More Chinese with 2-7 in the middle

[quickfetus]

Very interesting analysis of hand #9; I looked through it a fair bit. FWIW, your conclusions seem very logical to me. In the third hand of your deal #2, is the difference between aces full and trip aces in the back really that close to the difference between T86 and 864 in the middle? I assumed playing the boat would be the clear play.

Also: Does anything from the hands in the initial post jump out at you?