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PFH - bearoff

Posted By: Daniel Murphy
Date: Sunday, 29 June 2008, at 3:53 p.m.

In Response To: PFH - bearoff (David Rockwell)

1st pos -- 1 checker off gains a roll, a second checker off doesn't help, leaving a blot doesn't help. 6/4 1/off.

2nd pos -- the best safe play 6/4 6/3 I reckon leaves White a favorite, so 3/off leaving 10 checkers should be an improvement, and with 3/off only 2/off makes sense.

3rd pos -- 4/off 4/2 is tempting but it leaves (a) a slow bearoff with the 5 checkers above the gap and (b) little chance of maintaining a 5 point board. If you figure any entering number by White is a winner, then 6/off, blotting, immediately looks better than 4/off 4/2, considering (a) and (b).

4th pos -- if you don't take 2 off now, many rolls next roll (6x, 5x) take only 1 off and open a point. The chance of (a) taking a 3rd checker off next roll -- staying a roll ahead of 6/2 5/off -- and (b) keeping a closed board for one more turn should compensate for the extra blotting numbers 5/off 4/off leaves.

Messages In This Thread

• PFH - bearoff
  Stick -- Saturday, 28 June 2008, at 12:31 a.m.
  • PFH - bearoff
    David Rockwell -- Saturday, 28 June 2008, at 3:16 a.m.
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      Stick -- Saturday, 28 June 2008, at 5:42 a.m.
    • PFH - bearoff
      Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 29 June 2008, at 3:53 p.m.
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        Caryl Stephanson -- Tuesday, 1 July 2008, at 9:52 p.m.
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    John O'Hagan -- Saturday, 28 June 2008, at 5:13 a.m.
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      Stick -- Saturday, 28 June 2008, at 5:44 a.m.
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        John O'Hagan -- Saturday, 28 June 2008, at 11:05 p.m.
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          bob koca -- Sunday, 29 June 2008, at 1:08 a.m.
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          Stick -- Sunday, 29 June 2008, at 1:52 a.m.
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          Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 29 June 2008, at 3:30 p.m.