 4
Q 10 7 6
A Q 5 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-7 458
Partscore
3 S = +110
+7 308

112. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 16, Bd 9

S deals
E-W vul K 5 3
7 4
J 6 5 2
J 8 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Mesbur Dumbovich Fitzgibbon Winkler Macskasy McGann Szalay Hanlon
2 NT 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)

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

8 6 2
A K 8 5 3
7 4 3
4 3 Table A Q 10 9 4
J 6 2
10 9
Q 10 9
76688 76588
57755 =
Par NS +90 J 7
Q 10 9
A K Q 8
A K 7 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 458
Partscore
1 NT S = +90
+5 313

113. 2004 Olympiad Final, Seg 4, Bd 62

N deals
None vul A 9 7 3
K 9 8 2
J 6
9 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Fantoni Verhees Nunes Jansma v.Prooijen Lauria Brink Versace
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2 NT (AP)

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

10 2
Q 10 7
A 10 9 4 3
Q J 8 Table K Q J 6
J 5 4
8 7 2
10 6 4
88978 =
45464 =
Par NS +140 8 5 4
A 6 3
K Q 5
A K 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 458
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+5 318

116. 2004 USBC Final, Seg 3, Bd 41

N deals
E-W vul K J 6 4
Q 3
J 10 8 3
Q J 4

West North East South West North East South
Welland Hamman Fallenius Soloway Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth Zia
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A 10 7 3
A 10 5 4
9 4
10 7 5 Table Q 8
J 9 7 2
K Q 7 2
9 6 3
88689 88688
55654 =
Par NS +120 9 5 2
K 8 6
A 6 5
A K 8 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 458
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
+5 327

117. 2004 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 87

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

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

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

7 6
Q 8 7 5 4 2
9
A K J 9 Table K Q 9 3 2
10 6
J 8 6 3
4 2
66588 =
66855 56855
Par NS -110 J 5 4
A K
10 5 4 2
10 8 7 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 458
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+6 333

118. 2004 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 5

S deals
N-S vul A Q 10 5
K 7 3
A 5 3 2
J 3

West North East South West North East South
Boyd Freeman Robinson Nickell Hamman Becker Soloway Schwartz
Pass Pass
1 Dbl Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Dbl Rdbl Pass 1 NT (AP)

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

K 8 4
J 8 4
Q 10 8
A Q 5 2 Table J 6 3
Q 6 5
J 7 6 4
9 8 6
9A989 =
43454 =
Par NS +620 9 7 2
A 10 9 2
K 9
K 10 7 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-5 458
Partscore
1 NT S = +90
+5 338

119. 2004 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 56

E deals
None vul Q J 2
A K 9
8 6 5 4
Q 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Schwartz Meckstroth Becker Rodwell Hamman Berkowitz Soloway Cohen
Pass 1 Pass 1
Dbl 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 2 NT AP
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

K 10 8
Q 6 3 2
A Q 9
K 9 4 Table 9 5 3
J 10 7 4
7 2
J 10 8 6
78697 =
55746 =
Par NS +110 A 7 6 4
8 5
K J 10 3
A 7 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-6 458
Partscore
2 NT N = +120
+6 344

120. 2003 Bermuda Bowl Final, Seg 2, Bd 31

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

West North East South West North East South
Nickell Bocchi Freeman Duboin Nunes Rodwell Fantoni Meckstroth
1
1 Pass Pass Dbl
Pass 1 NT AP

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

A 8 5 3 2
A 9 5
10 3
Q 5 3 Table 10 4
Q 8 7 2
K 8 5
J 7 6 2
87797 977A7
46635 =
Par NS +600 K Q
K J 4 3
Q J 4 2
A K 8

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 458
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
+6 350

121. 2002 Spingold Final, Seg 4, Bd 58

S deals
Both vul K 9
J 10 2
K Q 5 4
A 9 8 4

West North East South West North East South
Versace Maksymetz Lauria Graves MossM Bocchi Schifko Duboin
Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1
1 Dbl Pass 2 NT 1 Pass Pass Dbl
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 AP

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

A Q 8 7 6 4
9 5 3
10 8 6
7 Table 5 2
A 7 6
J 9 7 2
K Q 10 6
76889 =
56454 =
Par NS +110 J 10 3
K Q 8 4
A 3
J 5 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 458
Partscore
2 N +1 +140
+8 358

122. 2001 Bermuda Bowl Final, Seg 4, Bd 54

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

West North East South West North East South
Sontag Groetheim Weichsel Aa Helgemo Meltzer Helness Larsen
1 NT 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 NT AP

