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Bearing Off Agressively For The Gammon Against Contact

Posted By: Karol Szczerek
Date: Friday, 27 January 2017, at 8:17 p.m.

In Response To: Bearing Off Agressively For The Gammon Against Contact (Paul Weaver)

In Pos.1 I like to raise my gammons without hurting my wins much, with 5/off 5/2*. Cube centered and away.

In Pos.2 hitting again with 6/4* 6/1 with cube centered. I'd rather invite hit exchange now with opp having only 2pt board, and me having cleared a problematic point, while keeping better board and flexible attackers. And I have mostly an option to cash when things don't go my way, since with such bad position, opp won't have sudden big swings that push me from cash to no double in 1 turn. Without cube access this play seems too big - I'd go with 5/off 3/1.

In Pos.3 with cube access there is no risk and I gain gammons with hitting. High-placed avalanche of spares can turn into a good 4pt board quickly if I start hitting and opp makes one fault step. Without cube access, I'd let this one go, too - 5/off 4/2.

In Pos.4, without cube access, I'd go just like in previous one, with secure 4/off 2/1. With cube access, I hit with 4/off 4/3*. It's just extending the idea from Pos.3. And I like egzotic plays. Either I'm right with both, or wrong.

Messages In This Thread

• Bearing Off Agressively For The Gammon Against Contact
  Paul Weaver -- Friday, 27 January 2017, at 3:17 p.m.
  • Bearing Off Agressively For The Gammon Against Contact
    Karol Szczerek -- Friday, 27 January 2017, at 8:17 p.m.