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Chicago - Doubles - 61

Posted By: Matt Cohn-Geier
Date: Sunday, 9 March 2008, at 8:36 a.m.

In Response To: Chicago - Doubles - 61 (Stick)

This is kind of awkward. Blue really doesn't have the timing to hold the blot on the 4 (while keeping the midpoint) since he's already made the two point. At the same time, advancing it seriously hurts his winning chances. White's got his spares in good places so he can probably outlast Blue. So something has to give this turn rather than next, either the blot or the mid, so 7/1 5/4 (or 7/1 2/1) is out.

13/7 5/4 is the pure play...but no. If Blue actually owned the 4 point it'd be one thing, but trying to win from a phantom 4-5 seems worse than just keeping the midpoint in a 5 point game.

So the blot has to go. 21/15 5/4. Even though you'd like to keep the blot back, the alternatives suck too much. No compelling reason to stop on the 20 point or keep going to the 14 as far as I can tell.

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