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All the cool kids are doing it.

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Monday, 21 September 2026, at 4:50 p.m.

In Response To: All the cool kids are doing it. (ah_clem)

Maybe my brain is (extra) foggy today, but I don't see a safe play.

Hitting two while outboarded, leaving three blots, a majority of shots all while giving up a point isn't in my wheelhouse. That leaves two candidates for me:

13/5* -- knocks opp off the most valuable remaining point but leaves a lot of shots and a second blot, effectively losing some outfield control. The midpoint is (somewhat) expendable here with Blue owning an advanced anchor and the 11-pt, however.

6/4*, 20/14 -- gets the spare back checker into the fray. Relatively speaking, if White anchors she gets the 20-pt, not the 21-pt, BUT by Blue keeping the 11-pt the value of the 20-pt is diminished a bit (I emphasize "relatively speaking").

I'm going for the play that gets two checkers into the fray without giving up any points:

6/4*, 20/14.

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