Legendary Collings Story

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Dealer: South
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: Rubber
  1. spadeA K J
  2. heart—
  3. diamondA K Q 10 9 7 4
  4. clubA 8 4
  1. spade5 4
  2. heartK
  3. diamondJ 8 6 5 3 2
  4. clubK Q J 3
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 4 5 3 3
S - 4 5 3 3
E 1 - - - -
W 1 - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 9 7 2
  2. heartQ 10 7 5
  3. diamond—
  4. club10 9 6 5 2

Contract: 7heartx
Declarer: South
Lead: clubK
  1. spadeQ 8 6 3
  2. heartA J 9 8 6 4 3 2
  3. diamond—
  4. club7
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass
Pass 2club Pass 2heart
Pass 4NT* Pass 5diamond~
Pass 7diamond Pass Pass
Dble Pass Pass 7heart
Dble End

* Blackwood
~ one Ace

Winning with clubA, Collings immediately played diamondA from dummy to give East the impression that he was going to discard a club loser, so East ruffed with heart5. Declarer over-ruffed and crossed back to dummy with spadeK to lead diamondK. Once again East ruffed and once again Collings over-ruffed. The spadeA was further entry to lead diamondQ.

You don't need me to tell you what happened do you?
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