Larry Cohen

Larry Neil Cohen (born April 14, 1959) is an American bridge player, writer and teacher. He is best known as an advocate for the "Law of Total Tricks" as a guide in the . He has won a World Bridge Championship, 25 North American Bridge Championships (NABC) events including the Vanderbilt, two Spingolds, two Reisingers, three Life Master Pairs, and four Blue Ribbon Pairs, and he is a two-time winner of the Cavendish Invitational Pairs cash prize tournament.

Cohen's most important work on "the Law" was To Bid or Not to Bid: The LAW of Total Tricks, published in 1992. It was the best-selling bridge book of the 1990s with more than 90,000 copies sold in six different languages and its sequel Following the Law was another bridge best seller. Blue Ribbon Pairs (4) 1981, 1983, 1988, 1995 Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 1999 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (3) 1984, 1991, 2007 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 2002 Nail Life Master Open Pairs (1) 1983 Reisinger (2) 1985, 1991 Silodor Open Pairs (3) 2004, 2006, 2009 Spingold (2) 1981, 1984 Vanderbilt (1) 2005 Wernher Open Pairs (1) 1996 von Zedtwitz Life Master Pairs (3) 1987, 1988, 1996 United States Bridge Championships (2) Open Team Trials (1) 2000 Senior Team Trials (1) 2025 Other notable wins: Buffett Cup (1) 2006 Cavendish Invitational Teams (2) 1988, 1994 Pan American Open Teams (1) 1992 Cap Gemini World Top Invitational Pairs (1) 1999 Cavendish Invitational Pairs (2) 1984, 1989 Goldman Pairs (1) 1983

Runners-up World Open Pairs (1) 1998 North American Bridge Championships (22) North American Pairs (2) 1980, 1984 Grand National Teams (1) 1991 Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1996 Keohane North American Swiss Teams (1) 2006 Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams (2) 1990, 2008 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1994 Nail Life Master Open Pairs (3) 1986, 1991, 2002 Reisinger (3) 2002, 2004, 2007 Silodor Open Pairs (2) 1979, 2002 Spingold (2) 1983, 2009 Vanderbilt (4) 1990, 1993, 1998, 2004 United States Bridge Championships (4) Open Team Trials (4) 1985, 1998, 2002, 2008 Other notable 2nd places: Cavendish Invitational Teams (2) 1986, 2000 Goldman Pairs (1) 1991

Selected works Books Larry Teaches Modern Bidding Vol. I, II, and III (Self-Published 2020) ABTA Award Winner On The Other Hand Co-written with David Bird (2019) ABTA Award Winner On The Other Hand - Defense Co-written with David Bird (2020) ABTA Award Winner Tricks of the Trade (2018) ABTA Award Winner Larry Teaches Declarer Play at Suit Contracts (Self-Published March 2017) Larry Teaches Declarer Play at Notrump (Self-Published April 2016) Larry Teaches Defense (Self-Published March 2015) Larry Teaches Opening Leads (Self-Published October 2014) ABTA Award Winner Larry Teaches Doubles and Redoubles (Self-Published October 2013) Larry Teaches 2/1 Game Force (Self-Published April 2012) My Favorite 52 (Toronto: Master Point Press, 2009) Larry Cohen's Bidding Challenge (Toronto: Master Point Press, 2002) Introduction to the Law (Devyn Press, 1997) Bridge Below the Belt, Cohen and Liz Davis (Boca Raton, FL: Natco, 1997) Following the LAW: The Total Tricks Sequel (Little Falls, NJ: Natco Press, 1995; (c) 1994) To Bid or Not to Bid: The LAW of Total Tricks (Stamford, CT: Platinum Press, 1992) ABTA Award Winner

Interactive CD ROMs The Real Deal Advanced (2010) ABTA Award Winner The Real Deal Intermediate (2010) ABTA Award Winner Play Bridge with Larry Cohen (1999 Life Master Pairs) Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3 ABTA Award Winner My Favorite 52 (2005) ABTA Award Winner

CDs Talking Bridge (2012) ABTA Award Winner

DVDs Including: Larry Teaches Third-Hand Play, Second-Hand Play, Signals, Opening Leads, Defensive Planning, Declarer Play at Notrump, Declarer Play at Suit Contracts Draw or Not Draw Trump, 2/1 Game Force, Takeout Doubles, and Slam Bidding. (2019) ABTA Award Winner -Technology of the Year