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21 at DMP

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Wednesday, 29 January 2014, at 3:48 p.m.

In Response To: 21 at DMP (John O'Hagan)

Interesting problem. Hit or not? Pay now or pay later?

White can eschew the hit with 5/2 and play a well-timed ace point game, but with an ugly gap on the four.

OTOH, if white hits then black will probably keep her board for the rest of the bearoff. Not hitting means the board will crunch, but not for several rolls.

Hitting is usually the right idea at DMP, so I'll opt for that. Then it's a question of pay now by making the four point or pay later by covering. I'll pay now - with three builders I'm almost certain to cover the 2/3rds of the time black misses, and when hit black will have three checkers stuck behind a 5 prime, while I may have the luxury of sitting on the bar while she crunches.

6/4* 5/4

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