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More cube action after taking my earlier post

Posted By: Coolrey
Date: Thursday, 30 April 2009, at 1:18 p.m.

In Response To: More cube action after taking my earlier post (Matt Cohn-Geier)

MATT: If you're playing Neil, that's a different story.

Ray: Yep, I wonder how many matches have been given to Neil by these bad redoubles? It is WORSE to redouble Neil, not better.

As an exercise for quite awhile I did this on GG, vs. GGRaccoon. I figured it was better than I was, and i only played it when it was @ 2000 or above rating. Or some much higher rating than I was.

It seemed to me that I ought to be able to just determine that I was the favorite in a position and send it the cube... and the rating odds and skill factors would both work in my favor. I would always escalate the stakes as a favorite, especially in races. When playing a superior opponent it is questionable logic to ratchet up the cube in contact positions.

So hey! Why not double up 5 pips in a 100 pip race with no contact left??

I can tell you from experience:

It is not a wise strategy to jack up the cube because your opponent is better than you are.

It's plausible, yes, but as it turns out, it is BAD in practice.

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