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XG's opinion/ vs other opinions/and the next duel

Posted By: Phil Simborg
Date: Sunday, 12 April 2015, at 4:22 p.m.

In Response To: XG's opinion (channingW)

we are alternating the first roll and not allowing doubles to be rolled. I don't see why my advantage in the first roll is any greater than his when he has the first roll, but there must be some way to quantify this by looking at the equity after each of my first rolls vs. his.

(I just don't have time to do this in the next week or I would).

It seems to me that if holding the cube is worth .2 points per game as XG seems to indicate, then part of that reason is the equity you gain when you get the first roll and are holding the cube, so I believe that is already factored in.

I have discussed this wager with many top players and most seem to think, as I do, that holding the cube is worth a lot more than .2 and closer to .5. But again, part of the reason for Mochy and me doing this is to see how much it is worth when you have two players who are not of equal skill and when you are dealing with humans and not computers.

I think it would also be interesting to see Mochy play another one of the best players in the world and they take turns starting with the cube and see how many more points each wins on the games they start with the cubes...and also see if they have different approaches to the cube.

So, if my duel with Mochy is well-received, maybe the next one should be between Mochy and Michi or Mochy and Falafel. Yes, Mochy and Falafel, each taking turns holding the cube. That's the next event I will try to set up, and for "revenge" I will do the commentary (I cannot even comprehend getting revenge on Carter as that would take far too many years and too much of my life to accomplish).

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