the_clown Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hi guys, Can you recommend me an advanced book describing 2/1 system? Thank you in advance. Yordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babalu1997 Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hi guys, Can you recommend me an advanced book describing 2/1 system? Thank you in advance. Yordan i think one of the major ones is Washington Standard by Robinson-- it is sold by barclays baron. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArcLight Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hi guys, Can you recommend me an advanced book describing 2/1 system? Thank you in advance. Yordan Mike Lawrence has a book on 2/1 (2 I think), and he has a great software program (sold on BBO) on 2/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrecksVee Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Wahington Standard is 2/1 forcing to game. Lawrence's book in 2/1 GF unless the 2/1 suit is rebid. The choice is a matter of style. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulg Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Mike Lawrence's 'Workbook on the Two over One System' has provided the foundation for most of my bidding over the last fifteen years. Naturally I highly recommend it. I found it far more readable than the Hardy alternative and Robinson's Washington Standard. The only disclaimer is that I love all of Lawrence's books :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Anything but Hardy. 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted December 3, 2010 Report Share Posted December 3, 2010 Anything but Hardy. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Hm. I'm not wedded to either bidding style — although I probably lean towards Lawrence's (Eastern?) style, where 2/1 is "GF unless responder rebids his suit". That's probably because I'm a fan of Romex, which also uses that style. That said, with my current regular partner, I'm playing something pretty close to Hardy. I have to admit I much prefer Lawrence's writing style to Hardy's. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rduran1216 Posted December 10, 2010 Report Share Posted December 10, 2010 the thurston book is excellent, maybe its a southern CA thing cause thats what everyone around here recommended when i was coming up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 the thurston book is excellent, maybe its a southern CA thing cause thats what everyone around here recommended when i was coming up Which book is that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 25 Steps to 2/1. Masterpoint Press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlRitner Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 I like everything from Mike Lawrence. I like the 2/1 almost Game Force books and I like the 2/1 Game Force software. I also like the Hardy bidding structure, but not his earlier books. The two new ones by Hardy (Standard - Green) and (Advanced - Purple) have been thoroughly rewritten (or at least highly edited) and are probably the best books you are going to find for his particular style. I cannot keep those books in stock. Thurston's book is extremely well written but I would not consider it advanced, which is what the original poster expressed interest in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustinst22 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 The Lawrence book and software are excellent, I just wish he'd hire someone with an engineering mind to properly structure them (Gitelman comes to mind -- in fact, I hope Gitelman puts together a book or software one day on 2/1). They read too much like a stream of consciousness and it's difficult for one to organize into a system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLOGIC Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Still writing it, for now KenRexford obv! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereagles Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 what a coincidence, I am so writing one too :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlRitner Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 The Lawrence book and software are excellent, I just wish he'd hire someone with an engineering mind to properly structure them (Gitelman comes to mind -- in fact, I hope Gitelman puts together a book or software one day on 2/1). 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlRitner Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Maybe this needs to be a separate topic, since it is generating no interest within this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
y66 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Still writing it, for now KenRexford obv! what a coincidence, I am so writing one too :)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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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