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"Dead" cube illegal?
Posted By: Daniel Murphy In Response To: "Dead" cube illegal? (Rod)
Date: Monday, 4 November 2013, at 9:37 p.m.
Player A is 2a and owns the 2 cube. He recubes to 4. Legal or illegal?
It seems crystal clear to me that this cube is legal, unless the opponent is 2a or 1a. Under Rules 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6, a player may double when it his turn (and, not spelled out, when he has cube access), except when Rule 5.5 or 5.6 applies. Neither of them applies.
And no, Player A cannot win by Player B dropping the redouble to 4, even though the rules say nothing about that. What Neil said:
"How on earth can rules possibly exist that can allow someone to win a match on a dropped cube? Worse yet would be any director that would rule that the match is won. Idiocy like this and the fear of it only serves to scare newer players away from live tournament play."
5.4 CUBE HANDLING. A player may double when it is his turn only before rolling the dice, but not after rolling cocked dice. To double or redouble, a player moves the cube toward his opponent with the higher value face up while saying "double" or words to that effect. To take, the opponent says "take" or words to that effect while placing the cube on his side of the board in plain view with the new value face up. To reject the double, the opponent says "pass" or words to that effect, records the score and resets the board. The cube should not be handled capriciously; verbal or physical acts may be interpreted as cube actions.5.5 CRAWFORD RULE. When either player reaches one point from victory, the next game (the “Crawford game”) shall be played to conclusion with a cube value of 1. The cube shall be removed from the board during the Crawford game.5.6 DEAD CUBE. When the cube level is high enough to ensure that the match will end with the current game, that game shall be played to conclusion at the present cube level.
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