Larry Cohen
Larry Cohen (Larry Neil Cohen) was born on April 14th, 1959 and is currently 67 years old. Larry Cohen was born in New York City, New York, USA.
Larry Cohen is a renowned American bridge player, educator, and author who is one of the most significant contributors to the development of the contract bridge game.
He was just six years old when his grandparents introduced him to bridge. At age 14, he was playing duplicate bridge and started entering tournament shows when he was 15 and was a Life Master of the
American Contract Bridge League by the time he was 17.
By the time Larry Cohen turned 22, he had won his first
North American Bridge Championship of which he would go on to win 25 over his career. He was also the winner of many other prestigious events such as the
Blue Ribbon Pairs,
Vanderbilt,
Reisinger, and
Spingold.
He made his name as an advocate of a bidding guideline known as the
Law of Total Tricks, which he publicised through his work
To Bid or Not to Bid: The Total Law of Tricks, which he published in 1992. The work sold more than 90,000 copies and would subsequently be translated into half a dozen languages.
In 2009, he retired from high-level competition so that he could work more in writing and teaching, which had always been a dream. He now conducts lectures across the world and in the United States, at bridge clubs and aboard cruise ships. He also writes monthly columns and online webinars from time to time.
Cohen makes his home in Heber, Utah, and Delray Beach, Florida, where he lives with Maria Eugenia, his wife. He is still a prominent figure in bridge literature and education.
Larry’s first work in the
Larry Teaches Bidding Books was
Larry Cohen’s Bidding Challenge, in which he asks his readers to test their skills against the best of international pairs.
He makes use of real-life hands from some of the most famous tournaments and asks readers to bid and pit their results against those of the best players of the game.
Cohen then discusses the hands as he explores the common pitfalls and optimal bidding strategies that even the best players have to deal with.
Another popular one of his works is
Larry Teaches Doubles, which he published in 2019. This is a guide to applying the different types of doubles in the game.
Cohen simplifies concepts such as lead directing doubles and negative doubles. He offers insights into the effective use of doubles as a bidding strategy to make oneself a more competitive player of contract bridge.
In 1992, Larry Cohen published his seminal work,
To Bid or Not to Bid: The Law of Total Tricks. It is in this work that he popularized the bidding guideline known as the Law of Total Tricks.
He explains how to use the principles of the
Law of Total Tricks to help a player make informed decisions when high-card points are distributed evenly in competitive auctions.
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Larry Cohen: F.A.Q
When was Larry Cohen Born? How old is Larry Cohen?
Larry Cohen was born on April 14th, 1959. Larry Cohen is currently 67 years old.
Where was Larry Cohen Born?
Larry Cohen was born in New York City, New York, USA and is American.
What was the first book Larry Cohen wrote?
The first book written by Larry Cohen was To Bid or Not to Bid: The Law of Total Tricks, published in 1992.
What was the most recent book Larry Cohen wrote?
His most recently released work was Larry Teaches Conventions: (a short story) on February 9th, 2023.
Are there upcoming new books by Larry Cohen?
Larry Cohen does not have any upcoming books with a set publication date within the next few months at this time.
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How many books has Larry Cohen written?
Larry Cohen has written 17 books. 4 books in the Larry Teaches Bidding Series, 7 books in the Larry Teaches Series, 6 Non-Fiction Books.