Thin Game For Match Points

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Dealer: East
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade7 3 2
  2. heart7 4
  3. diamondA Q 10 7 5
  4. clubJ 4 2
  1. spade8 6 4
  2. heartA Q 2
  3. diamondJ 2
  4. clubA 8 7 6 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - - 1 - -
S - - 1 - -
E 3 1 - 4 2
W 3 1 - 4 2
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA K Q J 9
  2. heart9 6
  3. diamond9 8 6 3
  4. clubQ 10

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: East
Lead: heartJ
  1. spade10 5
  2. heartK J 10 8 5 3
  3. diamondK 4
  4. clubK 9 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1spade* 3heart~
4spade Pass Pass Pass

* playing five card majors
~ weak

East played the ten to land his thin game and an 85% board. Had North clung on to two diamonds in the end-game then East could still get home by cashing the last trump to strip-squeeze North. A diamond discard produces the same ending as before, but a club discard allows East to pin the North's jack by leading the queen.
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