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Opening roll - post Crawford
Posted By: Coolrey In Response To: Opening roll - post Crawford (Matt Cohn-Geier)
Date: Thursday, 20 November 2008, at 3:16 a.m.
I dunno if I was MIS-interpreting what you were saying or not. Just generalizing based on my extensive experience. You said something to the effect that you jack up the cube against good players, and I was trying to explain why, to my way of thinking at least... This attitude/approach/strategy needlessly costs good players matches against those they consider to be great players.
I once gave Wilcox Snellings a redouble to 4 in a 3 roll position. Wilcox was the #1 Giant at that time. It was the quarterfinals of an ABT like event. Essentially if he took and rewhipped Wilcox would have 22%, if he passed he would have 14-15%. I should have waited until the 2 roll position to send that cube, (which Wilcox later stated he would have incorrectly dropped), by doubling him IN, I forced him to play the match out.
He rolled 55 on his third roll to advance to the semi-final against Jon Vietor. I would not have doubled Jon Vietor to 4 in that spot, but Wilcox was the BEST. Wilcox beat Jon and then Senk to win the title, and I got zip zero nada... If not for respect, I would have won that match and cashed.
I realized then and there that too much respect for the abilities of my opponent is what cost me the match, for I was fully capable of decipering the odds, and though I thought for 10 minutes or something... I just sent it over because it was the great WS, and I had him in a three roll position. Nevermind that I knew if I waited one turn, he would have a close decision THEN! I gave him an EASY decision. An EASY decision that cost me that match, and probably even MORE IMPORTANTLY:
Didn't allow my expert opponent to stumble over his own vanity!
It's just another level of thinking, borne out of real life experience(s).
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