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Running pip counts

Posted By: Max Stockslager
Date: Wednesday, 25 March 2026, at 9:02 a.m.

In Response To: Running pip counts (Steve)

I only bother with a running count after contact has been broken and there is clearly a race cube coming within the next couple rolls. I just use this to decide whether I want to actually evaluate doubling, then I'll do an actual exact count for both sides if I want an actual point-of-last-take/cube decision.

I have gotten in the habit of just mentally narrating "up 5", "down 4", "even", "up 8" etc after every roll and that's usually good enough for me, but you can experiment with other things like hand-on-leg (e.g., representing the number N with my fingers touching my left leg means I'm ahead N pips, and on my right leg it means I'm behind N pips).

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