Data 9Z75 Main

Three Notrump vs. Partscore

by Richard Pavlicek

No 5+ suit, 23 HCP, fair spots

Found 19 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 USBC Final, Seg 7, Bd 107

N deals
None vul K Q 4
K 10 7 3
Q J 5
10 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Rodwell Bathurst Meckstroth Moss Hampson Weinstein Greco Levin
1 Pass 1 Pass Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 1 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 (AP)

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

10 6 3 2
A J 5 4
10 6 4
K 2 Table 9 8 5
8
A K 7 2
Q 8 7 6 3
86856 =
56577 =
Par NS +120 A J 7
Q 9 6 2
9 8 3
A J 9

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
Tie 0
Partscore
3 N -2 -100
Tie 0

2. 2013 USBC Round of 16, Seg 3, Bd 38

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

West North East South West North East South
Demirev Chambers Robbins Schermer LallH Feldman Milner Pollack
1 Pass Pass 1 NT 1 Pass Pass 1 NT
2 2 NT Pass 3 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT Pass Pass
Dbl AP

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

A K 7 4
3
A 10 2
A 8 7 4 3 Table 5 2
Q 10 9 7 5
9 8 6 5
5 2
77766 =
55666 =
Par NS +90 9 8 6 3
A K J 2
K 7
Q 10 9

Three notrump
3 NT× S = +550
+10 10
Partscore
1 NT S = +90
-10 0

3. 2012 USBC Final, Seg 3, Bd 39

S deals
Both vul A 8
K 6 5 2
A 10 5
10 8 7 2

West North East South West North East South
Katz Hampson Nickell Greco Diamond Rodwell Platnick Meckstroth
1 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

J 10 9 7 4 2
J 9 7
6 4 2
5 Table K 3
A 10 4 3
K J 9
K J 9 6
96889 96788
46544 47644
Par NS +600 Q 6 5
Q 8
Q 8 7 3
A Q 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-7 10
Partscore
1 NT S = +90
+7 7

6. 2010 USBC Semifinal, Seg 7, Bd 92

S deals
E-W vul A 9 2
9 6 5
K Q J 5
K 9 7

West North East South West North East South
Martel Meckstroth Stansby Rodwell Hamman Kamil Zia Fleisher
1 Pass
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q 10
J 10 4
10 7 4 3
A 4 3 2 Table K J 6 5 3
A 7 2
9 8 6
Q 8
77878 =
46353 56453
Par NS +110 8 7 4
K Q 8 3
A 2
J 10 6 5

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+8 18
Partscore
1 NT S = +90
-8 13

7. 2008 Spingold Final, Seg 2, Bd 28

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

West North East South West North East South
Dubinin Welland Gromov Glubok CohenB Zmudzinski Smith Balicki
1 Pass 1 Pass Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 3 NT (AP) 1 1 2 Pass
Pass Dbl Pass 2 (AP)

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

5
K Q J 9 8
J 10 6 4
K 9 5 Table K 7 6 4 2
A 6 3
8
10 7 6 3
87696 =
45747 46747
Par NS +120 A 10 9 8
10 2
Q 9 7 3
A Q J

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 18
Partscore
2 N = +110
+5 18

8. 2008 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 9

W deals
N-S vul A K 4
A 5 2
10 4 2
A Q J 4

West North East South West North East South
Narasimhan El Ahmady Wold Sadek Jacobs Bocchi Katz Ferraro
1 Dbl Pass 2 2 2 NT Pass Pass
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

J 8 5 2
K 10 8 6 4 3
A J
K Table 10 7 6
9 7
K Q 8 3
8 5 3 2
9859A =
45743 =
Par NS +500 Q 9 3
Q J
9 7 6 5
10 9 7 6

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 28
Partscore
2 NT N +1 +150
-10 18

10. 2007 Vanderbilt Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 50

N deals
E-W vul 5 4 2
10 8 7 5
A K 9 4
J 3

West North East South West North East South
Kodayam Hamman Bykov Soloway Rodwell Tuszynski Meckstroth Kowalski
Pass 1 1 NT Pass 1 1 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT AP

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

Q 10 9
9 6 3 2
10 7 3
Q 9 8 Table K J 8
K Q J
6 5 2
K 6 4 2
89898 =
54545 =
Par NS +140 A 7 6 3
A 4
Q J 8
A 10 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 28
Partscore
2 NT S = +120
+5 23

11. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 15, Bd 6

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

West North East South West North East South
HackettJU ChenD HackettJA Furuta Miyakuni Townsend Teramoto Gold
Pass Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass 1 Dbl
Pass 3 NT AP Rdbl 2 AP

