Data 9ZA9 Main

Three Notrump vs. Partscore

by Richard Pavlicek

6-card suit, 22 HCP, any spots

Found 116 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 Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 5

N deals
N-S vul A 10 9 7 4 3
Q 10
A 9 8
7 4

West North East South West North East South
Sher Kranyak Lo WolpertG Wooldridge Etter Hurd Kolesnik

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th

K 2
K J 8 4
K Q 10 6 5
10 6 Table Q 8 6
9 6 5 3
2
A 9 8 5 2
88566 88577
54866 44866
Par NS +100 J 5
A 7 2
J 7 4 3
K Q J 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+13 13
Partscore
2 S -2 -200
-13 0

2. 2014 USBC Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 9

N deals
E-W vul J 10 8
A K 7 2
J 5 3
K 6 3

West North East South West North East South
Lo WolpertG Sher Kranyak Hurd Kolesnik Wooldridge Etter
1 Pass 1 1 Pass 2
1 Dbl Pass 3 NT (AP) 2 Pass Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 AP

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

A K 6 5 4 3
J 5 4
Q 2
A 4 Table 9
Q 10 9 6 3
10 7
Q 9 7 5 2
96596 =
46837 =
Par NS +400 Q 7 2
8
A K 9 8 6 4
J 10 8

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -150
-3 13
Partscore
3 S -1 -50
+3 3

3. 2014 USBC Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 13

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

West North East South West North East South
Lo WolpertG Sher Kranyak Hurd Kolesnik Wooldridge Etter
1 Pass 1 1 1 1
Pass 1 Pass 2 2 3 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

10 3
K 10 7 5 2
K J 10
J 7 5 Table Q 7 6 4
A 9 6
A 6 4 3 2
10
37439 57439
44994 449A4
Par NS -140 A J 2
J 8 4 3
Q 9 8
8 6 4

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+11 24
Partscore
3 N = +110
-11 3

4. 2014 USBC Round of 16, Seg 5, Bd 68

S deals
Both vul Q 9 6 3
K J 9 8 5
K 9 2
6

West North East South West North East South
GordonM Stark Pratap Baseggio Campanile Berkowitz McAllister Sontag
1 2
Pass 1 Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

K J 8 5 4
4
Q J 7 4
J 10 4 Table A
A Q 10 7 3
10 8 5 3
8 3 2
88858 87858
44574 =
Par NS +120 10 7 2
6 2
A 6
A K Q 9 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+9 33
Partscore
2 NT S +2 +180
-9 3

5. 2014 USBC Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 45

W deals
Both vul K Q 9
3
K J 10 8 7 6
K 8 2

West North East South West North East South
Lee Rodwell Hamman Meckstroth Levin Bramley Weinstein Stansby
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1 Dbl Rdbl
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

7 3 2
A 8 7 2
5 2
J 9 7 3 Table J 6 5 4
K Q J 6
Q 3
A 10 4
886A7 886A6
45635 =
Par NS +130 A 10 8
10 9 5 4
A 9 4
Q 6 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-5 33
Partscore
3 N = +110
+5 8

6. 2014 USBC Round of 16, Seg 7, Bd 108

W deals
N-S vul 2
Q J 6 5 2
A Q J 10
J 8 7

West North East South West North East South
Diamond Hung Platnick StansbyJ Watson Moss FeldmanJ Bathurst
Pass 1 3 3 NT Pass 1 1 2
Pass Pass Pass 2 3 3 Pass
3 Pass Pass 4 (AP)

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

7 6 4
A K 9 3
7 4 2
K 5 4 Table A J 10 9 8 3
10 8 7 4
K 3
10
856AA =
58733 =
Par NS +130 K Q 5
—
9 8 6 5
A Q 9 6 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 33
Partscore
4 S = +130
+6 14

7. 2014 USBC Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 15

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

West North East South West North East South
Kolesnik Wooldridge Etter Hurd WolpertG Sher Kranyak Lo
Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Dbl 2 Dbl 3
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 4 AP

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

7 6 5
A 8 5 2
A Q 10
K 8 2 Table A J 10 3
10 7 4 3
3
10 9 7 6
87797 =
55646 55636
Par NS +120 K Q 4 2
K Q 9 6
7 5 4
J 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+10 43
Partscore
4 S -1 -50
-10 14

8. 2014 Vanderbilt Round of 32, Seg 3, Bd 36

S deals
Both vul J 9 6
J 2
10 6
A K Q 10 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Berkowitz Stewart Sontag Woolsey Cohen Pszczola Beatty Kwiecien
1 Pass
1 2 2 3 Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

A 4 2
A 10 9 4 3
J 9 7 2
3 Table K Q 8 3
8 7 6
K 8 4 3
J 9
86659 =
57784 =
Par NS +120 10 7 5
K Q 5
A Q 5
8 7 5 4

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 53
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-10 14

9. 2014 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 2, Bd 18

W deals
N-S vul 2
A J
K 9 7 5
A K J 10 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Fantoni Meckstroth Nunes Rodwell Nickell Helgemo Katz Helness
Pass 1 1 Dbl 2 3 Pass Pass
2 3 3 3 NT (AP) Pass

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

9 6 4
Q 9 8 6 5 2
J 8 6 4
— Table A K J 10 3
K
A 2
8 7 6 3 2
8458A =
38843 =
Par NS +130 Q 8 7 5
10 7 4 3
Q 10 3
Q 9

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 53
Partscore
3 N +1 +130
+6 20

10. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Final, Seg 4, Bd 63

N deals
N-S vul A 8 5
8
A 10 9 8 5 4
K 10 9

West North East South West North East South
Lauria Nunes Versace Fantoni Helness Madala Helgemo Bocchi
2 Pass 2 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

10 6 2
K J 10 5 2
Q 6 2
8 2 Table 9 7 4 3
A 6
K J 7 3
A 5 3
77778 =
55653 55654
Par NS +90 K Q J
Q 9 7 4 3
—
Q J 7 6 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-5 53
Partscore
2 N = +90
+5 25

11. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Final, Seg 3, Bd 42

S deals
Both vul 8 6 5
J 10 8 2
K Q J 5
Q 9

West North East South West North East South
Madala Helgemo Bocchi Helness Nunes Versace Fantoni Lauria
1 NT 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 2 (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A J 7 3
7 5
A 9 6 3
10 8 4 Table Q 9 4 2
K 9 4 3
10 8 2
A 6
75769 =
68674 =
Par NS +110 K 10
A Q 6
7 4
K J 7 5 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-5 53
Partscore
2 S +1 +110
+5 30

12. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 3, Bd 1

E deals
None vul A 10
K 10
K 7 6 5 4
J 9 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Asbi Helgemo Tobing Helness Nunes Sakul Fantoni Karwur
Pass 1 Pass 1
Dbl Rdbl 1 2 Pass 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 AP
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 6 10 J Q
7 tricks won 9 tricks won

K 9 6 4
J 5 4 3
A 2
A Q 10 Table J 7 5 3
9
10 9 8 3
K 8 4 2
75976 =
68467 58467
Par NS +100 Q 8 2
A Q 8 7 6 2
Q J
7 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-6 53
Partscore
3 S = +140
+6 36

13. 2013 Spingold Final, Seg 4, Bd 55

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

West North East South West North East South
Nowosadzki Grue Kalita Moss Bertheau Jagniewski BessisT Gawel
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
10 3 2 K 6 J 2 7
6 5 J A Q 3 2 9
8 7 4 J J 7 K 5
Q 3 2 9 10 4 6 A
9 tricks claimed 8 K A 3
Q 4 3 2
J A 9 8
2 3 A 7
9 tricks claimed

10 7 5
A 10 9 6 5 4
9 5
Q J Table K J 8 3
8 2
A 7 3
K 10 9 3
855A7 =
37735 =
Par NS +130 A Q
K Q 7
K 10 8 6 4 2
8 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 63
Partscore
1 NT S +2 +150
-10 36

14. 2013 Spingold Round of 32, Seg 2, Bd 32

E deals
E-W vul K Q 8 6 4
4
A J 5
J 8 7 5

West North East South West North East South
Chambers Gawrys Schermer Tuszynski Jassem LallH Mazurkiewicz Milner
Pass 1 Pass 1
Dbl Rdbl 1 Dbl Dbl 1 Pass 2
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

A J 5 2
K 8 5
4 2
A K Q 6 Table 10 9 3
J 10 9 6 3
10 3
10 3 2
876A7 976A7
46636 =
Par NS +400 7
A Q 7 2
K Q 9 8 7 6
9 4

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 70
Partscore
3 S +1 +130
-7 36

