[jahol]

If my problem is too simple, sorry for that. Anyway, my error(?) inhere caused loss of 23 IMPs.

IMPs, good aggressive opponents, only opponents vulnerable, you have

KQxxxx---x---xxx---AJx

and the auction was

LHO--------partner---------RHO-----------you
......................................1H-------------1S
2S............4S..................5H.................5S
pass..........pass...............6H................pass
pass..........dbl.................pass...

1H - Acol, may be four cards in H only
2S - at least invitation to game, support in H.

What do you lead?

[rogerclee]

Looks normal to lead the ♣A.

[mikeh]

I have little idea what the double means here.. it is usually, in these auctions, based on a void.. and if so I would expect, because of the strong bidding by the opps, that it is a diamond void, but this is a slim inference.

But it is difficult to see how the club A can be wrong... it is highly unlikely that either opp is ruffing this, and this will cost at most one extra ruff if a small diamond is better.

One thing is certain: I am not leading a major....

[ASkolnick]

I am playing the A♣ to. I have no idea what suit partner would be short in. I think its more likely with a "positional" trump winner and the A Spade, he doubled.

RHO is probably void in spades, but partner with A Spades, (KQx,KT9x,KJx etc.) is doubling

[jahol]

I led club ace, what appeared to be disaster. The board looked approximately lile that:

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As it can be seen, "normal" spade lead leads to disaster too. So, I could hardly blame partner for the double prohibiting spade lead, but I am not sure, he can blame me for leading club ace....

[effervesce]

Bad luck then. Swap your minor holdings (or your partner's minor holdings) and the lead of the A is required. Complaining about leading the A due to it not working on this board is results merchanting.