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Are all premature actions necessarily bad?

Posted By: Matt Ryder
Date: Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 4:38 a.m.

In Response To: Are all premature actions necessarily bad? (Rich Munitz)

I don't necessarily believe that premature actions are always bad.

In a casual context, no. For example, when I see an opponent struggling to find the right play such that a given set of doublets will bear-off successfully in a 2nd to last roll scenario, I usually offer to roll first and save him the effort [assuming I bear off].

In a tournament setting with big money at stake, yes. The pejorative 'premature' should hint at this. The problem is that things can easily get confused when moves are played out of sequence. What happens if you play a rogue who rolls a terrible number which would force him to expose blots, who waits for your 'fast cube' and then picks up his dice without playing? Explaining that mess to a TD would be much tougher because of your premature action.

Messages In This Thread

• Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
  Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 9:26 p.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Jason Lee -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 9:35 p.m.
    • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
      Marv Porten -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 11:41 p.m.
      • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 11:47 p.m.
        • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
          Seth -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 11:49 p.m.
          • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
            Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 11:51 p.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Steve Mellen -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 9:37 p.m.
    • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
      Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 10:26 p.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 9:52 p.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 9 December 2009, at 10:36 p.m.
    • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
      Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 12:08 a.m.
  • What does your wife have to say about this subject?
    neilkaz -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 12:45 a.m.
    • What does your wife have to say about this subject?
      Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 6:49 a.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 12:50 a.m.
    • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
      Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 3:03 a.m.
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    Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 1:32 a.m.
  • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
    Matt Ryder -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 4:38 a.m.
    • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
      Havard Raddum -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 8:25 a.m.
      • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
        Rich Munitz -- Thursday, 10 December 2009, at 2:23 p.m.
        • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
          Havard Raddum -- Friday, 11 December 2009, at 9:29 p.m.
          • Are all premature actions necessarily bad?
            Rich Munitz -- Friday, 11 December 2009, at 10:19 p.m.