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Three timing plays -- Blotto was 0/3

Posted By: Chase
Date: Wednesday, 2 January 2013, at 10:35 p.m.

In Response To: Three timing plays -- Blotto was 0/3 (joe freedman)

1) I see no chance to counter-prime, so I guess I'm attacking. After 3/1*, I'd go with 8/4 8/6. If missed, a lot of combinations of 4s, 3s, 2s, and 1s play nicely, with 5s and 6s available on the other side of the board. Leaving two inner board blots seems too exposed and harder to clean up when I've got some constructive rolls on the other side of the board (66, 65, plus fly shots).

8/6 8/4 3/1*

2) I pass up chances to make a third anchor too often, as I'm always looking for ways to win going forward, but after reading some of the responses I can see how making the 23pt might be best. Over the board I'd have played b/23 22/21 with the idea of holding the existing anchors while springing some back checkers via the 21pt. This leaves chances to make either the 24 or 23 pts if things go that way.

b/23 22/21

3) 24/22(2) seems clear given the alternative of crunching offensively. Then 4/2 is also clear, leaving a choice between 3/1 and 4/2. I like keeping the 1pt unmade, ever the optimist that I'm going to back fill my board, hit a shot, and contain it. The bots always seem to just go ahead and make the 1pt, but that's a lesson I still haven't learned.

24/22(2) 4/2 3/1

Messages In This Thread

• Three timing plays -- Blotto was 0/3
  joe freedman -- Tuesday, 1 January 2013, at 6:05 p.m.
  • Three timing plays -- Blotto was 0/3
    christian munk-christensen -- Tuesday, 1 January 2013, at 7:56 p.m.
  • Three timing plays -- Blotto was 0/3
    Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 1 January 2013, at 10:41 p.m.
    • Three timing plays -- Blotto was 0/3
      Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 2 January 2013, at 9:00 a.m.
  • Three timing plays -- Blotto was 0/3
    Smcrtorchs -- Wednesday, 2 January 2013, at 2:36 p.m.
  • Three timing plays -- Blotto was 0/3
    Chase -- Wednesday, 2 January 2013, at 10:35 p.m.
  • Three timing plays -- analysis and commentary
    joe freedman -- Wednesday, 2 January 2013, at 10:55 p.m.
    • Three timing plays -- analysis and commentary
      Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 2 January 2013, at 11:34 p.m.
      • Three timing plays -- analysis and commentary
        joe freedman -- Thursday, 3 January 2013, at 12:33 a.m.
        • Three timing plays -- analysis and commentary
          Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 3 January 2013, at 1:52 a.m.
          • Three timing plays -- analysis and commentary
            higonefive -- Friday, 4 January 2013, at 7:40 a.m.
      • Three timing plays -- analysis and commentary
        Smcrtorchs -- Thursday, 3 January 2013, at 12:32 p.m.
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      Mr Majestyk -- Thursday, 3 January 2013, at 2:31 a.m.