VULNERABLE VERSUS NOT, SHOULDN'T THERE BE SOME SUIT QUALITY STANDARDS

#12	7			W	N	E	S
W	AJ8752			P	2D	P	2N
N-S	T85			P	3C	P	3N
	QT3			P	P	P
653		984
43		KQ6		P	2H	P	2N
KJ743		Q92		P	3H	P	6H
J74		9852		P	P	P
	AKQJT2
	T9
	A6
	AK6

ELEVEN EASY TRICKS IN 3NT. SADLY, WITH HEARTS MISBEHAVING, JEC LOSES

13 IMPS FOR, IN MY ESTIMATION, MAKING AN UNDISCIPLINED PREEMPTIVE OPENING BID (BASED ON VULNERABILITY)

#3	9			W	N	E	S
D: S	Q5			-	-	-	P
V: E-W	QJ5432			1C	P	2H	P
	QJ53			3H	P	4H	P
Q875		AKJ32		P	P
AJ62		T987
AK7		86		-	-	-	P
T6		92		1D	P	1S	P
	T64			2S	P	3H	P
	K43			4D	P	4S	P
	T9			P	P
	AK874

 

ON THIS DEAL, THE 5-4 SPADE FIT PLAYS MUCH BETTER THAN THE 4-4 HEART FIT. 13 IMPS TO JEC FOR HIS TEAMMATES GETTING TO THE SAFER CONTRACT!