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Make the 4pt?

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Saturday, 30 May 2015, at 9:39 p.m.

Making the 4pt with 11 is a topic that has been discussed frequently on BGO in the past. For example, back in 2008, Stick wrote:

The rule goes basically like this: make the 4pt with these aces in almost all scenarios. Don't make your bar, don't split your back men, if you can make it, make it!

Similarly, Stick wrote in 2009:

I told him afterwards in any such position always make the 4pt. It usually ranges from whopper to double whopper depending on the situation but there is rarely if ever a reason to make the other play which scoots checkers around inefficiently.

More recently, David Rennie wrote:

When I have 4 men on the 6 and 2 on the 5 I generally make the 4-point with 11.

On the other hand, I posted an exception recently, which all 8 respondents seemed to recognize was an exception.

What about this position?





White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 144
Unlimited Game
pip: 140
score: 0

Blue is Player 1
XGID=-b-B-BD-C----Aa-cbbcbC----:1:-1:1:11:0:0:0:0:10
Blue to play 11

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