15. 2013 Spingold Final, Seg 3, Bd 44

N deals
E-W vul 8 7
10 7 6
Q 4
K J 9 6 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Gawel Amoils Jagniewski Morgan Bertheau Nowosadzki BessisT Kalita
3 Pass 3 NT 3 Pass Pass
Pass Pass Pass Pass

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

A Q J 4
K J
J 9 8 5 2
Q 7 Table 10 5 3 2
8 5 4 2
10 7
A 10 2
74758 74858
68575 68565
Par NS -100 K 9 6
A Q 9 3
A K 6 3
8 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
+2 72
Partscore
3 N -3 -150
-2 36

16. 2013 USBC Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 54

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

West North East South West North East South
Lev Pszczola Cohler Seamon Sontag Passell Berkowitz Jacobus
Pass Pass Pass 1
1 2 Pass 3 NT (AP) 2 Dbl Pass 2
Pass 3 AP

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

8
K J 10 3
A K 9 6 5 2
K 7 Table K J 10 4 3 2
7 5 2
10 7
8 3
A777B =
36662 36562
Par NS +430 A Q
Q 9 8 4
Q J 8 4
10 9 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 79
Partscore
3 N +1 +130
-7 36

17. 2013 USBC Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 39

E deals
Both vul A K 7 3 2
K 10 9 7
J 3
9 8

West North East South West North East South
Dwyer Meckstroth Bathurst Rodwell Levin WolpertG Weinstein Kranyak
Pass 2 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 2 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

J 8 5 4
J 8 6
A Q 10 9
J 2 Table Q 10 6
Q 5 3
K 7 6 4
Q 5 4
8896A =
55453 =
Par NS +140 9
A 4 2
8 5 2
A K 10 7 6 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 79
Partscore
2 N +1 +140
+6 42

18. 2013 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 14

N deals
None vul 8 7 6
K
A K J 7 4 3
A 10 7

West North East South West North East South
Schermer Martel Chambers Zia Rosenberg LallH Willenken Milner
1 Pass 1 NT 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 3 3 NT (AP) 2 3 3 Pass
Pass 4 AP

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

A J 9 5 2
Q J 3
8
J 8 6 5 Table K Q
10 9 8 6 4 2
Q 5 2
Q 9
75497 =
67846 =
Par NS +100 10 4 3
A 7 5
10 9 6
K 4 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
Tie 79
Partscore
4 N -2 -100
Tie 42

19. 2013 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 8, Bd 106

S deals
Both vul 8 7
4 3
K Q J 7 3 2
K Q 6

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

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

A J 5 4
J 8 2
A 8 6
7 5 3 Table K Q 9 3
Q 10 9
10 4
J 10 9 2
868A7 =
56535 =
Par NS +130 10 6 2
A K 7 6 5
9 5
A 8 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 79
Partscore
3 N +1 +130
+6 48

20. 2013 USBC Round of 32, Seg 1, Bd 13

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

West North East South West North East South
Berkowitz BlanchardB Sontag BlanchardS Hamman GordonM LallJ Pratap
1 Pass 1 NT
2 Pass 2 NT Pass
3 Pass Pass 3 (AP)

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

5
6 3
K Q J 10 9 8
Q J 9 4 Table Q 10 9 8 2
K 10 7
7 4
A 7 3
A9A57 =
33375 34386
Par NS +630 6 3
A J 9 5 4 2
6 3 2
K 6

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+12 91
Partscore
3 S -1 -100
-12 48

21. 2013 Vanderbilt Round of 32, Seg 1, Bd 14

N deals
None vul J 8 5
7
A 5 4
Q 10 9 6 5 4

West North East South West North East South
Lusky Lauria Falk Versace Cayne Rogoff Seamon Parker
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 (AP)
Pass 3 Dbl 3 NT (AP)

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

Q 10 9 3 2
8 3 2
Q J 6 3
A Table A 7 4
A J 10 9 5
8 7 2
3 2
7555A 7566A
57763 =
Par NS +130 K 6
K Q 6 4
K 10 9
K J 8 7

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+7 98
Partscore
3 S +1 +130
-7 48

22. 2012 WC Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 20

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

West North East South West North East South
Cullin Meckstroth Bertheau Rodwell Hamman Upmark Zia Nystrom
2 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP)

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

Q 2
A 9 8 2
9 7 5 2
7 6 5 Table A J 7 6 4
J 5 4
A 10
Q 9 4
9779A =
46543 46643
Par NS +600 8
Q 3
Q 8 4 3
A K J 10 8 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 108
Partscore
3 S = +110
-10 48

23. 2012 WC Qualifying, Rd 2, Bd 30

W deals
None vul 10
6 3
A K Q 10 9 4
K J 7 6

West North East South West North East South
Khokhlov Palazzo Matushko Fornasari Lambardi Dubinin Ravenna Gromov
Pass 1 Dbl Rdbl Pass 1 Dbl 1
1 2 Pass 3 1 2 2 3
Pass 3 Dbl 3 NT (AP) Pass 4 Pass 4 (AP)

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

J 8 6 2
A 10
J 5 2
10 9 5 2 Table A 9 7 4
Q 9 8 7
3
A Q 8 4
758A5 757A5
58538 =
Par NS +130 K Q 5 3
K J 5 4 2
8 7 6
3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 115
Partscore
4 N = +130
-7 48

24. 2012 WC Final, Seg 5, Bd 65

E deals
None vul J 9 8
8 4
9 8 4
A J 9 4 2

West North East South West North East South
Upmark Zmudzinski Nystrom Balicki Buras Bertheau Narkiewicz Cullin
1 1 1 NT 2
2 2 Pass 3 3 3 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT
Pass Pass Dbl Rdbl (AP)

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

5
K Q 10 9 6 2
7 6 5
8 7 3 Table 7 6 2
5 3
A K Q J 10
K 6 5
89457 =
43884 =
Par NS +140 A K Q 10 4 3
A J 7
3 2
Q 10

Three notrump
3 NT×× S -2 -600
-12 115
Partscore
3 S = +140
+12 60

25. 2012 WC Semifinal, Seg 6, Bd 83

N deals
E-W vul 8 6 2
J 6 5 3
Q 7 2
A 5 3

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

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

J 7
K Q 10 9 7
J 5 4
10 6 2 Table A Q 9 5 4 3
A 2
10 9 8 6
J
9466A =
48663 =
Par NS +400 K 10
8 4
A K 3
K Q 9 8 7 4

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+7 122
Partscore
3 S +1 +130
-7 60

26. 2012 WC Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 19

S deals
E-W vul A 10 7
—
A J 6 5 4 3
K 10 9 5

West North East South West North East South
Verhees Fantoni v.Prooijen Nunes Helgemo Drijver Helness Brink
Pass 1 NT
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP

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

6 5
A Q 8 5 3 2
8 7 2
J 4 Table Q 9 8 4
J 10 9 4
Q 9
A Q 2
584BB 594AB
44822 =
Par NS +400 K J 3 2
K 7 6
K 10
8 7 6 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -4 -200
-4 122
Partscore
3 N -1 -50
+4 64

27. 2012 WC Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 19

S deals
E-W vul A 10 7
—
A J 6 5 4 3
K 10 9 5

West North East South West North East South
Matushko Hanlon Khokhlov McGann Carroll Gromov Garvey Dubinin
Pass Pass
2 3 3 3 NT (AP) Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass Pass
2 2 3 Dbl
Pass Pass 3 Pass
Pass 4 Pass 4 (AP)

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

6 5
A Q 8 5 3 2
8 7 2
J 4 Table Q 9 8 4
J 10 9 4
Q 9
A Q 2
584BB 594AB
44822 =
Par NS +400 K J 3 2
K 7 6
K 10
8 7 6 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -4 -200
-8 122
Partscore
4 N = +130
+8 72

28. 2012 WC Round of 16, Seg 6, Bd 82

W deals
N-S vul K 10
A J 10 4 3
5 3
A K 8 4

West North East South West North East South
Fantoni Demuy Nunes L'Ecuyer Amoils Helgemo WolpertD Helness
1 NT Dbl Pass 2 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 2 (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A J 9 8
Q 7 6 5
A 10 8
6 3 Table Q 7 3 2
K 9 2
6 4
Q 10 7 5
76798 76797
57635 =
Par NS +110 6 5 4
8
K Q J 9 7 2
J 9 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -4 -400
-11 122
Partscore
2 S +1 +110
+11 83

29. 2012 WC Qualifying, Rd 3, Bd 8

W deals
None vul 9 2
K Q J
A Q 10 2
Q 9 7 2

West North East South West North East South
Palazzo Bocchi Fornasari Madala Duboin Pellegrini Sementa Camberos
2 Dbl 2 3 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass Pass Pass 2 Pass Pass 3
Pass Pass 3 Pass
3 Pass 3 Pass
Pass 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 K
6 tricks won 10 tricks won

