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I made 4 doubled on this one when East
discarded at trick one. I won the ace of
diamonds and led a heart, so I was able to
discard a club on a heart honor and ruff one
diamond in dummy. To beat me, East had
to ruff the lead. He would then score a
second ruff plus the two major-suit aces.
East didn't ruff because he thought that his
partner had led from the ace-king of diamonds
and that I held the ace of hearts.

You can play a lead convention such as ace
from ace-king or Rusinow leads to avoid
this kind of problem. But my tip today doesn't
require a conventional lead. It's simply
commonsense: When you lead a suit that
partner may be void in, and you hold the
ace, lead the ace. In other words, East
should know West doesn't hold the ace of
diamonds, otherwise West would lead it ...
unless he likes to create problems for his
partner!