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Semis vs. Steve Sax

Posted By: Keene
Date: Monday, 30 March 2009, at 3:38 a.m.

In Response To: Semis vs. Steve Sax (Bob Koca)

By staying back you allow hitting 4s, which dont actually cover the blot on the acepoint. Thus allowing all 4s to be useful numbers, which is a total of 15 numbers. If its just 1s, then its only 11 hitting numbers, of which only 7 cover the ace as well.

A race lead is still a race lead - it may be slender (4 technical pips), but isnt that enough to make it a racing play?

I really dont know the correct play here - I know that I would play 2 from the 16pt. Then again, I am not playing in the semi's at the midwests, I am sitting in front of the computer looking at a backgammon position. So I am perhaps not giving it enough thought - or indeed my technique is all wrong, and I am seeking to learn why.

Common enough class of position, I should know how to play this. I look forward to the dirty 2ply I'm about to do on my gnu!

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• Semis vs. Steve Sax
  adambulldog -- Sunday, 29 March 2009, at 6:41 p.m.
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    Bill Riles -- Sunday, 29 March 2009, at 6:49 p.m.
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      Stick -- Sunday, 29 March 2009, at 9:54 p.m.
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        Bill Riles -- Sunday, 29 March 2009, at 10:06 p.m.
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          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 29 March 2009, at 10:09 p.m.
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        David Rockwell -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 12:26 a.m.
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    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 29 March 2009, at 7:00 p.m.
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    Keene -- Sunday, 29 March 2009, at 7:15 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Sunday, 29 March 2009, at 7:44 p.m.
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        Keene -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 3:38 a.m.
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    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Sunday, 29 March 2009, at 8:10 p.m.
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    Bill Riles -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 1:26 a.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 1:53 a.m.
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        Coolrey -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 11:14 p.m.
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          Bill Riles -- Tuesday, 31 March 2009, at 1:05 a.m.
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            adambulldog -- Wednesday, 1 April 2009, at 2:47 a.m.
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      Stick -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 2:01 a.m.
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      Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 2:05 a.m.
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      Bill Riles -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 2:35 a.m.
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        David Rockwell -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 2:49 a.m.
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          Bill Riles -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 2:53 a.m.
          • Semis vs. Steve Sax
            David Rockwell -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 3:01 a.m.
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        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 5:07 a.m.
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      David Rockwell -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 2:43 a.m.
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    adambulldog -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 3:13 a.m.
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      Bill Riles -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 3:19 a.m.
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        neilkaz -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 3:48 a.m.
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          Coolrey -- Tuesday, 31 March 2009, at 11:09 p.m.
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      Stick -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 3:23 a.m.
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        adambulldog -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 3:54 a.m.
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          Stick -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 3:58 a.m.
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            adambulldog -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 4:32 a.m.
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          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 4:22 a.m.
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            Stick -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 4:50 a.m.
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          Coolrey -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 10:58 p.m.
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    neilkaz -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 3:37 a.m.
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    Coolrey -- Monday, 30 March 2009, at 10:49 p.m.