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

Q 10 5
J 6 3 2
Q 10 9 4
9 5 Table K 8 7 2
K
A 8 5 3 2
Q 8 2
9795A A7A5A
36383 =
Par NS +430 A J 3
A 10 8 5
J 6
K J 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 28
Partscore
2 N +1 +110
+5 28

12. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 17, Bd 8

W deals
None vul A K 7 6
6 5
K 7 4
J 10 6 4

West North East South West North East South
Sylvan El Ahmady Sundelin Sadek Dagher Bertheau El Kourdy Nystrom
Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

J 5 4 3
A J 4
10 9 6 5
7 5 Table 9 8
Q 9 8 2
3 2
A K Q 8 3
78686 =
54657 =
Par NS +110 Q 10 2
K 10 7 3
A Q J 8
9 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-6 28
Partscore
2 NT N +1 +150
+6 34

13. 2005 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 39

W deals
Both vul Q 6 4
A 10 3
K J 7
6 5 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Willenken Zia Cohler Rosenberg Fallenius Shenkin Welland Mahaffey
Pass Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 NT AP

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

10 9 8 5
J 8 7 2
A 8 4
Q 7 Table K 3 2
Q 5 4
10 9 5 3
A J 3
88789 =
55554 =
Par NS +120 A J 7
K 9 6
Q 6 2
K 10 9 8

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 28
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
+6 40

14. 2005 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 2, Bd 27

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

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

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

A 9 2
A 7 5 4
K 7 6
8 6 2 Table 10 6 5
J 10 2
Q 9 8 5 2
K 7
8887A 8987A
54563 =
Par NS +140 K Q 8
K 8
A J 10 4
10 9 5 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-6 28
Partscore
1 NT S +3 +180
+6 46

15. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 4, Bd 13

N deals
Both vul 6 5
A 5 4 3
Q 10 3
A 7 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Fredin Fractman Lindkvist Carrasco Wasik Bertheau Knap Nystrom
Pass 1 1 Pass 1 1
Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP) 1 2 Dbl 2
2 Pass Pass 3
Pass 3 AP

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

K Q 9 7 2
9 7 6
8 7 4 2
10 Table A J 8
K Q 10 2
6 5
Q 8 6 5
85699 =
48643 =
Par NS +120 10 4 3
J 8
A K J 9
K J 9 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-5 28
Partscore
3 S = +110
+5 51

16. 2001 USBC Final, Seg 7, Bd 95

S deals
N-S vul 8 7
K 4 2
10 8 4 2
A 10 8 4

West North East South West North East South
Stansby Rubin Martel Granovetter Lipsitz Weichsel Ekeblad Sontag
1 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 Dbl 3 NT (AP)

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

J 10 5 3
A 8 7 3
Q 3
J 6 2 Table K 9 4
J 10 6
A J 9 7 5
9 5
8888A =
54553 =
Par NS +130 A Q 6 2
Q 9 5
K 6
K Q 7 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 28
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
+6 57

17. 1998 Rosenblum Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 43

E deals
None vul K 9 3
10 7 6
K 7 6
A J 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Lindkvist Chagas Fredin Branco Campos Nilsland Villas-Boas Fallenius
Pass 1 NT Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 NT AP

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

A 8 5 2
A 5
10 8 5 3
K 9 8 Table 7 6 4
K 9 4 3
J 9 4
Q 4 2
87878 =
56565 =
Par NS +120 Q J 10
Q J 8 2
A Q 2
10 7 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 28
Partscore
1 NT N +1 +120
+5 62

18. 1997 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 7, Bd 19

N deals
E-W vul 6 2
A J 10 8
Q 6 5 4
J 9 7

West North East South West North East South
Rodwell Branco Meckstroth Chagas Mello Wolff Fonseca Hamman
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

K 10 5
9 6 3
10 8 3
A 8 6 4 Table A J 7 3
Q 7 5 2
K 7 2
10 5
87898 =
56544 =
Par NS +120 Q 9 8 4
K 4
A J 9
K Q 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 35
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
-7 62

19. 1997 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 39

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

West North East South West North East South
Groetheim Duboin Aa Bocchi Versace Helgemo Lauria Helness
1 Dbl Pass 1 NT 2 Dbl Pass 2 NT
Pass 2 NT 3 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP

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

A K 10 8 7 6
10
5 4
Q 10 5 3 Table —
8 6 5 4 3 2
J 3 2
A K 8 7
75594 75584
58638 =
Par NS +110 9 5 2
A 7
10 9 8 6
J 6 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 45
Partscore
3 N +1 +130
-10 62

Data 9Z75 Main Top Three Notrump vs. Partscore