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Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited

Posted By: Chris Yep
Date: Friday, 9 September 2011, at 3:55 a.m.

In Response To: Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited (Timothy Chow)

Your Nellie vs. Donald match-up (11-point match, no gammons/backgammons, no cube) is mathematically equivalent to a (best-of) 21-game match with Nellie forfeiting Game 1 and Donald forfeiting Game 21. By symmetry, both Nellie and Donald win 50% of the matches. In practice the players don't need to continue playing once one player gets to 11 points, but logically, this is still a best-of-21 series.

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• Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
  Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 8 September 2011, at 1:31 a.m.
  • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
    Maik Stiebler -- Thursday, 8 September 2011, at 9:55 a.m.
    • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
      Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 11 September 2011, at 10:27 p.m.
  • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
    Stick -- Thursday, 8 September 2011, at 1:17 p.m.
    • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
      Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 8 September 2011, at 5:21 p.m.
      • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
        Maik Stiebler -- Thursday, 8 September 2011, at 10:16 p.m.
        • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
          Timothy Chow -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 2:20 a.m.
          • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
            Kevin Whyte -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 2:54 a.m.
            • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
              Kevin Whyte -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 3:31 a.m.
              • PR and mwc
                Christian Plenz -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 11:38 a.m.
              • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
                Timothy Chow -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 5:37 p.m.
                • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
                  Kevin Whyte -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 10:53 p.m.
                  • Adjusting your play to your opponent
                    Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 10 September 2011, at 6:43 p.m.
          • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
            Chris Yep -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 3:55 a.m.
            • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
              Timothy Chow -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 5:29 p.m.
              • Blundering early vs. blundering late: UBK's example revisited
                Bob Koca -- Friday, 9 September 2011, at 6:10 p.m.