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Why no Jacoby rule in match play?

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Sunday, 11 September 2011, at 5:41 p.m.

In Response To: Why no Jacoby rule in match play? (leobueno)

The reasons are social and not technical.

Chouettes are gambling events. If you study the evolution of rules in gambling games, you'll see that they are designed to keep people interested and to keep the "action" going. If a donkey sits there missing double after double after double because he doesn't understand the cube and is afraid to turn it, the psychological effect is to frustrate the other players, who see the result of the game as a foregone conclusion and would like to get a new game started so they can bet afresh. That's the motivation for the Jacoby rule.

Tournaments are contests of skill. If a donkey sits there missing double after double after double, first of all there is only one person who might get frustrated (i.e., the opponent), and secondly the opponent generally doesn't mind seeing the donkey throw away equity right and left like that. The opponent's main goal is to win the match, and moving on to the next game quickly is not such a big priority. Since there's no strong motivation for introducing the Jacoby rule, people don't do it. It would just complicate the game for no perceived benefit.

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