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A conundrum bearoff position

Posted By: David Rockwell
Date: Tuesday, 13 January 2015, at 3:10 a.m.

In Response To: A conundrum bearoff position (Phil Simborg)

One of the fundamentals of post-ace point positions is to avoid stacks of four or more. You usually want to hold as many points as possible as long as possible. Stacks of four impede your ability to play with spares while retaining points. As your advantage gets greater, this is less important and considerations of safety eventually dominate. This positions illustrates that the fundamental still holds even with a fairly large advantage. Move the spare to the deuce or four point and you will see that clearing the three improves vs the alternative. This demonstrates that it isn't a matter of parity (odd vs even). It is about the stack of four.

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• A conundrum bearoff position
  Phil Simborg -- Monday, 12 January 2015, at 1:53 p.m.
  • A conundrum bearoff position
    Casper Van der Tak -- Monday, 12 January 2015, at 2:13 p.m.
  • A conundrum bearoff position
    Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 12 January 2015, at 4:52 p.m.
  • A conundrum bearoff position
    Jeroen -- Monday, 12 January 2015, at 5:45 p.m.
  • A conundrum bearoff position
    Bob Koca -- Monday, 12 January 2015, at 6:55 p.m.
    • The Tipping Point
      Taper_Mike -- Monday, 12 January 2015, at 7:53 p.m.
  • A conundrum bearoff position
    David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 13 January 2015, at 3:10 a.m.
  • Good responses, but one question not answered
    Phil Simborg -- Tuesday, 13 January 2015, at 8:00 a.m.
    • Good responses, but one question not answered
      David Rockwell -- Tuesday, 13 January 2015, at 3:10 p.m.
  • A conundrum bearoff position
    Keene -- Tuesday, 13 January 2015, at 3:36 p.m.