A Q 10 8 5 3
9 8 5 3
K 8
3 Table K 7 6 4
A 7 4
J 7 4 3
J 6
6558A =
58643 =
Par NS +130 J
10 6 2
9 6 5
A K 10 8 5 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -150
-7 122
Partscore
4 S = +130
+7 90

30. 2012 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 58

E deals
Both vul J 10 9 6
A Q 6 5 4 3
2
7 2

West North East South West North East South
ClerkinJ Gitelman ClerkinD Moss Greco Ekeblad Hampson Weichsel
Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 3 Pass 1 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP)

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

7 3 2
K
A 9 8 6
A 10 9 8 4 Table K 8 5 4
J 10 9 8 7
Q J 10 5
—
65757 =
77685 =
Par NS -90 A Q
2
K 7 4 3
K Q J 6 5 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-7 122
Partscore
3 S = +110
+7 97

31. 2011 Bermuda Bowl Final, Seg 7, Bd 103

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

West North East South West North East South
de Wijs LallJ Muller Grue Hurd Drijver Wooldridge Brink
Pass 1 1 1
Dbl Rdbl Pass 1 Dbl 3 AP
Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

K 10 8 4 3
K J 5 3 2
5
5 3 Table Q 6 2
Q 7 4
6 4
A Q J 7 2
84495 =
48848 =
Par NS +120 A 5
8 6
A Q J 10 9 8
K 9 8

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-5 122
Partscore
3 S = +110
+5 102

32. 2011 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 37

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

West North East South West North East South
Nystrom Bathurst Bertheau Zagorin Hurd Fallenius Wooldridge Fredin
Pass 1 Pass 2 1 1 Dbl 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass 2 2 (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 3 K 6 2 Q 5 3
2 Q A 5 9 J A 4
8 K 8 2 10
11 tricks won 11 tricks won

J 10 5
A Q 7
A 8 7 4
8 6 2 Table 8 4 2
K J 8 5
K 10 9 2
7 5
79769 =
22672 =
Par NS +140 Q 9
6 2
Q J 6
A Q J 10 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S +2 +460
+6 128
Partscore
2 N +3 +200
-6 102

33. 2011 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 37

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

West North East South West North East South
Fleisher Zack Kamil Barel Pachtman Levin Ginossar Weinstein
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass 3
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

J 10 5
A Q 7
A 8 7 4
8 6 2 Table 8 4 2
K J 8 5
K 10 9 2
7 5
79769 =
22672 =
Par NS +140 Q 9
6 2
Q J 6
A Q J 10 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S +2 +460
+11 139
Partscore
4 S -1 -50
-11 102

34. 2011 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 41

W deals
N-S vul K 10 2
J 10 6 5 4 2
7 3
A 6

West North East South West North East South
Rodwell LallJ Meckstroth Grue Hurd Hamman Wooldridge Zia
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Pass 1 NT Pass
Pass 2 Dbl Rdbl Pass 2 AP
2 Pass Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

9 8 7 5
A 7
10 8 4
10 9 7 3 Table Q 6 4 3
Q 8
A K 9 6
K 8 4
97988 =
46454 =
Par NS +600 A J
K 9 3
Q J 5 2
Q J 5 2

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+10 149
Partscore
2 N +1 +140
-10 102

35. 2011 USBC Final, Seg 3, Bd 38

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

West North East South West North East South
Platnick Wooldridge Diamond Hurd LallJ Gitelman Grue Moss
1 1 Pass 1 NT 1 1 Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP Pass

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

A K 9 3
9 5 2
Q J 4
Q J 4 Table J 7 5
A 7 6 4
10 2
9 6 3 2
889B8 =
45425 =
Par NS +400 —
Q 10 8 3
A 9 7 6 5 3
K 10 7

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 149
Partscore
1 N +2 +140
+5 107

36. 2011 Vanderbilt Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 57

W deals
N-S vul J 5
Q J 9 6 5 3
Q 8
A J 8

West North East South West North East South
Meckstroth Wold Rodwell Bates Drijver Hamman Brink Zia
Pass 1 1 3 NT Pass 2 Pass Pass
Pass Pass Pass Pass

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

7 4
A 10 7
A J 9 5
10 9 5 4 Table K 9 8 3 2
K 4
K 6 3
7 6 2
77966 =
66466 =
Par NS +140 A Q 10 6
8 2
10 7 4 2
K Q 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 149
Partscore
2 N +1 +140
+8 115

37. 2010 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 52

E deals
Both vul Q J 10 9
Q 6
A Q 4 3
J 9 4

West North East South West North East South
Lauria Greco Versace Hampson Moss Duboin Gitelman Sementa
Pass 1 Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 (AP)

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

8 7 5
A 9 7
K 8 6
Q 10 7 5 Table A 6 2
K J
J 7 5 2
8 6 3 2
79976 =
64456 =
Par NS +140 K 4 3
10 8 5 4 3 2
10 9
A K

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 149
Partscore
2 S +1 +140
+8 123

38. 2010 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 52

E deals
Both vul Q J 10 9
Q 6
A Q 4 3
J 9 4

West North East South West North East South
Fantoni Pilon Nunes Bompis Multon Sontag Quantin Berkowitz
Pass 1 Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 Pass 2 (AP)

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

8 7 5
A 9 7
K 8 6
Q 10 7 5 Table A 6 2
K J
J 7 5 2
8 6 3 2
79976 =
64456 =
Par NS +140 K 4 3
10 8 5 4 3 2
10 9
A K

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 149
Partscore
2 N +1 +140
+8 131

39. 2010 Spingold Round of 32, Seg 1, Bd 11

N deals
None vul 7
J 6
J 8 7 4
A 10 9 7 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Klukowski Jacobs Markowicz Beatty El Ahmady Kowalski Sadek Melman
3 Pass 3 NT Pass 1 1
Pass Pass Pass Dbl 2 Pass 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
9 7 A 3 6 5 K A
K 8 Q 4 2 J Q 4
3 A 5 7 2 5 7 J
8 4 2 J 3 A 2 4
5 K 7 6 3 9 7 4
Q K A 6 7 6 K 5
10 4 5 2 12 tricks claimed
3 4 2 5
9 6 10 2
7 J 9 3
10 tricks claimed

Q 9 5
10 8 7 3 2
10 5 2
K 4 Table A K J 4
Q 5 4
Q 9 6 3
J 6
8867B =
55652 =
Par NS +400 10 8 6 3 2
A K 9
A K
Q 8 5

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+6 155
Partscore
3 N +3 +170
-6 131

40. 2010 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 64

S deals
N-S vul J 10 8 7
6 5 4 2
Q 9 4 2
8

West North East South West North East South
Sementa Moss Duboin Gitelman Hampson Lauria Greco Versace
2 NT 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 1 Pass 1 NT Dbl
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP)

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

A Q 4
Q 10 9 7 3
10 8 7 5
2 Table K 6 5 2
K
J 6 3
K 7 6 4 3
87768 =
56665 =
Par NS +120 9 3
A J 8
A K
A Q J 10 9 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
Tie 155
Partscore
3 S -1 -100
Tie 131

41. 2010 USBC Final, Seg 2, Bd 29

W deals
Both vul Q 10 7 2
K 10 8 6
9 7 6
7 3

West North East South West North East South
Martel Gitelman Stansby Moss Diamond Weinstein Platnick Levin
1 NT Pass 2 Dbl 1 Pass 1 1 NT
2 Pass Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT Dbl AP

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

A 9 8 3
A 3
Q 10 2
Q 10 9 2 Table J 6 4
9 7 4 2
K J 8 5 3
J
76858 =
66585 =
Par NS +110 K 5
Q J 5
A 4
A K 8 6 5 4

Three notrump
3 NT× S -1 -200
-7 155
Partscore
1 NT S = +90
+7 138

42. 2010 Rosenblum Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 43

S deals
None vul 10 7
Q 10 8
A J 10 4 3 2
Q 10

West North East South West North East South
Hampson Fantoni Greco Nunes Helgemo Gitelman Helness Moss
1 NT 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 AP

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

K 4
9 6 4 3
8 6 5
A K 9 6 Table J 8 6 5 3 2
A 7
Q 7
J 7 2
75996 759A6
48336 =
Par NS +130 A Q 9
K J 5 2
K 9
8 5 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -150
-6 155
Partscore
2 N +1 +110
+6 144

43. 2010 Rosenblum Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 62

S deals
None vul 8 7 3
—
J 8 5 4
K Q J 10 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Zia Ginossar Hamman Pachtman Willenken Rodwell Rosenberg Meckstroth
1 NT 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

