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Position of the Day 08-24-25 - QF? RQF!? RRQF??

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Tuesday, 9 December 2025, at 10:30 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 08-24-25 - QF? RQF!? RRQF?? (Stick)

The "obvious" play is to clear the four point and leave no shots. But white only needs six crossovers to save gammon so a more aggressive play to win more gammons might be in order. I don't see how white wins many games from here regardless, so playing loose seems to be sound, and with two homeboard blots to shoot at being hit may increase our gammon wins and might even increase our single point wins by enough to be the DMP play.

So, what's the aggressive play? Well, hitting of course. Which hit, and then what? Leave one blot or two? White has no board and two blots so a "trap play" seems like the right idea - i.e. leave two blots. 6/2* 3/off or 5/1 5/2*? Blots on the 2 and 6 leave two double-hits while blots on the 1 and 2 only leave 11 to whack two, but taking one off seems worth the extra risk.

6/2* 3/off.

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