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Advanced Backgammon #95

Posted By: Robert Chow
Date: Sunday, 13 April 2014, at 6:06 p.m.

In Response To: Advanced Backgammon #95 (Igor)

The take looks clear but I'm not sure about the double. Against an opponent who is scared of being blitzed, this would be an automatic cube. Even if the double is unsound, he's bound to drop a sufficient number of times to make it profitable.

I can't tell how serious each "hit followed by dance" sequence is. However, there are quite a number of these sequences and not hitting (something like 52) is not a disaster. With the Jacoby rule and the cube in the middle, big market loss sequences such as 33:13/10*,8/5,11/5 followed by dance, represent a good argument for doubling. Therefore, the proper cube action is double/take.

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• Advanced Backgammon #95
  Igor -- Sunday, 13 April 2014, at 4:10 p.m.
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    Taper_Mike -- Sunday, 13 April 2014, at 4:54 p.m.
  • Advanced Backgammon #95
    Robert Chow -- Sunday, 13 April 2014, at 6:06 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 13 April 2014, at 6:43 p.m.
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    • Sherlock -- solution
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      • Sherlock -- solution
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        • Sherlock -- solution
          Nack Ballard -- Monday, 14 April 2014, at 8:34 a.m.
          • Sherlock -- solution
            Casper Van der Tak -- Monday, 14 April 2014, at 8:45 a.m.
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    ah_clem -- Monday, 14 April 2014, at 2:01 p.m.
  • Advanced Backgammon #95 -- Rollout and Variants
    Igor -- Tuesday, 15 April 2014, at 11:52 p.m.
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      Taper_Mike -- Wednesday, 16 April 2014, at 2:35 a.m.
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        Igor -- Sunday, 27 April 2014, at 4:35 p.m.