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Can the bot possibly be right?

Posted By: Stick
Date: Thursday, 20 September 2007, at 5:14 a.m.

In Response To: Can the bot possibly be right? (Frankie D)

First of all with positions like this I'd like the rollouts to be for money, or even cubeless. There are enough factors that I don't like induced into backgame rollouts that checker play according to score adds one more snafu that I'd rather not worry about. I'd assume for most ppl they feel the same way in this particular case, we want to know the right play and why, not the right play 3a6a w/little to no recube vig on a turned cube.

It's no mystery that I think GNU can be a total cokehead in backgame or outside prime situations. People can exploit it in 'cash games' and it is beatable. Snowie has been proven, as far as this bot kisser is concerned, as far better in this area in general.

All that being said 6/2*/1* didn't disgust me as normally most of GNU's breaking the 6pt moves do. White's timing is above & beyond excellent here if he's able to latch on to a second anchor. By hitting both it attempts to deprive your opponent of anything but 1 anchor, now making your opponent enter with two of the same number to grab a 2nd anchor and you have a lot of fight left in the position. You have ample covers for the 6pt, so many that even when the blot is hit you may still win the battle when you enter + hit loose immediately.

All that being said OTB I still doubt I could force myself to play 6/2*/1*. I'd resolve myself to the KISS method and play 13/9 8/7.

Stick

Messages In This Thread

• Can the bot possibly be right?
  Frankie D -- Wednesday, 19 September 2007, at 6:12 p.m.
  • I did not mean to post the rollout
    Frankie D -- Wednesday, 19 September 2007, at 6:15 p.m.
    • I did not mean to post the rollout
      Keene -- Wednesday, 19 September 2007, at 6:21 p.m.
      • Snowie better at backgames?
        Frankie D -- Wednesday, 19 September 2007, at 6:25 p.m.
        • Snowie better at backgames?
          neilkaz -- Wednesday, 19 September 2007, at 7:05 p.m.
          • Snowie better at backgames?
            Frank Berger -- Wednesday, 19 September 2007, at 9:58 p.m.
  • Can the bot possibly be right?
    Matt Reklaitis -- Wednesday, 19 September 2007, at 7:38 p.m.
  • LOL
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 19 September 2007, at 10:46 p.m.
    • Don't laugh
      neilkaz -- Thursday, 20 September 2007, at 4:17 a.m.
      • Don't laugh
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 20 September 2007, at 6:56 a.m.
        • Don't laugh
          neilkaz -- Thursday, 20 September 2007, at 11:10 p.m.
          • Don't laugh
            Hardy Hübener -- Sunday, 23 September 2007, at 10:13 p.m.
  • Can the bot possibly be right?
    Havard Raddum -- Thursday, 20 September 2007, at 3:07 a.m.
    • Can the bot possibly be right?
      Stick -- Thursday, 20 September 2007, at 3:52 a.m.
      • Can the bot possibly be right?
        Havard Raddum -- Friday, 21 September 2007, at 2:43 a.m.
    • Can the bot possibly be right?
      Ian Shaw -- Friday, 21 September 2007, at 11:55 a.m.
  • Can the bot possibly be right?
    Stick -- Thursday, 20 September 2007, at 5:14 a.m.
  • Can the bot possibly be right?
    happyjuggler0 -- Friday, 21 September 2007, at 2:30 a.m.
  • JellyFish 3.0 Says...
    mamabear -- Friday, 21 September 2007, at 3:09 a.m.
  • how else do you ---
    garyo -- Friday, 21 September 2007, at 2:37 p.m.
  • Who would play 6/2*/1*?
    Stanley E. Richards -- Friday, 21 September 2007, at 5:08 p.m.
    • Who would play 6/2*/1*?
      lucky player -- Friday, 21 September 2007, at 6:52 p.m.
      • Who would play 6/2*/1*?
        Stanley E. Richards -- Sunday, 23 September 2007, at 2:08 a.m.
    • Who would play 6/2*/1*?
      Keene -- Friday, 21 September 2007, at 7:22 p.m.
    • Who would play 6/2*/1*?
      Chuck Bower -- Friday, 21 September 2007, at 8:18 p.m.