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Three Notrump vs. Partscore

by Richard Pavlicek

No 5+ suit, 23 HCP, poor spots

Found 10 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 Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 35

S deals E-W vul	J 7 6 4 2 A Q 8 6 K Q 6 5		West North East South West North East South Meckstroth Lee Rodwell Hamman Stansby Levin Bramley Weinstein 1 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP) Pass 3 NT AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 9 6 K 4 10 6 K 4 A 2 3 7 8 Q K 2 5 Q 8 J A 5 8 2 2 4 K 3 3 7 A 2 2 9 Q K 5 Q 8 J 10 6 3 4 4 2 A 3 A 5 7 9 Q 5 7 J 8 tricks claimed 9 tricks claimed
10 9 8 3 K 7 6 3 J 2 A 10 4		A K 5 J 9 8 9 5 3 J 8 7 3
87798 88798 55545 = Par NS +120	Q 4 2 A Q 10 5 K 10 7 4 9 2
Three notrump 3 NT S -1 -50 -4 0	Partscore   3 S = +110   +4 4

2. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 19, Bd 7

E deals Both vul	J 9 6 A Q 8 6 Q 7 5 2 J 10		West North East South West North East South Nonoo Asbi Syed Tobing Karwur Maci George Basiony Pass 1 Pass 1 1 Dbl Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 1 NT AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 5 6 4 A 4 A 7 6 K 6 2 A J 8 2 A 3 4 10 Q 4 2 A J J 2 2 3 Q 10 K 5 A 5 2 7 9 6 6 6 9 3 Q 7 8 7 3 8 K 8 6 8 3 3 5 Q J 8 5 4 4 10 9 7 4 7 tricks claimed 3
10 8 7 5 3 K 10 7 9 8 6 A Q		4 J 9 5 3 2 A 4 K 9 8 4 3
78494 = 64837 = Par NS +110	A K Q 2 4 K J 10 3 7 6 5 2
Three notrump 3 NT S = +600 +11 11	Partscore   1 NT N = +90   -11 4

3. 2012 WC Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 39

E deals Both vul	A J 6 3 5 4 3 Q 4 2 J 9 6		West North East South West North East South Cullin Meckstroth Bertheau Rodwell Hamman Upmark Zia Nystrom 2 2 NT 2 Dbl Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 NT Pass 3 (AP)   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 6 3 9 J 5 3 8 K 5 4 J Q 2 3 6 8 K 2 3 6 9 7 4 6 8 7 A 9 A 9 10 5 9 2 6 K 9 2 10 K K 5 3 2 5 3 Q 6 5 3 Q 10 J Q 7 6 4 4 A 7 A 7 4 Q J 8 4 8 K 2 8 J 7 8 A 9 9 J Q 3 8 tricks claimed 8 4 2 J
5 A Q 10 8 6 9 8 7 3 A 4 3		Q 10 9 8 4 2 9 10 6 K Q 10 8
74565 = 68768 = Par NS -110	K 7 K J 7 2 A K J 5 7 5 2
Three notrump 3 NT S -1 -100 +7 18	Partscore   3 S -4 -400   -7 4

5. 2011 USBC Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 54

S deals N-S vul	A 5 2 Q J 4 2 6 3 2 Q 10 4		West North East South West North East South Garner Wooldridge WeinsteinH Hurd LallJ Rubin Grue Ekeblad 1 NT 1 Pass 3 NT AP 2 Dbl Pass 2 (AP)   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 5 10 6 2 4 2 J K Q 3 5 9 5 9 Q 3 2 6 7 A J 6 7 A 3 2 J K 5 10 6 2 3 K 4 4 2 10 K 7 Q 3 K 4 4 10 tricks claimed Q 2 K A 8 9 Q 7 10 tricks claimed
Q 8 4 3 A 9 Q 10 K J 9 7 5		J 9 7 10 6 3 K J 9 8 7 4 6
86857 86967 45476 = Par NS +140	K 10 6 K 8 7 5 A 5 A 8 3 2
Three notrump 3 NT S +1 +630 +10 30	Partscore   2 S +2 +170   -10 4

