Two over one book.
#1
Posted 2010-December-02, 07:20
Can you recommend me an advanced book describing 2/1 system?
Thank you in advance.
Yordan
#2
Posted 2010-December-02, 07:57
#4
Posted 2010-December-03, 13:43
Max Hardy would also be a good choice. If a website is OK I suggest looking at http://www.rpbridge.net/rpbr.htm the home page of Richard Pavlicek. The system file on the version of Eastern 2/1 he played with the late William Root is interesting. Finally you could consider Kokish and Kraft's Modern American Bidding which is software and a booklet on their proposed methods.
#5
Posted 2010-December-03, 14:08
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#6
Posted 2010-December-03, 15:58
Lawrence is great but he has a quirky writing style. I've heard Paul Thurston's book is quite good.
Does anyone really consider Washington Standard a 2/1 system?
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#7
Posted 2010-December-03, 16:32
Phil, on 2010-December-03, 15:58, said:
Lawrence is great but he has a quirky writing style. I've heard Paul Thurston's book is quite good.
Does anyone really consider Washington Standard a 2/1 system?
Well, Steve probably does. But I am not following you. Almost all 2/1 sequences in WS are gf. The exception is the specific sequence 1♦-2♣-2♦-2NT. It's true that it is intended as an overall approach based on 2/1 being gf, but he discusses a reasonable number of 2/1 sequences.
Like Paulg, I am a big Mike Lawrence fan. On a different thread with roughly the same topic, I recommended Lawrence's disk (in which rebidding the minor does not cancel the gf). But yes, I think that WS is a 2/1 system in some reasonable sense of the phrase.
As to Hardy, I think Lawrence and Hardy (almost wrote Laurel and Hardy) are antipodal. An enthusiast for one would probably not much like the other.
#8
Posted 2010-December-03, 19:22
I have to admit I much prefer Lawrence's writing style to Hardy's.
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#9
Posted 2010-December-10, 13:01
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#10
Posted 2010-December-10, 20:00
rduran1216, on 2010-December-10, 13:01, said:
Which book is that ?
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#11
Posted 2010-December-11, 08:58
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#12
Posted 2010-December-11, 19:24
Thurston's book is extremely well written but I would not consider it advanced, which is what the original poster expressed interest in.
Carl
#13
Posted 2011-January-04, 10:25
They read too much like a stream of consciousness and it's difficult for one to organize into a system.
#14
Posted 2011-January-04, 12:31
#16
Posted 2011-January-06, 20:40
dustinst22, on 2011-January-04, 10:25, said:
They read too much like a stream of consciousness and it's difficult for one to organize into a system.
I am curious to see what a proper structure looks like.
The Complete Guide to Contested Auctions (Lawrence & Leong) looked pretty close to me.
Carl
#17
Posted 2011-January-15, 14:29
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#18
Posted 2011-January-20, 12:32
JLOGIC, on 2011-January-04, 12:31, said:
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It would be extremely helpful and cool if some modern expert were to produce a work focusing on continuations of 2/1 sequences, in the spirit of Mike Lawrence's best stuff on 2/1, esp. its practicality (not too complex) and the clarity of its examples, but more in keeping with modern expert practice. In the meantime, this forum is still the best source I've seen for thoughtful discussions of this stuff. Not easy to find things quickly though.