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Recube.

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Saturday, 23 May 2009, at 7:43 p.m.

In Response To: Recube. (Christian Munk-Christensen)

The double is trivial. Over the board, I would know that the takepoint is high, but unless I'm playing a clearly weaker player I'd have just taken. There's a ton of game left here and I know how long I can go without rolling a 6 when I need it. And if blue is forced to hit loose, a rehit will be all but fatal. What is surprising is exactly how high the takepoint is, after all white can use all 8 points. It might not have occurred to me over the board to even calculate it because I'd have figured not too many gammons and white has got to be winning this like 35% of the time. So knowing the takepoint, does white win this enough to take against a strong and equal player? Seems very close. What I see is that white's plays will pretty much be trival for the rest of the game, but blue may have some tough decisions and will be more likely to give away equity in the process. That pushes me over the fence onto the take side. It helps that fundamentally I started off wanting to take this.

RD/T

Messages In This Thread

• Recube.
  Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 20 May 2009, at 8:02 a.m.
  • Recube.
    Havard Raddum -- Wednesday, 20 May 2009, at 11:31 a.m.
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    John O'Hagan -- Friday, 22 May 2009, at 3:38 p.m.
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    neilkaz -- Friday, 22 May 2009, at 4:11 p.m.
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    Rich Munitz -- Saturday, 23 May 2009, at 7:43 p.m.