The Millenium Club
Lyle Poe

Transfers do more than switch the placement of the Declarer. Often they save space and allow for an additional step in the bidding. The transferor can use lower bids to show multiple hand types, preserving room where it is needed. In contrast, when those cheap actions do not guarantee another turn, options with stronger hands are constricted.

Lyle Poe's approach to transfer responses in One Club openings precludes those embarrassing one of a minor contracts when opener has a powerful hand and responder has major suit length but is too weak to respond. (However the final contract can be one of a major when opener has an ordinary hand.) A strong opener will become declarer on most deals, whether he fits responder's suit or not. When opener would have started with a strong artificial two clubs in standard methods, he can get information about responder's shape and controls before having to bid at the two level. This book which was published in 2002, contains 183 pages.