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Re: Exception to the rule?

Posted By: mamabear
Date: Thursday, 22 March 2007, at 10:57 p.m.

In Response To: Exception to the rule? (Stick)

Anybody who has taken lessons from me for awhile can tell you that this:

...In backgammon game the rule is: if you can hit a checker on the 17 pt. hit it. If instead you could make the bar point, hit it! If instead you could make the five pint, hit it! You see where I'm going...

is MY schtick! Write your own material, you slug!

I would say this is an "exception", mainly because a four point block is a beautiful thing, and you can get one here but he's unlikely to counter by making one of his own any time soon. The purpose of a 17 point hit is to make the game break in your favor by putting you ahead in the race, and him on the bar. Here, making a four point block produces an equivalent gain with less risk. My play would be 13/7, 24/23.

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