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More prime time

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 5:28 a.m.

In Response To: More prime time (christian munk-christensen)

In a priming battle, when one has the outer prime, generally one should use the strength of potential timing rather than duke it out in the inner board, even at DMP. I like anchoring and keeping the six-prime (24/23 5/2) a lot and I don't see anything else particularly attractive (perhaps 10/7 5/4* or 5/4*/1).

After 24/23 5/2, maybe White won't cover her 8pt and Blue will roll an immediate 6, and if not then Blue can probably hold five of his six points for a couple of rolls, long enough to put the onus on White to escape or crack her prime. And once White has lost the sixth point of her prime, that opens up additional ways for Blue to win.

I've learned to ignore "nobody found the right play." Sometimes that means that everyone thought something clever must be called for and nobody bothered to suggest the obvious one.

For the bonus question, I would rather be White than Blue but with QF I'll hedge and say that I probably picked the wrong side.

Nack

Messages In This Thread

• More prime time
  christian munk-christensen -- Saturday, 26 December 2009, at 9:10 p.m.
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    christian munk-christensen -- Saturday, 26 December 2009, at 9:11 p.m.
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      Seth -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 4:23 a.m.
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      garyo -- Monday, 28 December 2009, at 3:21 a.m.
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    Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 26 December 2009, at 9:46 p.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 26 December 2009, at 10:32 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 26 December 2009, at 10:54 p.m.
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    Stick -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 12:35 a.m.
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    neilkaz -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 5:04 a.m.
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    Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 5:28 a.m.
  • More prime time - rollout
    christian munk-christensen -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 9:19 a.m.
    • More prime time - rollout
      Leonardo Jerkovic -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 10:05 a.m.
    • More prime time - Another XG rollout
      Neil Robins -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 12:12 p.m.
      • More prime time - Another XG rollout
        Stick -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 3:04 p.m.
        • color blind?
          Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 3:18 p.m.
          • color blind?
            Stick -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 3:46 p.m.
            • color blind?
              Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 4:41 p.m.
              • color blind?
                eXtreme Gammon -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 4:48 p.m.
                • color blind?
                  neilkaz -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 5:25 p.m.
      • More prime time - Longer XG rollout
        eXtreme Gammon -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 4:04 p.m.
    • Words Can Throw You
      Seth -- Sunday, 27 December 2009, at 1:16 p.m.
  • More prime time
    garyo -- Monday, 28 December 2009, at 3:19 a.m.