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Effective Pip Count with stragglers

Posted By: Gregg Cattanach
Date: Monday, 15 December 2008, at 7:30 p.m.

In Response To: Effective Pip Count with stragglers (Carlo Melzi)

The formula to estimate the EPC of a stack + straggler (stack should be super-speed board with basically no misses) is:

(#checkers * 3.5) + straggler pip count.

If there are two stragglers:

(#checkers * 3.5) + both stragglers total pip count - 4.

(Douglas Zare had a recent article about this at gammonvillage.com.)

Messages In This Thread

• Effective Pip Count with stragglers
  Carlo Melzi -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 4:25 p.m.
  • Effective Pip Count with stragglers
    Gregg Cattanach -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 7:30 p.m.
    • Effective Pip Count with stragglers
      Carlo Melzi -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 12:56 p.m.
      • Effective Pip Count with stragglers
        Carlo Melzi -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 2:54 p.m.
    • Position #1
      Walter Trice -- Monday, 22 December 2008, at 5:31 p.m.
  • Effective Pip Count with stragglers
    Keene -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 7:57 p.m.
    • Effective Pip Count with stragglers
      Stick -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 7:58 p.m.
  • Diagrams
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 8:20 p.m.
    • Diagrams
      Keene -- Monday, 15 December 2008, at 10:23 p.m.
      • Diagrams
        Martin -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 12:54 p.m.
    • Diagrams
      Carlo Melzi -- Tuesday, 16 December 2008, at 12:49 p.m.