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Two Random Laughs

Posted By: Stick
Date: Wednesday, 25 January 2017, at 4:43 p.m.

In Response To: Two Random Laughs (Stick)

'Is it ever correct to purposely make Play B here?'

Of course it is! Koca pointed out the first one but I was thinking more along the lines of win 2 to win the Championship as that is something that actually occurs. Not only do you get to see how your opponent plays out the position but you frustrate your opponent to some extent wondering how you could make such an obviously dunderheaded play. On top of that you make them expend a lot of mental energy playing this out and trying to win the unwinable while you sit back and relax.

You'll notice your opponent, who likely plays the position out worse than XG, never wins this game. (nevertheless the match after that!)

The second obvious time this play is 100% correct is if you're playing a dual-duel like format and you don't think you're winning the PR side. In fact, if you do make it because you're losing the PR battle it's obviously correct for your opponent not to hit the blot even if they roll an ace.

		White is Player 2 score: 1 pip: 136 7 point match Crawford pip: 6 score: 6 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-aC--b------a----b-bcd----:0:0:1:11:6:1:1:7:10
Blue to play 11

1.	Rollout1	2/1*(3) 1/Off	eq: +1.000
	Player: Opponent: 100.00% (G:100.00% B:91.67%) 0.00% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) Conf.: ± 0.000 (+1.000...+1.000) - [99.9%] Duration: 0.0 second
2.	Rollout1	2/1*(2) 1/Off(2)	eq: +0.994 (-0.006)
	Player: Opponent: 99.68% (G:96.75% B:80.63%) 0.32% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.990...+0.998) - [0.1%] Duration: 58.2 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 13217712 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Kazaross XG2

Messages In This Thread

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    Stick -- Wednesday, 25 January 2017, at 4:43 p.m.
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