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Bridge Cruises, Bridge Seminars, Bridge Teacher Bridge with Larry Cohen Bridge with Larry Cohen presents information about this world-renowned professional bridge player, bridge author and bridge lecturer. You will find information about Larry's bridge cruises, bridge lectures and bridge seminars. Bridge books, interactive bridge CDs, free bridge articles, bidding pract...

New Bridge Byte!

Bridge with Larry Cohen - Videodetails Article In this clip from Michael's 5/7/21 Webinar, you have to decide how to plan your bidding. Purchase the full webinar here. 

Don’t miss Marty and Larry’s Monday, May 17th, 2pm Eastern - Improving Your Bidding Judgment Webinar!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Improve Your Bidding Judgement!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Please join Larry and Marty for their lessons on slam bidding. They will bid a good number of potential slam hands together. Each of the hands was carefully selected to be challenging but non-trivial. All of their auctions will be based on popular conventions. Of course, for every bid made, the expe...

New BMS Bridge Byte! Trick #2 Defense

Bridge with Larry Cohen - Videodetails Article Don't fall into the trap of thinking that all points are created equal. If you were dealt all 13spades, you would only have 10 points, but you would make 7S! Prepare to look at your hand differently!

Larry has a new webinar series starting this week! Learn why he’s The Best of the Best! Join in the fun today.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Larry Cohen Classic - Declarer Play. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. In this 3-part series, Larry will touch on the key points of planning the play in both suit and notrump contracts. May 6 – Declarer Play – Suit Contracts. When playing trump contracts you have to consider many things (starting with "what tricks might I lose". In this overview, Larry will give yo...

We are super excited to tell you about a new teacher at Bridge with Larry Cohen! Mike Lawrence! Beginning Wednesday, May 5th! Don’t miss his online lessons starting with the most important conventions!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Mike Teaches Conventions! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Good bidding is a combination of knowing what’s going on and then having the judgment to make it happen. Many players have bad habits. They either bid too much, or they bid too little. I will look at aspects of bridge to help with this and will also look at some bidding ideas that you may like. Ma...

BMS Bridge Byte. Trick #2 Defense. It’s so important to make the right decisions early. Learn bridge from the Best of the Best!

Bridge with Larry Cohen - Videodetails Article In this clip from his 4/15/21 Webinar, Larry discusses the thought process of the defense at the beginning of the deal. You can purchase the full video here. 

Michael Berkowitz has a new webinar series - Hand Evaluation - starting April 30! Learn about it here:

Bridge with Larry Cohen - Videodetails Article Don't fall into the trap of thinking that all points are created equal. If you were dealt all 13 spades, you would only have 10 points, but you would make 7S! In this series, Michael will explore which points are actually worthwhile and help you evaluate and re-evaluate your hands. Prepare to loo...

BMS Bridge Byte! Larry with Kerri Sanborn discussing an unusual double!

Bridge with Larry Cohen - Videodetails Article Double is the most neglected call in the bidding box. There are lots of names for doubles "takeout, negative, support, lead-directing, etc.", but that can confuse the issue and make the topic seem unapproachable.

Larry’s new series starts Thursday!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Trick #2 Defense The Key Decision!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. The opening lead is made based on incomplete information. All we know is our hand and the auction. At trick two, however, we get to see the dummy. Do we continue what partner started or switch paths in light of the new information? In this series, Larry will show you how to interpret the dummy and t...

Kit Woolsey teaches advanced bridge lessons every Wednesday! Please join in the fun.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Kit Teaches "The Best Laid Plans". After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Bridge with Larry Cohen has a new teacher! The Approachable Expert - Kit Woolsey. Kit is a 19-Time National Bridge Champion, ACBL Hall of Famer, and is a rotating columnist for the Bridge World’s monthly Master Solvers Club. If you’ve been pining for more advanced bridge discussions, this is you...

Robert Teaches Opener and Advancer Bidding Problems starting this week! So many great online lessons by amazing professionals. Please join us!

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Robert Teaches Opener and Advancer Bidding Problems. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. There are certain situations for Opener and Advancer that are problems. Here we make sure we have good tools available for communicating with partner. Mar 23 - Opener's Rebids with Strong Unbalanced Hands - Jumps Shifts and Reverses With big, shapely hands we need to communicate both our values and....