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

A 8 7 3
6 4 2
Q J 3
Q 9 6 Table 10 6
A Q 8 7
10 7 2
J 10 7 3
89897 =
54545 =
Par NS +140 K Q J 4
J 3
9 8 5
A K 8 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 458
Partscore
1 NT N +2 +150
+6 364

123. 2001 USBC Final, Seg 3, Bd 45

S deals
Both vul K Q 10 4
K 9 2
J 5
K J 7 4

West North East South West North East South
Larsen Shenkin Meltzer Molson Rubin Sontag Granovetter Weichsel
Pass Pass
Pass 1 1 Dbl Pass 1 Pass 2 (AP)
Pass 1 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP

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

9 8 6 2
A 10 7 5 4 3
2
10 2 Table A J 7
Q
K 9 7 6 4 3
Q 6 3
A879A A878A
34642 =
Par NS +630 5 3
J 8 6
A Q 10 8
A 9 8 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-7 458
Partscore
2 N = +90
+7 371

124. 2000 Olympiad Quarterfinal, Seg 5, Bd 77

E deals
Both vul 10 9 8 5
10 5 2
K 7 5 2
J 10

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

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

J 7 6 3 2
9 7 6
Q J 10
6 2 Table 4
K J 8
A 9 3
A 9 7 5 4 3
87886 87885
56557 =
Par NS +120 A K Q
A Q 4 3
8 6 4
K Q 8

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 458
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+6 377

125. 2000 Olympiad Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 7

E deals
Both vul K 8 6 2
9 4
10 7 6
A Q 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Liggins v.Middelem Fawcett Engel Carcassonne SimpsonC Labaere Hallberg
2 2 NT Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 4
9 tricks won 9 tricks won

A 9 7 4
7 2
Q J 5 3
K 8 5 Table Q J 10
Q J 10 8 6 5
8 4
9 6
998AB =
44532 =
Par NS +600 5 3
A K 3
A K 9 2
J 10 7 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 468
Partscore
2 NT S +1 +150
-10 377

126. 2000 Olympiad Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 7

E deals
Both vul K 8 6 2
9 4
10 7 6
A Q 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Avdeev Shudnev Rekunov Helness Khokhlov Furunes
2 Dbl 2 Pass
Rdbl Pass 2 2 NT 2 Pass Pass 2 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A 9 7 4
7 2
Q J 5 3
K 8 5 Table Q J 10
Q J 10 8 6 5
8 4
9 6
998AB =
44532 =
Par NS +600 5 3
A K 3
A K 9 2
J 10 7 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 478
Partscore
2 NT S +1 +150
-10 377

128. 2000 Olympiad Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 7

E deals
Both vul K 8 6 2
9 4
10 7 6
A Q 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Burgess Bocchi Marston Duboin Lauria Newman Versace Thomson
2 2 NT Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass Pass 2 Pass
2 Dbl Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 AP

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

A 9 7 4
7 2
Q J 5 3
K 8 5 Table Q J 10
Q J 10 8 6 5
8 4
9 6
998AB =
44532 =
Par NS +600 5 3
A K 3
A K 9 2
J 10 7 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 488
Partscore
3 N +2 +150
-10 377

129. 2000 Olympiad Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 7

E deals
Both vul K 8 6 2
9 4
10 7 6
A Q 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Sakul Villas-Boas Karwur Campos Chagas Lasut Branco Manoppo
2 Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass Dbl Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT AP

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

A 9 7 4
7 2
Q J 5 3
K 8 5 Table Q J 10
Q J 10 8 6 5
8 4
9 6
998AB =
44532 =
Par NS +600 5 3
A K 3
A K 9 2
J 10 7 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 498
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
-10 377

130. 2000 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 1, Bd 12

N deals
E-W vul J 10 4
10 9 3
9 7 5
A K 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Helgemo Versace Austberg Lauria Duboin Furunes Bocchi Helness
Pass 2 2 NT Pass 2 Pass
Pass 3 NT AP 2 Pass Pass Dbl
Pass 3 AP

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

K 9 3 2
J 4
Q J 8 6
8 7 5 Table Q 6
A K 8 7 6 5
10 3 2
9 6
88679 =
45764 =
Par NS +120 A 8 7 5
Q 2
A K 4
Q J 10 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 498
Partscore
3 N +1 +130
+5 382

