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Group Lesson Take/Drop - Feedback/Review

Posted By: MandM1951
Date: Monday, 13 February 2012, at 4:26 p.m.

In Response To: Group Lesson Take/Drop - Feedback/Review (Mr Majestyk)

I also attended Stick's Group Lesson yesterday and will post some comments here that I hope will be useful to those considering whether to purchase a recording of the lesson.

The topic was a way to figure out if you should Take or Drop when you are Doubled. For me, this was a very good, important, topic. (In his original post, Stick listed the topic as "The Cube" -- obviously much too board a topic for a 90 minute lesson. I think he narrowed it down well.) I have spent far more time thinking, analyzing, and reading about when to send the Cube, and far less time on how to determine what to do when cubed. I lose a lot of equity here. I think my ER will improve as I incorporate into my Take/Pass decisions what I learned in this lesson.

Stick presented a relatively easy method for determining your take point that involves estimating your opponent's and your gammon chances and then doing some simple computations. He first gave some background and rationale for the method, which was clear, easy to follow, and useful. Then, in the process of teaching the method, he helped us improve the accuracy of our estimates. He gave useful guidelines, reference positions, and benchmarks, and made good use of examples. I learned a lot that I will use. Moreover, I am now prepared to make better use of the gammon values provided by XG as I analyze my matches.

So, if you already know this method, and your gammon estimates are good, you probably won't get much new out of this lesson. But, if you don't know this method and/or you gammon estimates need work, imo, the lesson is definitely worth the $20 you will be donating to USBGF. (As an added benefit, for those who care about the USBGF, you payment for the lesson goes as a donation to USBGF, as Stick explained in his original post about the lesson.)

-Marc

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