["Build-up"] teams,game-all, 3rd in hand.

b.29

QJ1076
Q7642
8
KQ

3C 3S 4C P;
P 4D P 5D;
P 6D P P;
X

Presumably a lightner double asking for a major lead. Sadly you are 5/5 which is probably the most unlucky part of a very unlucky evening. Any clues here?

["The Sting"] Only four hands later, this sequence occurs:

b.33, Teams, love-all, 3rd in hand

9
x
109xxxx
Jxxxx

Not the best 6-5-1-1 count you will ever be dealt!

Sequence:

1H 2S P 3S;
4D 4S 5D P;
P 5S P P;
X P ?

You still have a bid and could presumably play in 6D almost certain to be whacked. You have absolutely no defence (and in the post-mortem, it turns out that your partner would not actually shoot you for bidding on to 6D! - he doubled quickly so there is no pressure from that angle)...

however, in spite of 'not holding a lot of defence' - you have chances with 2 red aces and a heart ruff or possibly (if partner intended it that way - is it possible that this is another Lightner double) with (say) a 3640 hand that scores a club ruff at trick one and comes to two (maybe three) other tricks in the wash?

How are you reading and reacting to this double?