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Cube strategy against novice who takes aggressively

Posted By: Jason Lee
Date: Tuesday, 14 July 2026, at 1:28 p.m.

What are some strategies to apply against novice players who take very very aggressively. I played a match last night against a guy who took all of these cubes.

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		White is Novice -- Aggressive Taker score: 0 pip: 147 7 point match pip: 124 score: 0 Blue is Jason Lee
XGID=aB-aAbDBB---aB--A-cbb-Aab-:0:0:1:00:0:0:0:7:10
Blue on roll, cube action?

Analyzed in XG Roller++	No double	Double/Take
Player Winning Chances:	73.80% (G:32.88% B:1.01%)	73.71% (G:34.73% B:1.04%)
Opponent Winning Chances:	26.20% (G:6.13% B:0.21%)	26.29% (G:6.54% B:0.24%)
Cubeless Equities	+0.758	+1.587
Cubeful Equities
No double:	+0.971 (-0.029)
Double/Take:	+1.380 (+0.380)
Double/Pass:	+1.000
Best Cube action: Double / Pass

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release, MET: Kazaross XG2

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		White is Novice -- Aggressive Taker score: 2 pip: 165 7 point match pip: 142 score: 0 Blue is Jason Lee
XGID=bB---AC-CA--cCb--c-e-A--A-:0:0:1:00:0:2:0:7:10
Blue on roll, cube action?

Analyzed in XG Roller++	No double	Double/Take
Player Winning Chances:	68.88% (G:43.30% B:0.65%)	68.93% (G:43.77% B:0.67%)
Opponent Winning Chances:	31.12% (G:6.91% B:0.36%)	31.07% (G:7.02% B:0.39%)
Cubeless Equities	+0.748	+1.608
Cubeful Equities
No double:	+0.968 (-0.032)
Double/Take:	+1.472 (+0.472)
Double/Pass:	+1.000
Best Cube action: Double / Pass

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release, MET: Kazaross XG2

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		White is Novice -- Aggressive Taker score: 2 pip: 80 7 point match pip: 73 score: 4 Blue is Jason Lee
XGID=-BbBBCBBB-----------abdcc-:1:1:1:00:4:2:0:7:10
Blue on roll, cube action?

Analyzed in XG Roller++	No redouble	Redouble/Take
Player Winning Chances:	87.66% (G:6.63% B:0.11%)	88.73% (G:6.08% B:0.07%)
Opponent Winning Chances:	12.34% (G:0.23% B:0.00%)	11.27% (G:0.16% B:0.00%)
Cubeless Equities	+0.811	+1.428
Cubeful Equities
No redouble:	+0.965 (-0.035)
Redouble/Take:	+1.266 (+0.266)
Redouble/Pass:	+1.000
Best Cube action: Redouble / Pass

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release, MET: Kazaross XG2

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Is the advice just, "wait a lot longer to cube players like this," or is there something more subtle or sophisticated to consider?

JLee

Messages In This Thread

• Cube strategy against novice who takes aggressively
  Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 14 July 2026, at 1:28 p.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 14 July 2026, at 3:31 p.m.
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    mamabear -- Tuesday, 14 July 2026, at 8:57 p.m.
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      Jason Lee -- Wednesday, 15 July 2026, at 12:35 a.m.
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    MK -- Wednesday, 15 July 2026, at 8:11 a.m.
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    Christian munk-christensen -- Wednesday, 15 July 2026, at 9:23 a.m.
    • Cube strategy against novice who takes aggressively
      MK -- Wednesday, 15 July 2026, at 10:27 a.m.
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    ah_clem -- Wednesday, 15 July 2026, at 2:08 p.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 15 July 2026, at 5:04 p.m.