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Three Notrump vs. Partscore

by Richard Pavlicek

No 5+ suit, 22 HCP, good spots

Found 5 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. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 4, Bd 31

W deals E-W vul	J 8 2 8 5 4 J 10 9 A 10 6 2		West North East South West North East South Mazurkiewicz Zimmermann Jassem Multon Helness Balicki Helgemo Zmudzinski 1 Pass Pass 2 NT 1 Pass 1 Pass Pass 3 NT Dbl AP 2 Pass Pass Dbl Pass 3 AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Q 2 4 3 3 K 2 5 J 6 7 5 3 J A 4 Q 4 3 A 2 7 5 Q 3 4 8 K Q 4 2 A 6 K 4 9 A 4 9 3 8 7 A 9 K 7 10 5 J 2 Q 7 Q 4 J 6 A 2 10 3 10 7 2 K 9 Q 2 5 6 3 Q 8 A J 6 10 J 8 5 6
A Q 7 4 Q J 9 7 2 7 4 Q J		K 6 5 3 8 6 5 3 2 K 9 7 4
65656 = 77777 = Par NS -90	10 9 3 A K 10 6 A K Q 8 5 3
Three notrump 3 NT× S -2 -300 -4 0	Partscore   3 N -3 -150   +4 4

2. 2011 Bermuda Bowl Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 5

E deals E-W vul	J 8 7 3 K 8 6 2 K Q J 5 2		West North East South West North East South Madala de Wijs Bocchi Muller Brink Versace Drijver Lauria 3 Pass 3 Pass Pass Dbl Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass Dbl Pass 3 (AP)   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th K 2 3 8 2 5 7 10 6 2 A 10 3 5 K A 5 Q 6 6 6 Q A 3 10 A 3 4 4 J 7 A 5 A 8 6 2   5 tricks claimed 4 10 2 J 2   7 tricks claimed
A 5 2 Q 10 5 9 8 6 4 2 K 6		9 6 4 A 7 7 A J 9 7 5 4 3
57874 = 55568 55468 Par NS +110	K Q 10 J 9 4 3 A 10 3 Q 10 8
Three notrump 3 NT S -4 -200 -3 0	Partscore   3 S -2 -100   +3 7

3. 2011 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 24

W deals None vul	A 7 3 2 A K Q 9 9 6 7 5 4		West North East South West North East South Weinstein Pachtman Levin Ginossar HerbstI Fleisher HerbstO Kamil Pass 1 3 Pass Pass 1 3 3 Pass Dbl Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass Pass Pass   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th J 6 2 3 8 9 10 A 5 9 A 10 A 5 4 2 Q K 3 4 K 8 10 3 5 4 A 8 2 7 K 4 2 7 6 10 6 7 9 2 Q 3 4 K Q 4 5 J 4 2 A 5 6 8 10 J K 8 6 3 Q 3 2 6 Q 2 10 7 J 7 8 9 7 5 9 A 3   7 tricks claimed Q K A 4
Q J 10 4 J 7 3 2 J 5 A 6 3		8 8 5 A Q 8 7 4 2 Q J 8 2
88856 = 55586 = Par NS +100	K 9 6 5 10 6 4 K 10 3 K 10 9
Three notrump 3 NT S -2 -100 Tie 0	Partscore   3 N -2 -100   Tie 7

4. 2009 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 50

S deals E-W vul	J 2 A 10 9 7 9 7 5 4 K 9 3		West North East South West North East South Gitelman Rodwell Moss Meckstroth Zia Greco Hamman Hampson 1 NT 1 NT Pass 3 NT AP Pass Pass 2 Pass Pass Dbl Pass 3 (AP)   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 3 7 2 K 6 3 J 4 10 5 K A 7 6 Q 2 J 4 7 3 A J 3 5 Q 8 6 9 7 9 Q 10 2 6 J 2 A 8 5 K K 4 9 J 2 4 J 7 10 6 Q 4   7 tricks claimed A 9 3 5   6 tricks claimed
A Q 9 J 6 5 3 J 10 3 7 6 5		K 10 8 7 3 4 2 8 2 A Q J 2
44774 = 59549 = Par NS -140	6 5 4 K Q 8 A K Q 6 10 8 4
Three notrump 3 NT S -3 -150 -2 0	Partscore   3 S -2 -100   +2 9

5. 1996 Spingold Final, Seg 1, Bd 10

E deals Both vul	K J 3 6 4 A 9 8 4 K 10 6 5		West North East South West North East South Schwartz Nickell Sontag Freeman Hamman Soloway Wolff Goldman 2 Pass Pass Pass Pass Dbl Rdbl 2 NT 1 Pass 1 1 NT (AP) Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th K 4 Q 2 6 K A 8 7 6 9 A 7 9 10 J 8 2 K A   9 tricks won J 8 4 4 10 10 5 8 5 2 6 5 3 3 10 3 2 5 Q A J 7 Q 3 9 7 9 6
10 6 5 4 2 K 7 Q 7 3 Q 7 4		A 7 Q J 10 9 5 3 K 6 2 J 9
67689 = 65744 = Par NS +110	Q 9 8 A 8 2 J 10 5 A 8 3 2
Three notrump 3 NT S -3 -300 -10 0	Partscore   1 NT S +2 +150   +10 19

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