North's weak two promised a decent 6-card suit (possibly 7 cards) and 6-11 high card points. When south queried for more information with a two notrump bid, north showed a maximum with a spade feature - usually and ace of king. This propelled the pair into game.
 
When West tabled the three of hearts and south eyeballed the dummy, it was quickly apparent that he was in trouble, with only 6 diamond tricks and the heart ace "on top", and a pair of defenders who would soon be positioned to take at least three heart tricks and two aces.
 
South reasoned that the silence of the opponents suggested they were most likely to each hold a share of the outstanding high cards. South made a quick decision (very important!) to rely on gutsy deception and a good deal of luck as the best chances for making his game. Besides, as an "old and bold" player, he knew that a contract stolen by fooling the opponents was twice as sweet as a contract honestly made!
 
So rather than hold up in hearts for two rounds, south boldly grabbed east's king with his ace of hearts, hoping the defenders would credit him with a sure or tentative 2nd heart stopper. South then cashed the ace of diamonds (ace, eight, four, nine)  and switched to the ♠Q!
 
From east's viewpoint, with west signaling count in diamonds, it seemed apparent that south had just unblocked his singleton ace of diamonds (West assumed to have started with four) and was now attempting to force a spade entry to dummy to run diamond tricks. So east ducked!
 
With a spade trick now in the bank, south held his breath and shifted to the ♣K! West then took the view that east originally held 4 diamonds, and made it appear, with J10 of clubs in dummy, that south was holding KQx of clubs, and was now trying to force a club entry to dummy. So west ducked his ace.
 
The face of each defender turned a bright crimson when south put his ♦6 on the table and romped home with nine tricks.
 
One might criticize the opponents on this deal, but given the methods they were playing, their actions were not totally unreasonable. South's strength was, after all, not clearly defined in the auction, and south was lucky that the diamond carding, the spot card locations, and the positions of the black aces helped with his deception. It was also lucky for south that east-west were not playing playing the Smith Echo, a little known convention when this hand was played, and one that might have highlighted a winning defense.
 
As things came down, we can pin a medal on south for courage - and for recognizing that if conditions are favorable and options are absent or limited, the deceptive lead of an unsupported high card always has some chance of working, even against good defenders.

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