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Position of the Day 10-13-26 - What? Why?
Posted By: Chuck Bower In Response To: Position of the Day 10-13-26 - What? Why? (Stick)
Date: Tuesday, 3 November 2026, at 6:32 p.m.
Small dicerolls typically provide lots of options. Blue wants to maintain (preferable improve) the strong homeboard and keep the 18-pt. The midpoint is expendable but now may or may not be the time to adjust that. Keeping a free safety (deep singlet) or solidifying a strong safety (deep anchor) is also in order.
Meanwhile what is White going to do? The midpoint needs unstacking as does the 6-pt. In general Blue wants to make those difficult for White to execute safely. With all that in mind let's look at some candidate plays.
1) 22(2). Certainly solid and TMP is the weaker kind since the midpoint is expendable. Does allow room for White to dump in her homeboard.
2) 24/23, 13/11. Similar theme to (1) above regarding the back checkers. Gives White a few m/l comfortable aces. On the plus side it sets up for making the 7-pt.
3) 23/20. Gets that checker in position to depart, which is good for White's timing. Downsides are the five PoH rolls and some loose hits with a handful of uncomfortable rolls.
4) 7/4. Maintains maximum coverage on White's side but foregoes the ability to make the 7-pt.
5) 24/22, 7/6. Maximum flexibility with similar downsides to play (4) above.
6) 24/23, 7/5. No blots and good coverage. Timing may become a problem in the future, though.
(I wonder if this post qualifies for what Stick calls an "encyclopedia entry?" :) OK, I'm going with a play that leaves no blots vulnerable to jokers, has some timing value, and keeps the 7-pt slotted. If White wants to dump I guess I'm providing the truck to accommodate that.
22(2).
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