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important clarification for Noobs

Posted By: happyjuggler0
Date: Tuesday, 4 December 2007, at 4:15 a.m.

In Response To: important clarification for Noobs (laughingboy)

Imagine an 11 point match. You are behind 9-10, and the last game was the Crawford game. This is sometimes referred to as -2 -1, where you are two points away from winning and your opponent is one point away from winning the match.

In this situation you are supposed to cube on your first turn, because if you lose a doubled game it costs as much as losing a undoubled game at this score. However if you win only a single point the score is 10-10, but if you win a doubled game you win the match. Thus it ought to be automatic to cube on the first chance when you are behind at -2 -1 post-Crawford.

On the other hand, your opponent is supposed to drop that cube if he is behind even a tiny bit, because after he drops the score is 10-10/11 and the odds of winning the match improve from perhaps 49.75% to 50%.

This chance to drop the cube and start all over at 10-10/11 is called the free drop since he has a free chance to get a better start to the game by declining the cube.

Messages In This Thread

• For Stick's Suggestion Box
  tem_sat -- Monday, 26 November 2007, at 1:17 a.m.
  • For Stick's Suggestion Box
    bob koca -- Monday, 26 November 2007, at 3:26 a.m.
  • For Stick's Suggestion Box
    Stick -- Monday, 26 November 2007, at 5:10 a.m.
    • For Stick's Suggestion Box
      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 26 November 2007, at 5:16 a.m.
      • For Stick's Suggestion Box
        Stick -- Monday, 26 November 2007, at 5:26 a.m.
        • For Stick's Suggestion Box
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 26 November 2007, at 5:33 a.m.
          • For Stick's Suggestion Box
            Stick -- Monday, 26 November 2007, at 5:42 a.m.
            • For Stick's Suggestion Box
              Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 26 November 2007, at 5:47 a.m.
        • For opening 41 at -1-2 PC (ie free drop)
          neilkaz -- Monday, 26 November 2007, at 5:28 p.m.
          • important clarification for Noobs
            happyjuggler0 -- Tuesday, 27 November 2007, at 2:04 a.m.
            • important clarification for Noobs
              laughingboy -- Tuesday, 4 December 2007, at 2:13 a.m.
              • important clarification for Noobs
                happyjuggler0 -- Tuesday, 4 December 2007, at 4:15 a.m.
      • For Stick's Suggestion Box
        Caryl Stephanson -- Monday, 26 November 2007, at 4:44 p.m.
      • For Stick's Suggestion Box
        Keene -- Tuesday, 4 December 2007, at 3:18 p.m.
  • For Stick's Suggestion Box
    neilkaz -- Monday, 26 November 2007, at 5:37 p.m.