131. 2000 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 15

S deals
N-S vul J 10 3 2
A J 7 3
A 2
Q J 9

West North East South West North East South
Liggins Sundelin Fawcett Sylvan Fallenius Hallberg Nilsland SimpsonC
1 Pass
1 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) 1 Pass Pass 1 NT (AP)

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

A K 9 8 7 5
10 4
Q 9
K 10 4 Table —
9 6 5 2
K J 10 6 3
7 6 5 3
97856 97867
46476 =
Par NS +500 Q 6 4
K Q 8
8 7 5 4
A 8 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 508
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-10 382

133. 1999 Bermuda Bowl Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 50

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

West North East South West North East South
Janz Saelensminde Mello Brogeland Helgemo Chagas Helness Branco
1 1 NT 1 Dbl
Pass 2 Pass 2 1 1 AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

6 2
K Q 8 7 4
10 7
7 6 4 3 Table 8 7 4 3
A 2
K Q J 6 2
J 8
89669 =
44774 =
Par NS +140 K Q 5
10 9 3
A 5 3
A Q 10 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 508
Partscore
1 N +2 +140
+6 388

134. 1999 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 2, Bd 21

E deals
E-W vul Q 8 7 5
10 9
A K 9
A J 7 3

West North East South West North East South
Versace Woolsey Lauria Stewart Boyd Katz Robinson Jacobs
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
7 9 Q K 7 9 Q K
6 2 A 4 6 4 A 9
5 2 K 6 3 2 Q K
6 4 J 2 3 10 A 2
A 9 5 8 8 J 4 5
3 3 Q K 3 8 A 4
10 7 5 2 7 A 10 6
7 K 10 3 6 4
10 A 4 3 8 tricks claimed
8 J

J 9 6 4
7 3
8 7 2
K 10 8 4 Table A 3 2
A Q 8 6 5
Q 10 4
9 2
88899 =
45544 =
Par NS +120 K 10
K J 4 2
J 6 5 3
Q 6 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-6 508
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+6 394

135. 1999 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 1, Bd 7

E deals
Both vul 10 7 5 4
A 3 2
A Q 8 2
J 4

West North East South West North East South
Woolsey Jacobs Stewart Katz Weichsel Kamil Sontag Becker
Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 NT AP

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

3 2
Q 9 7
4 3
A 8 7 5 3 2 Table K J 9
K 8 6 5
10 9 7 5
K 10
99786 =
44647 =
Par NS +600 A Q 8 6
J 10 4
K J 6
Q 9 6

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+11 519
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
-11 394

136. 1998 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 7

E deals
Both vul 9 7 4
A 9 6 4
Q 10
K Q 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Balicki Weinstein Zmudzinski Levin Lair Whitman Schwartz Baze
Pass Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass Pass Pass

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

A 6
J 10 7 5
K J 8 4
10 7 4 Table J 10 8 5 3
Q 2
A 6 3
8 6 2
76768 76878
66565 =
Par NS +110 K Q 2
K 8 3
9 7 5 2
A J 9

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 519
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+8 402

137. 1997 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 12, Bd 16

S deals
N-S vul 2
10 6 4 3
A K 9 7
A K 6 4

West North East South West North East South
BrancoP Kowalski Cintra Romanski Szymanowski Chagas Zakrzewski Branco
Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 Pass 4 (AP)

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

10 8 5 3
A K
10 8 4 3
J 5 2 Table K 7 6 4
Q J 9 2
Q 2
8 7 3
A89AA =
34433 =
Par NS +630 A Q J 9
8 7 5
J 6 5
Q 10 9

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+12 531
Partscore
4 N -1 -100
-12 402

138. 1997 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 17, Bd 16

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

West North East South West North East South
Brogeland Cintra Saelensminde BrancoP Branco Helgemo Chagas Helness
1 Pass 3 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 1 Pass 2 NT (AP)

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

K J 6 2
9 7 2
A 7
K 8 6 2 Table 10 7
A J 8 6
9 8 6 2
10 7 5
A9898 =
34445 =
Par NS +630 Q 4 3
K Q 10 4
K J 10
J 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 541
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
-10 402

139. 1997 Spingold Final, Seg 1, Bd 6

E deals
E-W vul 10 7
A 10 8 2
9 6 4
K Q 5 3

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

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

K 9 8 5
5 4 3
K 5
10 9 7 6 Table Q 4 3 2
Q J 6
A 10 7 3 2
J
85878 =
58565 =
Par NS +120 A J 6
K 9 7
Q J 8
A 8 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-6 541
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
+6 408

Data 9Z69 Main Top Three Notrump vs. Partscore