5 4
K 8 3 2
K 10 7 3 2
A 9 Table A K 6 2
J 10 9 6 5
9 6
7 5
68469 78469
65964 =
Par NS -100 Q J 10 9
A Q 7 4
A Q
8 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 162
Partscore
3 S = +110
-7 144

44. 2010 Rosenblum Round of 32, Seg 3, Bd 36

N deals
Both vul 10 8
A J 4 2
2
K Q 9 5 4 3

West North East South West North East South
von Arnim Karaivanov AukenS Rusev Popov Smirnov Skorchev Piekarek
2 Pass 2 1 1 Dbl
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP

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

A 7 6 5
5
9 8 6 4 3
A 8 2 Table Q J 9
Q 10 9 7 6
K J 10
J 6
86759 9785A
36583 =
Par NS +500 K 4 3 2
K 8 3
A Q 7 5
10 7

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 172
Partscore
3 N = +110
-10 144

45. 2010 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 28

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

West North East South West North East South
Welland Baseggio Willenken WeinsteinJ Etter WeinsteinH Kolesnik Garner
1 Pass 1 NT 1 Pass 3
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

A 4 2
10 7 5
Q 10 2
K 5 4 2 Table Q 8 7 5
K 9 6
8 6 5
A 7 6
78898 =
55445 =
Par NS +110 —
J 8 3
A K 9 7 4 3
Q J 10 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 172
Partscore
3 S = +110
+5 149

46. 2010 Rosenblum Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 62

S deals
None vul 8 7 3
—
J 8 5 4
K Q J 10 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Moss Helgemo Gitelman Helness Nunes Hampson Fantoni Greco
1 NT 1 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

5 4
K 8 3 2
K 10 7 3 2
A 9 Table A K 6 2
J 10 9 6 5
9 6
7 5
68469 78469
65964 =
Par NS -100 Q J 10 9
A Q 7 4
A Q
8 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 172
Partscore
3 S = +110
+5 154

47. 2010 Rosenblum Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 43

S deals
None vul 10 7
Q 10 8
A J 10 4 3 2
Q 10

West North East South West North East South
Zia Pachtman Hamman Ginossar Rosenberg Rodwell Willenken Meckstroth
1 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 3 AP
Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

K 4
9 6 4 3
8 6 5
A K 9 6 Table J 8 6 5 3 2
A 7
Q 7
J 7 2
75996 759A6
48336 =
Par NS +130 A Q 9
K J 5 2
K 9
8 5 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-6 172
Partscore
3 S +1 +130
+6 160

48. 2010 Rosenblum Round of 32, Seg 3, Bd 36

S deals
Both vul K 4 3 2
K 8 3
A Q 7 5
10 7

West North East South West North East South
Pellegrini Multon Camberos Zimmermann Fantoni Villegas Nunes Angeleri
1 Pass
1 Dbl Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 2 (AP)
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q J 9
Q 10 9 7 6
K J 10
J 6 Table A 7 6 5
5
9 8 6 4 3
A 8 2
9785A 86759
36583 =
Par NS +500 10 8
A J 4 2
2
K Q 9 5 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -300
-5 172
Partscore
2 S -1 -100
+5 165

49. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Semifinal, Seg 5, Bd 67

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

West North East South West North East South
Zhuang Meckstroth WangW Rodwell Katz YangL Nickell Dai
Pass Pass 1 NT 2 Pass Pass
2 2 Dbl 3 Dbl Pass Pass 3 (AP)
Pass Pass 3 Pass
Pass 3 NT Pass Pass
Dbl AP

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

—
A Q 10 9 4
Q 9 6
K 9 6 4 2 Table K J 8 7 6 5
8 7 2
—
Q J 10 5
76393 76392
67A4A 6693A
Par NS -300 Q 4
J 6 3
A K J 10 3 2
A 3

Three notrump
3 NT× S -1 -100
-6 172
Partscore
3 S +1 +130
+6 171

50. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 92

E deals
N-S vul 5 4 2
—
K Q 8 4
Q 7 5 4 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Piekarek Danailov Smirnov Karakolev Stefanov Wladow Aronov Elinescu
Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

K 10 7
6 5 2
J 9 7 5
A 10 8 Table Q 6 3
Q J 9 8
A 10 3 2
J 6
68768 68769
75674 75664
Par NS +110 A J 9 8
A K 10 7 4 3
6
K 9

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-7 172
Partscore
1 S +2 +110
+7 178

51. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 6

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

West North East South West North East South
Gromov Lauria Dubinin Versace Fantoni Khiuppenen Nunes Kholomeev
1 Pass 1 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

Q 9 5 2
Q 8 3
J 3
K 10 6 2 Table K J 7
A 9 7 4
Q 9 5 4
8 4
66789 =
76444 =
Par NS +110 10 8 6 4 3
K J 6 2
K 7 6
A

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -300
-5 172
Partscore
2 S -1 -100
+5 183

52. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 6

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

West North East South West North East South
Nickell Bakkeren Katz Bertens Brink Rodwell Drijver Meckstroth
1 2
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP)
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP

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

K J 7
A 9 7 4
Q 9 5 4
8 4 Table Q 9 5 2
Q 8 3
J 3
K 10 6 2
66789 =
76444 =
Par NS +110 A
10 5
A 10 8 2
Q J 9 7 5 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -300
-9 172
Partscore
3 S = +110
+9 192

53. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 94

S deals
None vul 8 5 3
7
Q 5 4
J 10 8 6 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Wladow Aronov Elinescu Stefanov Danailov Smirnov Karakolev Piekarek
2 NT 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP)

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

Q J
A 9 5 3
J 10 9 2
9 7 4 Table A 10 9 6
J 8 4 2
K 7 3
Q 5
66679 66669
74753 75753
Par NS +110 K 7 4 2
K Q 10 6
A 8 6
A K

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -150
-6 172
Partscore
3 S = +110
+6 198

54. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 14, Bd 6

S deals
N-S vul K 10 8
A 10 9 8
Q 8 7 5 4 3
—

West North East South West North East South
Austberg Aronov Saelensminde Stefanov Danailov Brogeland Karakolev Lindqvist
1 NT 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 2 (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

A Q 5 3
J 7 4
10 9
Q J 7 5 Table J 9 7 2
K 6 5
A 6
10 9 6 4
86AA7 =
46336 46325
Par NS +620 6 4
Q 3 2
K J 2
A K 8 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 172
Partscore
2 N +2 +130
+6 204

55. 2009 USBC SemifinalB, Seg 3, Bd 41

S deals
E-W vul 3
Q J 9 7 5 4
Q
Q 10 9 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Smith Meckstroth CohenB Rodwell Hamman Welland Zia Willenken
1 1
1 2 Pass 3 1 2 2 3 (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J 3 2 K Q 3 8 A
4 7 Q 2 5 2 9 K
9 6 7 J 2 4 7 Q
10 4 8 4 4 2 3 3
3 Q K 3 K A 5 5
5 A 6 5 7 7 5 K
K A 3 5 J 8 9 10
Q 4 2 9 11 tricks claimed
7 7 8 5
A 9 10

Q J 10 7 6
A 6 3
A 8 7
J 2 Table 8 5 2
K 10 8 2
10 5 2
K 8 6
878AA =
46533 =
Par NS +130 A K 9 4
—
K J 9 6 4 3
A 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -150
-7 172
Partscore
3 S +2 +150
+7 211

56. 2009 USBC Round of 32, Seg 3, Bd 42

E deals
Both vul 7
9 6 5
A J 10 6 5 3
10 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Lamprey Beatty McKellarA Gerard Glubok Sanborn MossM Rosner
2 Dbl 2 Dbl
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 NT Pass 3
Pass 3 AP

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

K Q J 9 4 3
K 4
9 2
J 8 7 Table 6 2
Q J 10 8 7 2
K 7 4
Q 4
757A9 =
58633 =
Par NS +130 A 10 8 5
A 3
Q 8
A K 9 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 172
Partscore
3 N +1 +130
+6 217

57. 2008 WC Final, Seg 4, Bd 52

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

West North East South West North East South
Malinowski Lauria Sandqvist Versace Nunes Gold Fantoni Townsend
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

J 9 8 7 6
K 9 8
K Q 7
J 9 Table K 4 2
J 10
8 6 4
A 10 8 3 2
87987 =
46355 =
Par NS +140 A 10 3
5 3
A 9 5 3 2
K 6 5

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 182
Partscore
2 S +1 +140
-10 217

