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One of the well-known flaws of a transfer bid is
that an opponent may double to get his suit into
the auction. At the four level, the double should
be only for lead-direction, and not asking partner
to bid at the five level with support. Here East
has the opportunity to double 4. He wants a
heart led to his ace so he can shift to his
singleton diamond. If partner has one entry, he
can defeat the hand with a diamond ruff.

In real life, East passed over 4 and West led a
club. Declarer knocked out the ace of trump and
made 11 tricks when East shifted to his diamond.
South won, drew trumps and ruffed out the queen
of diamonds, then discarded two hearts on two
high diamonds. The auction shown, where East
doubles 4, is a demonstration of how a good
defense to Texas Transfers can help partner get
off to the killing lead. East will win the A at trick
one and shift to the 4. Then East wins the first
trump lead and leads a heart to partner's king for
a diamond return.

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South 1NT 4	West pass all pass	North 4*	East double
*Texas transfer to spades Opening lead: 2

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