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Exception to 55P rule?

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Friday, 18 April 2014, at 2:49 p.m.

Recently, Nack proposed a reformulation of what he called the "55P / 44P rule":

If the opponent correctly plays 55P on the second roll (for money), do not separate your back checkers on the third roll. It also applies versus 44P, except when otherwise forced to leave a direct shot on the near side.

Taper_Mike said that he didn't know of any exceptions for the 55P rule. However, yesterday I encountered 53P-55P-65, played 65D, and was assured by XGR++ that it was an error. Does a full rollout concur?

I seem to recall that 42P-55P-65R is already close, so if I had been thinking rather than just playing by rote, I would probably have settled on 53P-55P-65R. After 53P our priming prospects are worse and our racing prospects are better than after 42P.

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Messages In This Thread

• Exception to 55P rule?
  Timothy Chow -- Friday, 18 April 2014, at 2:49 p.m.
  • Exception to 55P rule? - 53P-55P-65
    Stick -- Friday, 18 April 2014, at 3:18 p.m.
    • Exception to 55P rule? - 53P-55P-65
      Stick -- Friday, 18 April 2014, at 3:38 p.m.
      • Exception to 55P rule? - 53P-55P-65
        Timothy Chow -- Friday, 18 April 2014, at 5:16 p.m.
  • Exception to 55P rule?
    neilkaz -- Friday, 18 April 2014, at 4:02 p.m.
  • 53P-55P-65 Rollout
    Stick -- Friday, 18 April 2014, at 5:37 p.m.
    • 53P-55P-65 — No Jacoby, No Beavers — 3-ply XG2 Rollout
      Taper_Mike -- Friday, 18 April 2014, at 8:48 p.m.
  • Exception to 55P rule?
    Nack Ballard -- Friday, 18 April 2014, at 5:46 p.m.
    • 52D-55P-62 — Unlimited Games — 3-ply XG2 Rollout
      Taper_Mike -- Friday, 18 April 2014, at 9:00 p.m.
    • Link to the updated 55P / 44P rule
      Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 22 April 2014, at 5:00 a.m.