58. 2008 WC Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 2

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

West North East South West North East South
Jassem Versace Martens Lauria Nunes Gierulski Fantoni Skrzypczak
Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 AP
Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP

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

Q 6 3 2
4
J 9 7 3 2
Q 7 6 Table J 8 4
Q 8 6 3
A K 6
K 5 3
97968 86968
46475 =
Par NS +400 K 7 5
10 9
Q 10 8
J 9 8 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 188
Partscore
1 N +3 +170
-6 217

59. 2008 USBC Final, Seg 7, Bd 99

W deals
N-S vul J 8 4 2
J 9 7
6
K 8 7 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Stansby Meckstroth Martel Rodwell Compton Cohen Hamman Berkowitz
3 Pass Pass 3 NT 2 Pass Pass 2 NT
Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass

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

K Q 9 7 6 3
8 6 5 2
3
4 2 Table 5
A K 10 4
K Q 7 4 2
J 10 9
86699 8769A
46743 =
Par NS +130 A 10
Q 3
A J 10 9 8 5
A Q 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 198
Partscore
2 NT S +1 +150
-10 217

60. 2008 USBC Final, Seg 2, Bd 29

N deals
Both vul K 9 8 6 5
9 7
7 6
A 10 9 5

West North East South West North East South
Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Nickell Becker Freeman Strul
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 1 Pass 2 3
Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 4 AP

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

J 10 7 4 3
A K J 10
4
7 3 2 Table A Q 2
4 2
J 10 9 3
Q 8 6 4
66796 66896
77447 =
Par NS +110 —
Q 8 6 5 3
A K Q 8 5 2
K J

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
Tie 198
Partscore
4 S -2 -200
Tie 217

61. 2008 USBC Final, Seg 4, Bd 52

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

West North East South West North East South
Stansby Rodwell Martel Meckstroth Hamman Cohen Compton Berkowitz
Pass 1 Pass 1
2 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) 2 Dbl Pass 2 (AP)

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

A 10 3
A Q J 10 5
K J 7 2
10 Table Q 8 6
6 4 3
9 5 3
J 8 5 4
77558 77669
55764 55774
Par NS +110 K 9 7 5 4
K 9 2
A Q 4
7 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-3 198
Partscore
2 S -1 -100
+3 220

62. 2008 USBC Round of 16, Seg 6, Bd 81

W deals
None vul A J 10 5
K 6 2
K 2
10 7 6 5

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

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

K 8 7
A J 9 8 4
—
A J 8 4 2 Table Q 4 3 2
7 3
9 8 7 6 5
K 9
85483 85493
58949 =
Par NS -100 9 6
Q 10 5
A Q J 10 4 3
Q 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 205
Partscore
2 S = +90
-7 220

63. 2007 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 22

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

West North East South West North East South
Cullin Muller Upmark de Wijs Drijver Efraimsson Brink Morath
2 2 3 2 2 2 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Dbl 3 3 Pass
Pass 4 AP

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

5 4 3 2
A 6
K J 10 4 2
J 2 Table A K 9 7
Q 9 8 5 3 2
9
8 6
8678A 8778A
46652 =
Par NS +130 Q
K J 10 7
A Q 7 6 5
9 5 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+12 217
Partscore
4 N -1 -100
-12 220

64. 2007 Spingold Final, Seg 2, Bd 32

N deals
N-S vul J 4
Q 9 8
A 8 7 5 4 3
10 9

West North East South West North East South
Meckstroth Zmudzinski Rodwell Balicki Dubinin Nickell Gromov LallH
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A 9 6 2
A 10 7 4
2
J 8 6 3 Table K Q 10 8 5
J 6
10 9 6
K 7 2
74796 =
58546 59547
Par NS -140 7 3
K 5 3 2
K Q J
A Q 5 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 217
Partscore
1 NT S +1 +120
+6 226

65. 2007 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 5

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

West North East South West North East South
Greco Cohen Hampson Berkowitz Becker O'Rourke Schwartz Jacobus
1 Dbl Pass 1 1 2 Pass Pass
2 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) 2 3 AP

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

A 3
A Q 9 7 5 3
A 5 3
8 5 Table J 9 5 4
J 2
J 9 7
J 9 4 3
68688 78688
64755 54754
Par NS +110 Q 8 7 2
K 10 6 4
Q 8 6 2
7

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
Tie 217
Partscore
3 N -2 -100
Tie 226

66. 2007 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 5

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

West North East South West North East South
Sontag Kranyak Bates Deutsch Bramley Larsen Lazard Meltzer
1 Dbl Pass 1 1 2 Pass Pass
2 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Dbl Pass 2 Pass
Pass 3 AP

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

A 3
A Q 9 7 5 3
A 5 3
8 5 Table J 9 5 4
J 2
J 9 7
J 9 4 3
68688 78688
64755 54754
Par NS +110 Q 8 7 2
K 10 6 4
Q 8 6 2
7

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
Tie 217
Partscore
3 N -2 -100
Tie 226

67. 2007 USBC Semifinal, Seg 5, Bd 70

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

West North East South West North East South
Kranyak Freeman Deutsch Nickell Rodwell Lazard Meckstroth Bramley
1 1
1 2 Pass 2 NT 1 2 Dbl 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 3 AP

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

Q 8 5 4 3
8 4
A 10
K Q 7 3 Table 10 6
K J 6 5 3
K 6 5 2
5 2
98888 98889
45544 =
Par NS +600 A J 9 2
A 10 9 7
Q
J 10 9 8

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+12 229
Partscore
3 N -1 -100
-12 226

68. 2006 USBC Final, Seg 2, Bd 19

W deals
N-S vul 9 7 6
A 5
A 9 8 7 3 2
A 2

West North East South West North East South
Garner Moss WeinsteinH Gitelman Greco Jacobs Hampson Katz
1 2 Pass 3 NT 1 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass Pass Pass Pass 3 AP

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

A Q J 5 3
6 3
J 5
K Q 10 5 Table 2
Q J 8 7 4
Q 10 4
9 7 6 4
77785 78795
55547 =
Par NS +110 K 10 8 4
K 10 9 2
K 6
J 8 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
Tie 229
Partscore
3 N -1 -100
Tie 226

69. 2006 USBC Round of 32, Seg 1, Bd 20

S deals
Both vul K 2
7 2
J 9 8 5 3 2
Q J 9

West North East South West North East South
Ehlers Onstott Rengstorff Hayden ClerkinD Roman ClerkinJ Fout
1 NT 1 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 Pass 3 (AP)

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

8 5 4
Q J 10 9 8 6 5
—
10 7 3 Table Q 10 9 3
K 3
A K 7
K 6 5 4
A85A8 A97A8
34635 =
Par NS +630 A J 7 6
A 4
Q 10 6 4
A 8 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 239
Partscore
3 S = +110
-10 226

70. 2006 Spingold Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 36

S deals
Both vul J
Q 10 6 4
A Q J 8 7 5
9 3

West North East South West North East South
Grue LallJ Cheek Grainger LallH CohenB Chorush Smith
1 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 1 NT Pass 2
Pass 3 AP

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

K Q 6
J 9 8
K 6 3
A 7 6 2 Table 10 9 8 3
K 3 2
9 4
Q 10 5 4
A8BB7 =
35225 35224
Par NS +650 A 7 5 4 2
A 7 5
10 2
K J 8

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 249
Partscore
3 N +2 +150
-10 226

71. 2006 Spingold Round of 64, Seg 3, Bd 41

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

West North East South West North East South
Saxe Krekorian SmithT Casen Schwartz Scott Becker Apfel
1 Pass
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 2 NT (AP)
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP

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

6 2
K 4 3 2
J 10 8
Q J 7 3 Table A 10 7 5
J 8 6
A Q 9 7 6
4
79769 =
44664 54674
Par NS +140 Q 4
Q 5
K 3 2
A 10 9 8 6 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
Tie 249
Partscore
2 NT S -1 -50
Tie 226

72. 2006 WC Quarterfinal, Seg 3, Bd 36

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

West North East South West North East South
Bertheau Lev Nystrom Gawrys Lair Fredin Cohler Lindkvist
Pass 1 1
Pass 2 Pass 3
Pass 3 Dbl 3 NT (AP)

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

J 10 9
6 4
K 10 5 3 2
Q 7 6 Table K 8 6 3
K J 10 8
A J 9 4
5
8894A =
35372 =
Par NS +140 A Q 7 5 4
A Q 9
Q 8
9 8 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -4 -400
-11 249
Partscore
3 N = +110
+11 237

73. 2006 WC Qualifying, Rd 6, Bd 21

W deals
E-W vul J 9 8
A 3
Q 7
A K 10 8 6 3

West North East South West North East South
RoyK Jacobs RoyD Katz
1 Pass 1 Pass
1 2 2 3 (AP)

