LM Pairs Day 1
by Larry Cohen

Prepared to discard in tempo.

Not only is Larry Cohen a great American Bridge Champion, but he is a teacher whose lessons are clear and easy to follow.

He knows what you need to learn and - with the help of Vu-Bridge - he shows you how to bid your hand cleverly and how to plan the play or defense step by step.

You will be surprised to discover how he thinks and how easy it is to become a bridge winner.

Exciting news from Larry:

In association with Vu-Bridge, Larry has started to rewrite his famous LM Pairs series. There are his words:

"These deals were originally published in a different format. Now, thanks to Vu-Bridge technology, they can be played out by the user bid-by-bid and trick-by-trick. Furthermore, the original version worked only on PC's - whereas this version can be played with any operating system, presumably the one you are using now!

Some deals will seem easy, others will be quite difficult—just as in real life where these deals were taken from. Good luck! "

As of August 2012 the first series of 28 deals is available to purchase from Vu-Bridge for only $ 9.99!

As you can see, Larry is literally opening his mind so you know what his actual thoughts are while the play goes on and on.

This Vu-Bridge Interactive Playbook (V-I-P) contains the 28 deals from the 1st session.

Each single deal is full of such thrilling comments and I'm sure that keen bridge players will find a lot to learn from Larry at every corner!

Your careful planning ahead (discarding a smooth ♠10 early) results in +90.

In the Life Master Pairs, this was worth 84% of the matchpoints.

For each deal in this series, you can click on the Matchpoint Table (below). The table explains the actual results from the Life Master Pairs where this deal was played.

Matchpoint Table    ***NOTE--When you click the link, you will be directed to another site to see the Matchpoint Table. You will not lose your place here. Just "X" out of the other site to return to this spot.***

How to Play:

There is a Chinese saying:
'An image is worth 1000 words!'

You may want to take the
Online Player Guided Tour

1 - Bidding: Click the 'Play' button in the middle of the page to display the bidding box.

When you are ready, click the 'Start Bidding' button.

When a bid is alerted, it is shown on a yellow background. You can then click that bid to display the related alert.

When there is a comment or a question about your own bid, you can read it on the bidding box comments pane, and then, click the 'Ok' button to continue bidding.

Click 'Close Bidding Box' to proceed to playing the hand.

2 - Playing: The lead is automatic if you are declarer, otherwise you'll see the 'It's your lead' warning in the center pane.

You will play your cards and dummy's as if you were at a live table.

2.1 -Touching cards are considered equivalent! e.g. if you have 876 and you play the 7 while Vu-Bridge expects you to play the 6, then the 7 will blink and the 6 will be played.

2.2 -Sometimes there will be a comment or question during the play.
You should read it and click the 'Click to continue' button at the top of the comment text.

If its a question, there will be a 'Show Answer' button to click at the bottom of the comment panel.

2.3 - When a comment bears a 'Finish flag' button, you can click it to reveal hidden hands and continue playing. We use this to explain technical coups like end-plays, squeezes etc.

2.4 - You can review the last trick by clicking on the last won or lost trick (back of card) at the bottom of the screen. The last trick will show during 3 seconds and then play will continue.

2.5 - You can click the 'Undo last trick' button at the left of the screen in order to redo one or several tricks and review the attached comments.
You can review the auction by clicking the 'Auction' tab in the same area.
3 - Moving the comment panel:

When the mouse hovers the dark green background of the bidding box or the comment panel, you'll see a crosshair cursor and you can drag and move it around the page.

The left and right arrows on the top left corner of the comment panel allows you to increase or reduce the width for better readability.

4 - When a hand is finished, you can click the 'Board List' at the top of the comment panel, and play other hands From the same Series.

To play other Series, visit the Vu-Bridge's home page and click the 'Bridge Hands' button.