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Inferior Tino Road Variation Cube Action
Posted By: scotty In Response To: Inferior Tino Road Variation Cube Action (AP)
Date: Sunday, 1 March 2015, at 8:57 a.m.
I don't know how the bots view this position, but I played something similar to this 1000s of times in the 1980s. I played without the cube, whick might be a very important distincion. My take on it, for whatever it is worth goes something like this...
with a single white checker on the bar, and blue closeout:
white will reenter about 50% of the time after blue has 4 checkers off. White will bearoff after 3 rolls. In this position white will bearoff after 4 rolls. If White re-enters while blue has more than 8 checkers, in this case, white will have an advantage. If white re-enters very early, say when blue has 2 checkers off, I think white surely will have enough to cube. If white is still on the bar when blue has 8 or less checkers remaining to bear off, I would guess that blue has a cube. IF either side rolls substantial doublets after white has re-entered, then that side should cash at the next opportunity (barring a similar reply doublet from the opponent)
IF Blue gets a second white checker on the bar and closes out:
I don't have any records to substantiate this, but both sides are about 50/50. In this particular case i would give a very small advantage to blue, because white has one extra checker to bear off. IF blue gets the 3rd checker on the bar, i believe blue has an instant double/pass.
In any variation, I think white has a double/pass if white hits a blot reentering, while blue has 2 or more open points.
I'm anxious to improve my cube play, and would enjoy reading others responses to this, including any errors I have made.
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