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

A 5 3
K J 10 6
J 9
Q J 5 4 Table K 10 7 4
9 7 5 2
K 6 5 3 2
—
75558 96569
47884 37874
Par NS +400 Q 6 2
Q 8 4
A 10 8 4
9 7 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-4 249
Partscore
3 N = +110
+4 241

74. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 32

E deals
E-W vul A 9 8 7
K J
J 8 6 5 4 2
9

West North East South West North East South
Nickell BrancoP Freeman Branco Chagas Meckstroth Villas-Boas Rodwell
1 1 1 1
3 Dbl Pass 3 NT (AP) 2 Dbl 3 Pass
Pass 3 AP

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

5 3 2
10 6
A 10
10 8 7 6 4 3 Table Q J 4
A 8 4 3
Q 7
K Q 5 2
589A5 588A5
64438 =
Par NS +140 K 10 6
Q 9 7 5 2
K 9 3
A J

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 249
Partscore
3 N +1 +130
+5 246

75. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 3

W deals
N-S vul 9 6
J 10 8
A K 10 9 7 4
A 4

West North East South West North East South
Rubin Monsegur Ekeblad Mooney
2 3 3 3 NT
Pass Pass Pass

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

Q J 7 5 3
6 2
Q 2
J 9 8 2 Table 10 8
A K Q 3
J 8 5 3
Q 6 5
96997 =
46446 =
Par NS +600 A K 4 2
9 7 5 4
6
K 10 7 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+11 260
Partscore
2 S = +90
-11 246

76. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 32

E deals
E-W vul A 9 8 7
K J
J 8 6 5 4 2
9

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

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

5 3 2
10 6
A 10
10 8 7 6 4 3 Table Q J 4
A 8 4 3
Q 7
K Q 5 2
589A5 588A5
64438 =
Par NS +140 K 10 6
Q 9 7 5 2
K 9 3
A J

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -150
-7 260
Partscore
3 S +1 +130
+7 253

77. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 3, Bd 3

N deals
E-W vul 7 4
A 10
A 6 4
K J 9 7 5 3

West North East South West North East South
Verhees Duboin Jansma Bocchi Lauria Muller Versace de Wijs
1 Pass 1 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

J 10 6 3
Q 9 8 7
Q
A Q 8 2 Table A Q 9 5
6 3
J 10 7 5 2
10 6
76988 =
57454 57444
Par NS +140 K 8 2
K J 5 4 2
K 9 8 3
4

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 260
Partscore
2 S = +110
+5 258

78. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 18, Bd 6

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

West North East South West North East South
Nunes Hampson Fantoni Greco Gitelman Duboin Moss Bocchi
1 NT 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass 2 Dbl AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

—
Q 10 9 6
9 4 3
A 9 8 7 5 3 Table K J 10 5 3
A 5 3
Q J 8
J 6
88786 =
54556 55657
Par NS +120 7 6
K J 8 7
A K 10 6
K 10 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-13 260
Partscore
2 × N = +670
+13 271

79. 2005 USBC Semifinal, Seg 5, Bd 64

W deals
E-W vul A K Q 8 3
7 6
7 6 5
K J 9

West North East South West North East South
Woolsey Rosenberg Stewart Zia Fallenius Robinson Welland Boyd
Pass 1 2 2 NT Pass 1 2 Dbl
Pass 3 NT AP Rdbl 2 Pass 3 (AP)

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

J 7 6
J 2
K 10 8 2
A 6 5 3 Table 10 9 5 2
K Q 8 5 4 3
A 4 3
—
5756A 5746A
45873 =
Par NS +130 4
A 10 9
Q J 9
Q 10 8 7 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -4 -200
-8 260
Partscore
3 S +1 +130
+8 279

80. 2005 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 38

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

West North East South West North East South
Passell Cohen Wold Berkowitz Buratti Sadek Lanzarotti El Ahmady
2 Pass Pass 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) 1 Pass 1 Pass
Pass 1 NT AP

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

J
10 9 8 7 5 3
K 6
A Q 9 4 Table Q 10 9 6 5 2
Q
Q J 5 4
J 10
64676 65777
68666 78666
Par NS -110 A K 8 7
—
A 10 3 2
K 7 6 5 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -5 -250
-4 260
Partscore
1 NT N -2 -100
+4 283

81. 2004 Olympiad Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 29

S deals
Both vul K 9 2
7 2
A K Q 10 8 3
A Q

West North East South West North East South
Khven Brink Matushko v.Prooijen Verhees Dubinin Jansma Gromov
Pass Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A J 7
Q 9 8 4 3
6 2
K 5 2 Table Q 6
A J 10 6
J 9 7
9 8 6 3
9A698 =
43745 33735
Par NS +620 10 8 5 4 3
K 5
5 4
J 10 7 4

Three notrump
3 NT S +2 +660
+11 271
Partscore
2 S +2 +130
-11 283

82. 2004 Olympiad Round of 16, Seg 2, Bd 20

N deals
Both vul K 10 8 7
10
K 9
A 8 7 4 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Zia Duboin Rosenberg Bocchi Versace Weinstein Lauria Levin
1 Pass 1 Pass Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 1 NT AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

Q 5 4 2
A K 9 4 3
J 10 5
6 Table J 9 3
5 2
Q 8 6 4 2
K Q 9
6786A =
56463 =
Par NS +130 A 6
Q J 8 7 6
A 7 3
J 10 5

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+13 284
Partscore
1 NT N -2 -200
-13 283

83. 2004 Olympiad Round of 16, Seg 2, Bd 20

S deals
Both vul A 6
Q J 8 7 6
A 7 3
J 10 5

West North East South West North East South
Ino Sadek Imakura El Ahmady Nadim Teramoto Hishmat Takano
1 Pass
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1 NT (AP)
Pass 2 Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

J 9 3
5 2
Q 8 6 4 2
K Q 9 Table Q 5 4 2
A K 9 4 3
J 10 5
6
6786A =
56463 =
Par NS +130 K 10 8 7
10
K 9
A 8 7 4 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -300
-5 284
Partscore
1 NT S -1 -100
+5 288

84. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 3, Bd 11

S deals
None vul 4 3 2
A 4
A K 10 5 3 2
A 5

West North East South West North East South
Weinstein Caracci Levin Cuevas Marangunic Rosenberg Sanchez Zia
Pass 2
2 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 NT AP Dbl 2 NT Pass 3
Pass 3 AP

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

A K 9 6
K Q J 8 3
Q 7
J 4 Table 5
9 7 6 2
9 8 4
Q 10 9 6 2
99597 =
44836 =
Par NS +300 Q J 10 8 7
10 5
J 6
K 8 7 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 290
Partscore
3 S = +140
-6 288

85. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 9

W deals
N-S vul 6
A 9 8 7 2
9 8 4 2
K Q 2

West North East South West North East South
YadlinD Backstrom YadlinI Salomaa Koistinen Podgur Kiema Kalish
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass Pass 1 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT
Pass Pass Dbl AP

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

Q 10 9 5 3
Q 5 3
10 7 6
8 6 Table A 8 4 2
K J 4
K Q J 5
9 5
9586A =
47462 47562
Par NS +500 K J 7
10 6
A 3
A J 10 7 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT× S -1 -200
-7 290
Partscore
2 N = +110
+7 295

86. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 15, Bd 5

E deals
E-W vul J 7
7
A K 5 3
A K 10 6 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Kowalski Townsend Tuszynski Gold HackettJA Chmurski HackettJU Puczynski
Pass Pass Pass Pass
1 2 Pass 3 1 2 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

K 8 3
A K 9 6 5
Q J 4
8 2 Table Q 6 5 4
Q 10
10 9 8 7
J 7 5
9877A =
45652 =
Par NS +400 A 10 9 2
J 8 4 3 2
6 2
Q 9

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 297
Partscore
2 N +2 +130
-7 295

87. 2004 Spingold Final, Seg 2, Bd 26

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

West North East South West North East South
Rodwell Demuy Meckstroth WolpertG Spector Nickell Feldman Freeman
Pass 1 NT Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 AP

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

A K 3
7 6 3
K 7 3
K 7 5 4 Table 10 5
K J 8 5 2
8 5 2
J 9 2
9A8A9 9B8A9
22534 =
Par NS +650 Q 9
A Q 10 4
Q 9 6 4
A 10 8

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 297
Partscore
2 N +1 +140
+6 301

88. 2004 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 1, Bd 13

N deals
Both vul A K Q 7 5 4
J 7 4
9
10 9 4

West North East South West North East South
Robinson Bocchi Boyd Duboin Versace Berkowitz Lauria Cohen
1 Pass 2 2 Pass Pass
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

