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Endgame cube action

Posted By: misja
Date: Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 9:10 a.m.

In Response To: Endgame cube action (Timothy Chow)

I'll give it a go:
In the 1st position white is a favorite and blue seems to have take because he can redouble after a single 3 and has good chances after most 1's and 2's. The question is if there are enough marketlosers to offset his bad rolls and make it a redouble.
I think there are; 3 rolls win immediately, 8 rolls force blue to roll 55 or higher and most deuces are marketlosers too.
So RD/T.

2nd position: Strong RD but still a take.

3rd: There is hardly any cubevalue left for white so if he's the favorite he should double.
Blue only can bear off both checkers with 14 rolls and after 5 of white rolls he doesn't even get the chance to do that: So white is a big favorite and should have redoubled.

Messages In This Thread

• Endgame cube action
  Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 1:29 a.m.
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    Stick -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 1:32 a.m.
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    Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 4:43 a.m.
  • Endgame cube action
    misja -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 9:10 a.m.
  • Endgame cube action
    Matt Cohn-Geier -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 1:05 p.m.
    • Endgame cube action
      Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 3:12 p.m.
      • Endgame cube action
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 3:48 p.m.
    • Question about EPC
      Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 4:00 p.m.
      • Question about EPC
        Jason Lee -- Thursday, 7 January 2010, at 4:06 p.m.
      • Question about EPC
        Matt Cohn-Geier -- Friday, 8 January 2010, at 1:14 p.m.
  • Endgame cube action
    Chuck Bower -- Friday, 8 January 2010, at 6:25 p.m.