7. 2008 USBC Semifinal, Seg 6, Bd 90

W deals Both vul	K 9 7 4 7 5 2 6 4 A Q 8 2		West North East South West North East South Strul Jacobs Becker Katz Levin Stansby Weinstein Martel Pass Pass 1 1 NT Pass Pass 1 Dbl Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 AP Pass 3 NT AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 4 2 K A A 5 3 4 J 9 2 K K 4 3 A J Q 8 5 7 2 J Q 4 3 A 7 8 5 J Q 4 K 5 4 7 7 tricks claimed Q 9 6 A 3 A 4 2 J 8 10 tricks claimed
Q 10 8 3 8 6 4 9 8 5 9 6 3		A 2 K J 10 9 3 A 10 7 2 K 7
78679 = 54764 = Par NS +110	J 6 5 A Q K Q J 3 J 10 5 4
Three notrump 3 NT S -2 -200 -9 30	Partscore   2 N +2 +170   +9 13

8. 2007 Spingold Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 26

W deals Both vul	Q J 8 A J 4 3 K 10 7 5 J 7		West North East South West North East South WangJ Cheek Ao Grue Lynch Chechelashvili Dawson Gu 1 Pass Pass 1 NT 1 Pass Pass 1 NT Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 7 Q 4 2 6 8 4 9 5 2 A 3 5 8 J 6 5 8 J 6 A 9 2 10 A 9 7 10 3 2 Q K 3 4 Q K A J 3 K 5 8 3 9 5 Q 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 7 8 7 6 Q 6 A 3 9 8 tricks claimed 8 tricks claimed
A 10 7 6 5 K 10 8 3 K Q 8 2		4 3 9 6 J 8 6 4 2 A 10 5 4
86974 86975 57468 = Par NS +140	K 9 2 Q 7 5 2 A Q 9 9 6 3
Three notrump 3 NT S -1 -100 -6 30	Partscore   2 NT S = +120   +6 19

9. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 13, Bd 16

E deals E-W vul	A Q 6 10 6 K J 5 3 J 8 5 4		West North East South West North East South El Kourdy Nunes Dagher Fantoni Lauria Sadek Versace El Ahmady Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 1 NT AP Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 9 K 4 2 5 J K 6 4 3 10 6 8 A 7 3 K A 8 Q 4 3 10 A 3 6 K 2 9 3 10 A 8 7 J 10 K 6 5 Q 9 J 7 2 7 8 J 6 3 6 A 8 J 4 2 9 7 Q 5 10 8 2 7 3 8 6 2 J 6 8 A 5 9 tricks claimed 2 Q K 4
K 8 4 Q J 5 3 Q 9 8 A 9 6		10 9 7 5 2 K 8 4 10 6 4 Q 3
A78BB A88BB 35422 = Par NS +430	J 3 A 9 7 2 A 7 2 K 10 7 2
Three notrump 3 NT S = +400 +6 36	Partscore   1 NT N +3 +180   -6 19

10. 2000 Olympiad Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 63

W deals E-W vul	A Q 4 2 Q J 7 Q J 5 4 6 3		West North East South West North East South Kwiecien Mouiel Pszczola Salama Levy Jassem Chemla Tuszynski 1 Dbl Pass 2 1 Dbl 1 1 Dbl Pass Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 4 3 10 Q K 7 3 A 10 6 2 K J 7 2 K 8 9 J 6 10 6 2 J K 4 5 A A 3 5 6 5 7 Q 3 4 9 10 9 A 3 8 9 6 3 J K 4 4 J 3 5 Q K 3 6 A 5 8 A 4 8 2 7 7 10 5 9 tricks claimed 2 J 8 2
9 7 6 K 2 A 9 3 K J 7 4 2		K 3 10 9 8 4 3 K 10 8 10 8 5
57564 68564 75868 65758 Par NS +110	J 10 8 5 A 6 5 7 6 2 A Q 9
Three notrump 3 NT S -3 -150 -7 36	Partscore   3 S = +140   +7 26

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