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

J 8
Q 10 6 5 2
10 6 3
J 3 2 Table 10 6 3 2
A
J 8 4 2
A K Q 8
77877 =
63556 =
Par NS +110 9
K 9 8 3
A K Q 7 5
7 6 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-9 297
Partscore
2 N +2 +170
+9 310

89. 2003 Bermuda Bowl Final, Seg 8, Bd 124

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

West North East South West North East South
Meckstroth Duboin Rodwell Bocchi Versace Hamman Lauria Soloway
1 1 Dbl 2 2 3
Rdbl 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Dbl 3 Pass 3 NT
Dbl 4 AP

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

Q 6
A K J 4
6 5 3
9 6 4 3 Table J 10 9 4 2
6 5 3
A Q J 8
5
95679 =
48664 =
Par NS +400 K 8 5
Q 10 9 8 7
K 10 9
8 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 304
Partscore
4 N = +130
-7 310

90. 2003 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 1, Bd 9

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

West North East South West North East South
Fantoni Torres Nunes Frances Ventin Duboin Fernandez Bocchi
Pass Pass
Pass 1 1 1 NT Pass 1 1 Dbl
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 AP

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

J 6
10 6 5 4
7 6
K J 10 9 7 Table A K 9 8 3
Q 3
9 5 2
A 6 2
65794 66794
47638 =
Par NS +110 Q 10 5
K 9 8 2
Q 3
Q 8 5 4

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+8 312
Partscore
2 N +1 +110
-8 310

91. 2003 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 17, Bd 8

E deals
None vul Q 9 4
A K Q 7 6 2
10 3
J 6

West North East South West North East South
Fantoni Huang Nunes WuCH YangH Duboin ChiuW Bocchi
Pass Pass Pass Pass
2 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) 1 2 AP

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

A J 10 7 3
9 3
K Q 8 6
3 2 Table 5 2
J 10 8 5
9 7 2
A K 10 7
65767 66767
77575 =
Par NS -90 K 8 6
4
A J 5 4
Q 9 8 5 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 312
Partscore
2 N = +110
+5 315

92. 2003 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 20, Bd 1

N deals
None vul Q 2
A 10 9 5
Q
A K J 9 7 4

West North East South West North East South
Bertheau Bocchi Nystrom Duboin Nunes Lindkvist Fantoni Fredin
1 Pass 1 2 Pass 2 NT
1 2 Pass 2 NT Dbl 3 AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

A K J 9 6
Q 7 6
K 7
8 5 2 Table 10 7
K 4 3 2
9 8 6 5 3
Q 6
86679 =
57564 56564
Par NS +120 8 5 4 3
J 8
A J 10 4 2
10 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -150
-6 312
Partscore
3 N = +110
+6 321

93. 2003 Spingold Final, Seg 3, Bd 37

N deals
N-S vul K
Q 10 7 5 4
K 10 8 5
Q 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Stansby Rosenberg Martel Zia Fallenius Weichsel Welland Sontag
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass 1
Dbl Rdbl Pass Pass Pass 1 NT Pass 2
1 NT Pass Pass Dbl Pass 2 NT AP
Rdbl Pass 2 3 NT (AP)

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

5 4
A K 8
Q 9 7 4
K J 8 5 Table 9 7 6 3
9 3 2
A J
10 9 7 2
88785 87785
55558 =
Par NS +100 A Q J 10 8 2
J 6
6 3 2
A 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 312
Partscore
2 NT N = +120
+6 327

94. 2003 USBC Semifinal, Seg 6, Bd 81

N deals
None vul K 10 9 6 4 2
3
8 7 6
A 9 4

West North East South West North East South
Wolff Levin Morse Weinstein Smith Doub Seamon Wildavsky
2 Pass 2 NT 2 Pass Pass
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass

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

A 5 3
10 9 5 4
A 4
J 8 7 2 Table Q 8
K J 8 7 6
10 3 2
K 5 3
896A8 =
44735 =
Par NS +140 J 7
A Q 2
K Q J 9 5
Q 10 6

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 318
Partscore
2 N +1 +140
-6 327

95. 2002 Rosenblum Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 55

W deals
Both vul 3
J 10 8 4 2
Q 6 2
Q 9 6 3

West North East South West North East South
Fredin Versace Lindkvist Lauria Duboin Nystrom Bocchi Stromberg
Pass Pass 1 Dbl Pass Pass 1 1 NT
1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 NT
Pass 3 Dbl 3 NT Pass 3 Pass 3 (AP)
Dbl AP

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

10 9 8 7 6
A K 9 6
3
5 4 2 Table A Q 5 2
5 3
10 8 7
A J 10 7
84696 =
59646 59747
Par NS -140 K J 4
Q 7
A K J 9 5 4
K 8

Three notrump
3 NT× S = +750
+12 330
Partscore
3 S = +110
-12 327

96. 2002 Rosenblum Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 6

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

West North East South West North East South
Pszczola Lasut Kwiecien Manoppo Sakul Zmudzinski Karwur Balicki
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass Pass 1 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT Pass Pass Pass
Pass Pass Dbl AP

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

10 9 3
A 10 8 6 4 3
5 4 2
9 Table A K Q 6
2
10 9 8 7
K Q 5 4
7776A 77769
66673 =
Par NS +130 —
K Q J 7
K Q J
A J 8 7 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT× S -1 -100
-5 330
Partscore
2 S +1 +110
+5 332

97. 2002 USBC Semifinal, Seg 2, Bd 17

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

West North East South West North East South
Berkowitz Fallenius Cohen Welland Gitelman Zia Moss Rosenberg
1 1 NT 1 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP

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

7 2
K 5 4 3
6 5 3 2
K 5 4 Table J 10 3
A 10 9 6
A J
Q 10 9 6
89686 =
33736 =
Par NS +140 K 4
Q 7 2
K Q 10 9
A J 8 3

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+11 341
Partscore
3 S -2 -100
-11 332

98. 2001 USBC Playoff, Seg 6, Bd 77

S deals
Both vul A Q 10 7
8 6
4
A Q J 10 8 5

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

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

J 8 6 5
J 9 7 4 2
A Q 10
K Table 4 3
A 5 3
K 8 7 6 3
6 3 2
7977B 9977B
33662 =
Par NS +600 K 9 2
K Q 10
J 9 5 2
9 7 4

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+10 351
Partscore
3 N +2 +150
-10 332

99. 2001 USBC Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 13

E deals
Both vul 8 7 6
J 8 4 2
—
A K Q 10 8 6

West North East South West North East South
Stewart Lipsitz Woolsey Ekeblad Molson Robinson Shenkin Boyd
Pass 1 Pass 1
2 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 NT AP

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

10 2
A K 6
Q J 9 6 4 3
5 2 Table A Q 9 4
Q 10 9 7
8 7 2
4 3
8875A =
55673 =
Par NS +130 K J 5 3
5 3
A K 10 5
J 9 7

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 351
Partscore
2 NT N +1 +150
+6 338

100. 2001 USBC Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 10

N deals
Both vul K 2
10 8 6 5 2
—
A K 9 4 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Martel Soloway Stansby Hamman Freeman Weichsel Nickell Sontag
2 Dbl Rdbl 2 Dbl Rdbl
Pass Pass 2 Pass Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
2 Pass Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP

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

J 10 6 4
4
7 6 5 3
10 8 7 6 Table A 8 5 3
A K Q 7
Q 9 8
Q 5
76777 66777
66456 66455
Par NS +90 Q 9 7
J 9 3
A K J 10 4 2
J

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-7 351
Partscore
3 N = +110
+7 345

101. 2000 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 1, Bd 2

N deals
E-W vul 10 6
Q 6
A Q 8 5 3 2
A 7 3

West North East South West North East South
Bocchi Helness Duboin Furunes Austberg Lauria Helgemo Versace
1 Dbl Rdbl 1 Dbl Rdbl
1 Pass Pass 1 NT 1 2 AP
Pass 3 NT AP

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

J 7 2
K 8 4 3
J 10 9
8 5 4 Table A K 9 4
J 9 2
K 6
Q 9 6 2
88898 98898
45545 =
Par NS +400 Q 8 5 3
A 10 7 5
7 4
K J 10

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-4 351
Partscore
2 N = +90
+4 349

102. 2000 Olympiad Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 7

N deals
Both vul Q 4
9 8
K Q J 7 5 4
9 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Bocchi SimpsonC Duboin Hallberg Fawcett Versace Liggins Lauria
2 2 2 NT Pass 1 Dbl
Pass 3 NT AP 1 NT 3 AP

