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Racing bearoff

Posted By: Daniel Murphy
Date: Monday, 26 September 2011, at 8:15 p.m.

In Response To: Racing bearoff (Jeremy Bagai)

We want (1) not to miss (2) use missing numbers as efficiently as possible (3) get the most out of our next best numbers -- 5's and 4's, since we still have checkers on those points, and (4) get the most out of our doublets, our best numbers. Those points aren't necessarily in order. Since we're way behind, we need to roll our best numbers and use them well to win.

6/off 3/1 stacking on the ace point has to be worst. Is it ever right to voluntarily ply a deuce 3/1?

Next worst is 6/off 4/2, which trades one gap for another. Look what our missing 4's now do -- stack on the ace point.

6/4 5/off -- all numbers bear off and we can play a 2 4/2. But

6/off 5/3 is best. (1) only 2's -- a bad number -- miss (2) we can often use a 2 played 4/2 to fill the gap (3) all numbers except 2's bear off and (4) 3-3 now bear off 4 checkers, and 4-4 bears off 3. Compare: 6/off 3/1 -- 4-4 bears off 2 checkers and 3-3 only 1; 6/off 4/2 -- 4-4 and 3-3 bear off 2 checkers; 6/4 5/off -- 4-4 bears off 3 checkers and 3-3 only 1 (compensated only a little by 2-2 now bearing off a second checker).

Messages In This Thread

• Racing bearoff
  Jeremy Bagai -- Monday, 26 September 2011, at 7:23 p.m.
  • Racing bearoff
    Daniel Murphy -- Monday, 26 September 2011, at 8:15 p.m.
    • Racing bearoff
      Timothy Chow -- Monday, 26 September 2011, at 11:04 p.m.
      • Racing bearoff
        Stick -- Tuesday, 27 September 2011, at 12:23 a.m.
        • Racing bearoff
          Daniel Murphy -- Tuesday, 27 September 2011, at 12:55 a.m.
      • Racing bearoff
        Sam Pottle -- Tuesday, 27 September 2011, at 8:39 a.m.