Make More of Lower Minor

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Dealer: East
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K J 9 8 5
  2. heart5 3
  3. diamondQ 8 7 4
  4. clubQ
  1. spadeQ 10 6 3
  2. heartA
  3. diamondK J 9 3 2
  4. club10 5 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 3 - - 6 1
S 3 - - 6 1
E - 2 3 - -
W - 2 2 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade—
  2. heartQ J 9 8 6 4 2
  3. diamondA 10 6 5
  4. club8 4

Contract: 6spade
Declarer: North
Lead: diamondA
  1. spade7 4 2
  2. heartK 10 7
  3. diamond—
  4. clubA K J 9 7 6 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
3heart 4club*
Pass 6spade Pass Pass
Pass

* take-out

By ducking a heart of course! When Collings led a heart towards dummy East inserted the jack but, knowing that East was highly unlikely to have pre-empted with eleven red cards that included two aces, declarer was confident of seeing West's ace drop. 6spade made twelve tricks for +980.

Maybe there's more to Lower Minor than meets the eye!
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