Larry Cohen

Diamonds To Gold

Larry's Report from the 2025 World Championships in Denmark

• 9/9/2025
• Level: All Levels

Diamonds to Gold Deal 1

The first of 4 "Diamonds to Gold" Deals from 2025 Denmark

• 9/9/2025
• Level: All Levels

Diamonds to Gold Deal 2

The second of 4 "Diamonds to Gold" Deals from 2025 Denmark

• 9/9/2025
• Level: All Levels

Diamonds to Gold Deal 4

The fourth of 4 "Diamonds to Gold" Deals from 2025 Denmark

• 9/9/2025
• Level: All Levels

Diamonds to Gold Deal 3

The third of 4 "Diamonds to Gold" Deals from 2025 Denmark

• 9/9/2025
• Level: All Levels

Not A Senior Moment

Larry Cohen's Real Deal Column from the ACBL Bulletin

• 9/1/2025
• Level: Intermediate to Advanced

A Reunion WIn

Larry wins the D'Orsi Senior Bowl

• 8/31/2025
• Level: General Interest

Building a Fence Around Partner

Larry Cohen's Real Deal from the ACBL Bulletin

• 8/1/2025
• Level: Intermediate to Advanced

What Type of Dummy?

What type of dummy is declarer working with?

• 7/17/2025
• Level: General Interest

Missing Ingredient: Suit Quality

• 7/14/2025
• Level: General Interest

Play Low, Sally

Larry Cohen ACBL Real Deal

• 7/1/2025
• Level: Intermediate

Clear Signals

Make sure your signal is as clear as possible to defend properly.

• 5/27/2025
• Level: General Interest

Not So Easy

When a hand looks easy, it pays to take a second to think aout what might go wrong. That's exactly what you need to do in this Real Deal.

• 4/1/2025
• Level: Intermediate

Larry's Real Deal 87 From Audrey Grant Magazine

In this Real Deal, Larry discusses a difficult play problem after an auction that gets very high.

• 3/11/2025
• Level: General Interest

Real Deal 86 In Audrey Grant Magazine

In this Real Deal, Larry walks through preempts and how to handle the. In the play, he discusses proper technique.

• 2/21/2025
• Level: General Interest

Watch out for the Raccoons

Make sure you are doing things in the right order and be careful of hidden obstacles.

• 2/12/2025
• Level: Beginner

Larry Cohen's Real Deal 85 From Audrey Grant Magazine

In this Real Deal, Larry discusses competing over a high level preempt.

• 2/7/2025
• Level: General Interest

Real Deal 84 In Audrey Grant Magazine

In this Real Deal, Larry discusses Jacoby 2NT and opening leads.

• 1/24/2025
• Level: General Interest

Taking Advantage of the Lead

Are you taking full advantage of the opening lead?

• 1/21/2025
• Level: Beginner

12-14 or 18-19

Do you know if your notrump bid shows 12-14 as opposed to 18-19?

• 1/8/2025
• Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Real Deal 83 From Audrey Grant Magazine

This Real Deal comes from the World Championships and was brought to us by Peter Weichsel.

• 1/5/2025
• Level: General Interest

For the Millionth Time

Larry's ACBL Real Deal column

• 1/1/2025
• Level: Beginner to Intermediate

Improving Your Odds

How can you improve your odds on this deal?

• 12/16/2024
• Level: Intermediate