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Three Notrump vs. Partscore

by Richard Pavlicek

6-card suit, 25 HCP, good spots

Found 13 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. 2012 USBC Round of 16, Seg 8, Bd 117

W deals E-W vul	K 10 2 8 2 A 4 A Q J 9 8 5		West North East South West North East South LallJ Rosenberg Bathurst Willenken Bramley WolpertG Compton Kranyak Pass 1 1 Dbl Pass 1 1 Dbl 2 Dbl 2 Dbl 2 Dbl Pass 3 (AP) Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 7 4 9 K Q A 5 2 3 6 10 A 4 6 9 6 12 tricks won J 7 7 2 5 4 10 3 3 6 10 A J 3 9 11 tricks claimed
Q 6 K 9 5 Q J 8 7 2 6 3 2		A 9 7 5 Q J 10 7 4 9 6 5 3 —
9A54B 9954B 11791 11781 Par NS +420	J 8 4 3 A 6 3 K 10 K 10 7 4
Three notrump 3 NT S +3 +490 +8 8	Partscore   3 N +2 +150   -8 0

2. 2011 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 5, Bd 67

E deals N-S vul	5 10 7 A K 5 2 K Q J 9 4 3		West North East South West North East South Nystrom Hurd Upmark Wooldridge Grue Fallenius LallJ Fredin Pass 1 1 Pass Pass 2 Pass 2 NT 1 NT Pass Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 2 7 A 4 Q 4 8 A 2 10 Q 5 3 2 A 5 Q 10 8 K 10 8 K 6 A 4 2 3 Q 10 tricks claimed 11 tricks claimed
Q 9 7 4 Q J 3 2 8 7 8 7 5		K 8 3 2 A 8 5 Q J 9 3 6 2
A79AB = 26432 = Par NS +630	A J 10 6 K 9 6 4 10 6 4 A 10
Three notrump 3 NT S +1 +630 +10 18	Partscore   3 N +2 +150   -10 0

3. 2011 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 13

N deals Both vul	A 6 A 6 J 10 7 A K 10 8 7 2		West North East South West North East South Versace Schwartz Lauria Kranyak Verhees Cayne v.Prooijen Seamon 1 1 1 1 1 1 Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 9 6 10 J K A 5 7 4 6 A 9 4 6 A 9 K Q 2 3 K Q 2 3 10 2 4 J 7 2 8 J 5 A 7 4 A 7 9 10 tricks claimed 10 5 10 5 J 3 4 7 8 8 J 4 2 3 6 3 A 10 2 8 6
Q 9 8 7 4 5 4 3 5 J 6 5 3		10 5 3 K Q 7 K Q 8 3 2 Q 9
97AAA A7AAA 25332 = Par NS +630	K J 2 J 10 9 8 2 A 9 6 4 4
Three notrump 3 NT S +1 +630 +10 28	Partscore   2 N +3 +150   -10 0

4. 2011 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 48

E deals E-W vul	J 4 J A Q 9 8 6 2 K J 10 7		West North East South West North East South Hampson CohenB Greco Smith WolpertG Diamond Kranyak Platnick Pass 1 Pass 1 2 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) 1 2 Pass 2 Pass 3 AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 8 J 4 5 9 4 A 2 J A 2 9 3 10 4 J 9 6 10 7 A J 4 5 A 10 5 2 7 10 10 tricks claimed 3 J A 5 7 2 Q A 9 tricks claimed
9 A Q 10 8 3 2 J 5 4 A 6 5		A 8 7 6 5 3 9 4 7 9 4 3 2
76597 = 46834 = Par NS +110	K Q 10 2 K 7 6 5 K 10 3 Q 8
Three notrump 3 NT S +1 +430 +8 36	Partscore   3 S = +110   -8 0

5. 2010 Rosenblum Round of 64, Seg 3, Bd 38

W deals E-W vul	J 10 4 Q 10 7 6 A Q 9 6 4 3		West North East South West North East South SahaB von Arnim Kushari AukenS Piekarek Goel Smirnov MukherjeeS 1 2 Pass 2 1 Pass Pass Dbl Dbl 3 Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th K 10 8 A 5 A 3 10 K J 3 2 K J A 2 7 3 A 5 Q 5 7 6 Q 2 4 3 10 2 4 3 Q 8 2 6 6 9 J 5 10 9 J 5 11 tricks claimed A 3 6 K 8 6 7 5 A 9 tricks claimed
K Q 9 7 6 3 K Q 6 3 5 3 J		8 5 2 J 8 7 K 9 2 10 8 5 2
968BB = 26411 46411 Par NS +400	A 4 A 10 9 5 2 A J 8 4 K 7
Three notrump 3 NT S = +400 +6 42	Partscore   3 N +2 +150   -6 0

7. 2010 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 58

N deals Both vul	K 10 A Q J A K J 8 3 2 9 7		West North East South West North East South Fredin Weinstein Fallenius Levin Martel Bertheau Stansby Nystrom 1 Pass 1 NT 1 Pass 1 2 3 NT AP 1 2 2 3 (AP)   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 4 10 8 Q 8 7 J K 10 4 2 Q 9 2 4 Q 6 7 A K 3 Q K 6 J 7 2 4 4 7 10 A 9 J 4 7 10 A 3 7 tricks claimed 9 4 A 5 K 7 10 6 9 tricks claimed
A J 9 5 4 3 10 3 2 6 4 Q 3		8 6 2 K 8 5 4 Q 7 5 K 10 2
7679A = 47633 = Par NS +130	Q 7 9 7 6 10 9 A J 8 6 5 4
Three notrump 3 NT S -2 -200 -7 42	Partscore   3 N = +110   +7 11

8. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 12, Bd 2

W deals N-S vul	A K 10 5 3 A Q 10 6 K 8 K 8		West North East South West North East South Brenner Ravenna Figueiredo Pellegrini Ventin Branco Lambardi Chagas Pass 1 Pass 1 NT 1 Dbl Pass 2 2 Dbl Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP) Pass 3 NT AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 4 K Q 2 A 8 5 10 6 3 K 2 5 6 7 K 8 Q A 4 3 A 8 2 A 7 4 9 2 A 3 4 10 8 J 5 K 6 5 4 2 J K 6 A 4 2 J Q 6 3 4 10 8 J 9 10 7 5 7 Q 8 2 Q A 11 tricks claimed 3 8 J 10
Q J 9 5 2 A 9 7 6 4 3 A 4		9 7 6 4 8 7 3 Q J 5 J 6 2
8AB7B = 23262 = Par NS +650	8 2 K J 4 10 2 Q 10 9 7 5 3
Three notrump 3 NT S -1 -100 -6 42	Partscore   3 S +2 +150   +6 17

9. 2009 Vanderbilt Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 55

E deals Both vul	7 6 10 5 A K Q J 10 6 10 5 3		West North East South West North East South Grue Sementa Cheek Duboin Lindqvist Bramley Brogeland Wold Pass 1 NT 2 Dbl Pass 3 NT AP 3 4 AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 8 3 6 J 8 A 7 10 3 5 A 2 3 5 Q 7 K 7 4 8 A 2 4 8 Q 3 9 2 5 6 J Q J Q 2 4 6 5 Q 2 10 3 4 6 10 tricks claimed 6 5 9 2 6 9 K 8 A 11 tricks claimed
8 4 2 J 7 6 8 5 A Q 9 8 2		Q J 10 9 5 3 K Q 8 3 7 2 6
94797 957A7 47535 = Par NS +600	A K A 9 4 2 9 4 3 K J 7 4
Three notrump 3 NT S +2 +660 +11 53	Partscore   4 N = +130   -11 17

10. 2008 WC Quarterfinal, Seg 5, Bd 78

E deals None vul	7 4 3 J 7 J 3 A K 10 9 8 5		West North East South West North East South Jassem Sementa Martens Duboin Nunes Zawislak Fantoni Pazur 2 2 NT Pass 1 Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 NT AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 6 J Q A 2 10 8 7 Q 3 5 J Q 7 5 J 11 tricks won 11 tricks won
Q 10 6 5 8 6 5 K Q 5 7 4 3		J 8 2 Q 9 4 3 2 A 8 6 2 J
A878B = 25652 = Par NS +430	A K 9 A K 10 10 9 7 4 Q 6 2
Three notrump 3 NT S +2 +460 +6 59	Partscore   1 NT N +4 +210   -6 17

11. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 14, Bd 1

N deals None vul	Q Q J 7 6 K Q 10 9 7 6 10 8		West North East South West North East South Salomaa MadsenM Backstrom MadsenL Clemmensen Koistinen Graversen Kiema Pass 1 NT Dbl Pass 1 Dbl 2 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass Pass Rdbl Pass 1 2 AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 2 10 K A 5 3 2 Q 5 3 J A 6 2 9 3 K A 2 Q 10 4 J K 9 tricks won K A 4 8 A 4 6 2 J 8 K 3 Q 5 7 2 10 10 tricks claimed
10 6 4 2 4 3 8 4 J 9 7 3 2		K J 9 5 A K 8 2 5 3 2 K 6
96AA6 = 47325 = Par NS +420	A 8 7 3 10 9 5 A J A Q 5 4
Three notrump 3 NT S = +400 +6 65	Partscore   2 N +2 +170   -6 17

12. 2001 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 1, Bd 10

N deals Both vul	8 2 9 8 A K Q 10 5 3 10 9 8		West North East South West North East South Mohan Zmudzinski Rosenkranz Balicki Gromov Gawrys Petrunin Pszczola Pass Pass 1 NT 3 Pass Pass Pass 3 NT AP Pass   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 9 Q J 7 5 J 4 9 2 6 K A 4 2 A J 2 8 5 4 K 7 7 6 8 5 Q 4 Q 2 3 8 4 2 A 2 10 3 7 9 K 3 3 6 8 7 Q 6 10 7 J 8 K A 2 6 5 4 K 6 J 8 4 Q 3 7 J 6 A 2 8 10 8 10 Q 5 9 5 9 10 tricks claimed
A J 5 6 4 9 8 6 2 A Q 6 2		10 6 4 K 10 7 5 3 2 J 7 5 3
A86A7 = 34625 = Par NS +630	K Q 9 7 3 A Q J 7 4 K J 4
Three notrump 3 NT S = +600 +10 75	Partscore   3 N +1 +130   -10 17

13. 2000 Olympiad Playoff, Seg 2, Bd 27

N deals None vul	K Q J 6 3 J 9 8 K 9 8 9 8		West North East South West North East South Garner Callaghan WeinsteinH Burn SimpsonC Berkowitz Hallberg Cohen Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 1 1 AP Pass 3 NT AP   Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th 4 8 10 K 7 Q 4 8 Q 6 8 7 5 8 K 2 5 8 K A 8 2 A 4 3 A Q 9 7 10 Q A 2 4 K 5 3 K 6 9 9 7 A J 2 6 9 A 10 7 Q K 8 10 tricks claimed Q 3 5 2 J 4 3 3 J 5 10 4
10 8 K 6 4 3 J 6 4 Q J 6 4		A 9 4 2 A 7 5 7 10 7 5 3 2
997A5 = 34638 = Par NS +300	7 5 Q 10 2 A Q 10 5 3 2 A K
Three notrump 3 NT S +1 +430 +7 82	Partscore   1 N +2 +140   -7 17

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