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

10 8 6 3
5 3
10 3
A Q J 10 4 Table J 5 2
A Q 10 7 4 2
A 9 6
8
86586 86587
46756 =
Par NS +120 A K 9 7
K J 6
8 2
K 7 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+11 362
Partscore
3 N = +110
-11 349

103. 2000 Olympiad Quarterfinal, Seg 4, Bd 62

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

West North East South West North East South
Burn Helness Callaghan Helgemo Saelensminde Fawcett Brogeland Liggins
1 1 NT Dbl 1 1 NT Dbl
2 Pass 2 Pass Rdbl 2 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

10 6 5
J 10 8 3 2
10 8 2
10 7 Table J 7 4
K 9 4
A 9
A K Q 4 2
89697 =
44735 =
Par NS +140 K Q 9 3
A Q 5
6 3
J 9 8 5

Three notrump
3 NT S +3 +490
+9 371
Partscore
2 N +1 +110
-9 349

104. 2000 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 4, Bd 8

S deals
None vul 9 6 5 3 2
A 8 3 2
A 8 7 4
—

West North East South West North East South
Ju Gower Fu Mansell Eber Zhuang Sapire WangW
1 1
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 1 Pass 2 (AP)
Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

Q J
Q 7 5 4
Q J 9 6
K 4 3 Table K 10 8 7 4
K J 9
10
10 7 6 2
678A9 =
76534 56534
Par NS +130 A
10 6
K 5 3 2
A Q J 9 8 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 371
Partscore
2 S +1 +110
+5 354

105. 2000 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 17, Bd 4

N deals
Both vul 10 6
A 2
8 5 3
A 9 8 6 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Reid Ju Newell Fu Zhuang Blackstock WangW Henry
Pass Pass 1 NT 1 Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 3 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

9 7 4 3
K 10 5
J 9
K Q J 2 Table Q J 8 5
J 8 7 4 3
A 10 7
7
85698 85799
57644 =
Par NS +120 A K 2
Q 9 6
K Q 6 4 2
10 5

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+12 383
Partscore
3 N -1 -100
-12 354

106. 2000 USBC Semifinal, Seg 1, Bd 1

E deals
None vul K J 10
Q 9 2
A K J 10 6 5
Q

West North East South West North East South
Sontag Casen Weichsel Schwartz Levin Meltzer Weinstein Larsen
2 Pass 1 Pass
Pass Dbl Pass 2 1 2 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J Q A 2
9 tricks won

6 5 4
A 8 4 3
9 8 7 3
J 4 Table A Q 9 7
K 10
2
A 8 7 6 5 3
75785 75775
57658 =
Par NS +90 8 3 2
J 7 6 5
Q 4
K 10 9 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 390
Partscore
2 N = +90
-7 354

107. 1999 Bermuda Bowl Final, Seg 4, Bd 63

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

West North East South West North East South
Rodwell Campos Meckstroth Villas-Boas Branco Hamman Chagas Soloway
Pass 2 2 3 NT Pass Pass 1 2
Pass Pass Pass Dbl 2 2 2
Pass 3 AP

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

5 3
A 9 6 5
K 8 5
8 6 5 3 Table A Q 8 7 6 2
K Q 10 2
7
10 7
74499 =
59824 69824
Par NS -100 K 9
8 4
A 9 4
A K Q J 9 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-4 390
Partscore
3 N = +110
+4 358

108. 1999 Bermuda Bowl Semifinal, Seg 6, Bd 88

W deals
None vul 10 9 5 2
A
J 6
K Q J 9 8 6

West North East South West North East South
Furunes Chagas Helness Branco Campos Austberg Villas-Boas Helgemo
2 3 Pass 3 2 Dbl Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 NT Dbl 4
Dbl AP

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

3
K J 10 9 6 4
A 9 7
5 3 2 Table K Q J 8 7 6
8
5 4 3
A 10 4
86688 =
46643 =
Par NS +120 A 4
Q 7 5 3 2
K Q 10 8 2
7

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+14 404
Partscore
4 × S -3 -500
-14 358

109. 1999 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 2, Bd 28

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

West North East South West North East South
Robinson Jacobs Boyd Katz Lauria Stewart Versace Woolsey
1 NT 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass Pass Dbl Rdbl
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass Pass 2 Pass
Pass 2 AP

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

K Q 3
8 5 2
Q 7 5
J 8 4 3 Table 7 5 2
Q 10 9 4
A K J 8 3
7
67658 68658
65785 =
Par NS +110 A 10 6
J 7
10 6
A K Q 10 9 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-2 404
Partscore
2 N -1 -50
+2 360

110. 1998 Rosenblum Final, Seg 4, Bd 60

W deals
N-S vul 7 4
6
A 9 8 7
A 10 7 6 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Lanzarotti Chagas Buratti Branco Campos Sementa Villas-Boas Versace
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass Pass 1 Dbl
2 Pass 2 Pass 1 3 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

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

K 10 3
J 9 8 7 5 2
J
9 5 2 Table A 9 8 6
K 4
Q 10 4 3 2
K J
96689 =
46643 46753
Par NS +500 Q J 5 2
A Q 10 3
K 6 5
Q 8

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+12 416
Partscore
3 N -1 -100
-12 360

111. 1997 Bermuda Bowl Final, Seg 10, Bd 160

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

West North East South West North East South
Perron Rodwell Chemla Meckstroth Wolff Levy Hamman Mari
1 Pass 1 Pass
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT 1 NT 2 2 3 (AP)
Pass 3 NT AP

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

9 7 3
5
A J 10 9 8 2
7 6 3 Table A J 6
A J 9 7 4 3
K 4 3
8
56417 56427
778B4 =
Par NS -600 10 8 5 4
K Q 10
Q 7 6
Q J 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -4 -200
-3 416
Partscore
3 N -2 -100
+3 363

112. 1997 Spingold Final, Seg 4, Bd 49

S deals
None vul A 7 4 3
J 4 2
—
A 10 6 4 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Balicki Seamon Zmudzinski Passell Burger Lesniewski Cayne Szymanowski
1 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 3 AP

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

K Q 9 5
8 7 6 3
Q 4 2
9 5 Table 6 2
A K 10 9
J 10 9 7 6
K 7
87559 87569
56874 =
Par NS +100 J 10 8
Q 5
A K 8 5 3
Q J 8

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 423
Partscore
3 N = +110
-7 363

113. 1997 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 49

N deals
None vul A Q 10
7 4
A K Q 10 7 4
5 4

West North East South West North East South
Helgemo Passell Forrester Seamon Cayne Rosenberg Burger Zia
1 Pass 1 1 Pass 1
3 Dbl Pass 3 NT (AP) 3 3 AP

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

7 5 4
A Q J 10 9 5 3
5
9 7 Table K J 3
8 2
J 8 2
K Q J 8 6
67386 87385
56A57 =
Par NS -300 9 8 6 2
K 6
9 6 3
A 10 3 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -6 -300
-10 423
Partscore
3 S +1 +170
+10 373

114. 1997 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 61

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

West North East South West North East South
Passell Forrester Seamon Helgemo Rosenberg Burger Zia Cayne
1 2 2 3 NT 1 3 Pass Pass
Pass Pass Pass Pass

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

J 10 3
A Q 10 9 8
A J
9 5 2 Table Q 8 7 6 4
J 7 6
8 5
K 4 3
655AA 856AA
58733 =
Par NS +130 A K 9
K 5 4 3
9 4 3
Q 8 7

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
-6 423
Partscore
3 N +1 +130
+6 379

115. 1997 USBC Final, Seg 4, Bd 59

W deals
None vul K Q 5 3
—
A K 6
K 10 8 6 3 2

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

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

A 8 6 4
K 7 4 3
J 9 3
Q 7 Table 10 7
A 10 8 5 2
7 5 4 2
A 4
9968A =
44652 =
Par NS +400 J 9 2
Q J 9 6
Q 10 8
J 9 5

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 430
Partscore
2 N +2 +130
-7 379

116. 1997 USBC Playoff, Seg 3, Bd 33

N deals
None vul K 7
3
A Q J 10 4 3
J 4 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Lev Rodwell Glubok Meckstroth Freeman Katz Nickell Weinstein
1 Pass 1 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 2 Pass 3
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP

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

Q J 8 5
10 6
K 8 7
A K 9 5 Table A 6
J 9 8 4 2
9 6 5 2
10 8
67677 67667
65666 76666
Par NS -90 10 9 4 3 2
A K Q 7 5
—
Q 7 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -4 -200
-2 430
Partscore
3 S -3 -150
+2 381

Data 9ZA9 Main Top Three Notrump vs. Partscore