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Pure play? Is it the right idea here, and if so what *is* the pure play?

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Wednesday, 30 July 2014, at 4:04 p.m.

In Response To: Pure play? Is it the right idea here, and if so what *is* the pure play? (ah_clem)

I'm still not sure what the most 'pure play' is here, and XG isn't going to settle that. My own opinion is that slotting the four point while keeping the bar point is more pure than abandoning the bar point to make the four. That said, I don't think this is the sort of position where purity outweighs the usual concerns about safety, the race, etc.

My choice was to slot the four while bringing one down - this duplicates aces to hit so it is not as loose as it looks at first glance. But it's still too loose for XG.

Full rollout has 8/4 7/4 and 8/5 8/4 in a statistical tie with my play not too awful. Anything else is basically a blunder.

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 134 Unlimited Game pip: 148 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=---b-BCBD---bB--bb-bb-baB-:0:0:1:43:0:0:0:0:10
Blue to play 43

1.	Rollout1	8/4 7/4	eq: -0.157
	Player: Opponent: 46.68% (G:13.24% B:0.67%) 53.32% (G:18.43% B:1.16%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (-0.172...-0.141) - [78.0%] Duration: 16 minutes 21 seconds
2.	Rollout1	8/5 8/4	eq: -0.165 (-0.009)
	Player: Opponent: 47.20% (G:13.67% B:0.76%) 52.80% (G:20.04% B:1.44%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (-0.182...-0.149) - [22.0%] Duration: 17 minutes 02 seconds
3.	Rollout1	13/10 8/4	eq: -0.198 (-0.042)
	Player: Opponent: 46.49% (G:12.68% B:0.70%) 53.51% (G:20.89% B:2.22%) Conf.: ± 0.017 (-0.215...-0.181) - [0.0%] Duration: 15 minutes 22 seconds
4.	Rollout2	13/10 13/9	eq: -0.223 (-0.066)
	Player: Opponent: 45.53% (G:12.03% B:0.60%) 54.47% (G:20.05% B:1.72%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (-0.239...-0.207) - [0.0%] Duration: 14 minutes 29 seconds
5.	Rollout3	24/21 8/4	eq: -0.278 (-0.121)
	Player: Opponent: 45.79% (G:13.14% B:0.80%) 54.21% (G:27.89% B:1.50%) Conf.: ± 0.019 (-0.297...-0.259) - [0.0%] Duration: 10 minutes 12 seconds
6.	Rollout4	8/5 6/2	eq: -0.298 (-0.142)
	Player: Opponent: 43.44% (G:11.23% B:0.48%) 56.56% (G:20.01% B:1.25%) Conf.: ± 0.020 (-0.318...-0.278) - [0.0%] Duration: 10 minutes 10 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller 2 1122 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller 3 774 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller 4 773 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

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Messages In This Thread

• Pure play? Is it the right idea here, and if so what *is* the pure play?
  ah_clem -- Monday, 28 July 2014, at 6:07 p.m.
  • Pure play? Is it the right idea here, and if so what *is* the pure play?
    Keene -- Monday, 28 July 2014, at 6:37 p.m.
  • Pure play? Is it the right idea here, and if so what *is* the pure play?
    Ian Dunstan -- Monday, 28 July 2014, at 10:19 p.m.
  • Pure play? Is it the right idea here, and if so what *is* the pure play?
    Robert Chow -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 12:04 a.m.
  • Pure play? Is it the right idea here, and if so what *is* the pure play?
    ben -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 2:57 a.m.
    • Pure play? Is it the right idea here, and if so what *is* the pure play?
      ah_clem -- Tuesday, 29 July 2014, at 12:12 p.m.
  • Pure play? Is it the right idea here, and if so what *is* the pure play?
    ah_clem -- Wednesday, 30 July 2014, at 4:04 p.m.
  • Pure play? Is it the right idea here, and if so what *is* the pure play?
    AdamStocks -- Thursday, 31 July 2014, at 7:05 p.m.