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Opening replies: The loose hit on the 3

Posted By: Casper van der Tak
Date: Tuesday, 22 June 2010, at 1:42 p.m.

In Response To: Opening replies: The loose hit on the 3 (phil simborg)

And Nack would ask you to show what the maximum 0 ER sequence is through which this position could be reached, and then illustrate this sequence with diagrams... LOL.

I remember many years ago ('87 I think) discussing some of the replies to 13/8 24/22 with Gerard Duguet-Grasser. He advocated loose hits on many of the replies, although he was not sure at the time. I think, with the 64, the motivations for the 13/3* loose hit are:

- Bad 6s from the bar

- All else has reduced in value. For example: In the case of 24/14, more numbers hit than on the opening roll, a stronger attack compared to after 64 (24/14) on the opening roll, and no race lead. 24/18 13/9 is severely reduced in value because of (among others) the direct shot at the checker on the 9. The only play that did not greatly reduce in value is 8/2 6/2, but some of the attractions of it are gone - 2s establish an anchor in front of the point, no bad aces in reply.

- The loose hit slots the 3, which is useful.

Compare this with 52S 63: If you hit loose, any 6 to go with that would give your opponent good 6s from the bar.

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