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Doug Zare weighs in...

Posted By: Rod
Date: Friday, 23 August 2013, at 3:38 a.m.

In Response To: Feelings? How about quantification? (Rod)

From Doug...

I think the Jacoby Rule benefits stronger players at a fixed stake level because it raises the average stake level at which decisions are made. You don't waste as much time watching someone play on for an undoubled gammon with under 5% gammon chances. It doesn't matter much that there are tough decisions on 1-cubes that people might mess up with the Jacoby Rule. When you play to win money, you don't want the cube to stay on 1, and cube error rates are much smaller than people who haven't studied them imagine. Even though it's possible to make some large cube errors in EMG, the main advantage of a stronger player usually comes from checker play. Exceptions involve players who make terrible cube decisions *on large cubes* not on centered cubes.

Messages In This Thread

• Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
  Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 1:36 p.m.
  • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
    Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 1:52 p.m.
    • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
      Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 2:13 p.m.
      • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 2:34 p.m.
        • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
          Stick -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 3:37 p.m.
    • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
      Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 2:45 p.m.
      • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 3:18 p.m.
        • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
          Keene -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 3:30 p.m.
          • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
            Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 3:50 p.m.
      • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
        roadkillbooks -- Friday, 23 August 2013, at 6:08 a.m.
        • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
          Tom Keith -- Friday, 23 August 2013, at 11:56 a.m.
  • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 2:19 p.m.
    • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
      Rick Janowski -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 4:15 p.m.
      • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
        Mike Clapsadle -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 11:56 p.m.
        • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
          Ray Kershaw -- Wednesday, 21 August 2013, at 7:48 a.m.
          • Crawford rule
            Tom Keith -- Wednesday, 21 August 2013, at 12:45 p.m.
            • Crawford rule
              Ray Kershaw -- Wednesday, 21 August 2013, at 7:08 p.m.
        • Holland Rule story
          neilkaz -- Friday, 23 August 2013, at 5:11 p.m.
    • I'm Convinced
      Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 22 August 2013, at 12:12 p.m.
      • I'm Convinced
        Rod -- Thursday, 22 August 2013, at 12:56 p.m.
        • I'm Convinced
          Bob Koca -- Thursday, 22 August 2013, at 6:11 p.m.
          • I'm Convinced
            Rod -- Thursday, 22 August 2013, at 7:02 p.m.
      • I'm Convinced
        Colin Owen -- Thursday, 22 August 2013, at 1:03 p.m.
      • I am now also convinced
        AP -- Thursday, 22 August 2013, at 7:19 p.m.
        • Feelings? How about quantification?
          Rod -- Thursday, 22 August 2013, at 9:08 p.m.
          • Feelings? How about quantification?
            Colin Owen -- Thursday, 22 August 2013, at 11:50 p.m.
          • Doug Zare weighs in...
            Rod -- Friday, 23 August 2013, at 3:38 a.m.
        • I am now also convinced
          Rick Janowski -- Thursday, 22 August 2013, at 11:05 p.m.
  • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
    John O'Hagan -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 2:41 p.m.
  • Undoubled gammons in money play!
    Casper van der Tak -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 3:16 p.m.
  • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 3:37 p.m.
    • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
      Rick Janowski -- Tuesday, 20 August 2013, at 3:58 p.m.
  • Jacoby Rule for Match Play?
    lenny -- Wednesday, 21 August 2013, at 2:52 a.m.