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Tricky Decision at Novi – 62S-11N-42S-43P-53Z-22

Posted By: Taper_Mike
Date: Friday, 4 July 2014, at 7:16 p.m.

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 156 Unlimited Game pip: 156 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-a-aBBCA----bEb--d-e----B-:0:0:1:22:0:0:0:0:10
Blue to play 22

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10

Chuck Bower-Matt Reklaitis (top) vs. Ben Friesen-Jim Slomkoski
39th Michigan Summer Backgammon Championships
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Open Doubles, 7-point Match
Video: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/49534511

Ben & Jim were leading over Chuck & Matt, 4 to 2, when they faced this 22. It’s a tricky play. You can see Ben and Jim make their decision at the 54-minute mark in the video linked above.

How would you play this in unlimited games with neither Jacoby nor beavers? More interestingly, why?

Mike

Messages In This Thread

• Tricky Decision at Novi – 62S-11N-42S-43P-53Z-22
  Taper_Mike -- Friday, 4 July 2014, at 7:16 p.m.
  • Another tricky 22 at Novi – 64P-53P-54S-61H-63F-11D̲-32U-22
    Taper_Mike -- Saturday, 5 July 2014, at 12:21 p.m.
    • Another tricky 22 at Novi – 64P-53P-54S-61H-63F-11D̲-32U-22
      Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 5 July 2014, at 6:51 p.m.
  • Tricky Decision at Novi – 62S-11N-42S-43P-53Z-22
    Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 5 July 2014, at 6:44 p.m.
  • 64P-53P-54S-61H-63F-11D̲-32U-22 – No Jacoby, No Beavers – 3-ply XG2 Rollout
    Taper_Mike -- Monday, 7 July 2014, at 3:20 a.m.
  • 62S-11N-42S-43P-53Z-22 – No Jacoby, No Beavers – 3-ply XG2 Rollout
    Taper_Mike -- Monday, 7 July 2014, at 3:39 a.m.
    • 62S-11N-42S-43P-53Z-22 – No Jacoby, No Beavers – 3-ply XG2 Rollout
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 7 July 2014, at 3:06 p.m.