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Clock concerns - your thoughts please.

Posted By: Gregg Cattanach
Date: Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 1:44 p.m.

In Response To: Clock concerns - your thoughts please. (Barry Silliman)

Agreed that clocks don't necessarily help the weaker player. A top-notch player that will remain nameless once took 20-25 minutes against me to make a take/pass decision. He told me afterward (when I asked him what he was thinking about so long) that he was examining all the 36 rolls AND 36 replies and attempting to group those in sets of very bad, bad, neutral, good, very good and weight the groups to come up with an equity.

Clocking that prevents doing this kind of protracted analysis might actually reduce the expert's advantage. (BTW, he got the take/pass decision wrong.)

Old story I heard:
Novice to expert: "Why do you take so long to decide your play?"
Expert: "I have so much more to think about."

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• Clock concerns - your thoughts please.
  Frank_N_Stein -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 7:42 p.m.
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    David -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 7:58 p.m.
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    Bob Glass -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 8:43 p.m.
    • Clock concerns - Rules for Clocks.. attn USBGF
      neilkaz -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 9:06 p.m.
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        Jason Lee -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 9:57 p.m.
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          Stick -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 12:11 a.m.
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        Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 10:43 p.m.
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      Marv Porten -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 11:00 p.m.
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      Robert Maier -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 2:54 a.m.
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      Barry Silliman -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 3:17 a.m.
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      Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 12:43 p.m.
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        neilkaz -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 4:24 p.m.
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        Bob Glass -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 9:35 p.m.
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    Rich Munitz -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 10:20 p.m.
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      Frank_N_Stein -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 11:25 p.m.
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        Gregg Cattanach -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 1:35 p.m.
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          jdg -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 3:41 p.m.
      • Doug Roberts?
        Paul Weaver -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 6:03 p.m.
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          Gregg Cattanach -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 6:47 p.m.
        • Doug Roberts?
          Bob Glass -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 9:47 p.m.
          • Doug Roberts?
            Robert Maier -- Thursday, 4 March 2010, at 1:07 a.m.
            • Doug Roberts?
              Bob Glass -- Tuesday, 9 March 2010, at 9:42 p.m.
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      Steve Mellen -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 1:45 a.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 2:13 a.m.
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    joe freedman -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 11:27 p.m.
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      Frank_N_Stein -- Tuesday, 2 March 2010, at 11:32 p.m.
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        Stick -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 12:05 a.m.
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          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 12:45 a.m.
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          Robert Maier -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 3:00 a.m.
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          Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 6:30 a.m.
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            Stick -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 7:08 a.m.
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              Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 3:32 p.m.
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                neilkaz -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 5:05 p.m.
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                  Rich Munitz -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 5:55 p.m.
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                    neilkaz -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 6:01 p.m.
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        joe freedman -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 10:57 p.m.
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          neilkaz -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 11:29 p.m.
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      Justin N. -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 1:06 a.m.
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      Robert Maier -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 2:59 a.m.
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      Barry Silliman -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 3:30 a.m.
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      neilkaz -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 5:02 p.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 1:18 a.m.
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    lenny -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 2:13 a.m.
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      Barry Silliman -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 3:22 a.m.
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    Barry Silliman -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 4:04 a.m.
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      Gregg Cattanach -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 1:44 p.m.
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        Gregg Cattanach -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 1:56 p.m.
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        Steve Mellen -- Wednesday, 3 March 2010, at 3:48 p.m.