| |
BGonline.org Forums
New Take Point and POG Tables
Posted By: Phil Simborg In Response To: New Take Point and POG Tables (Mislav Radica)
Date: Saturday, 20 March 2010, at 9:55 p.m.
The leader is the one who needs the fewest points to win. The range reflects the live cube vs. the dead cube, and the average is just a number about in the middle that can be applied to most positions. These take points are the same whether there are gammons or not, however, one must deduct (or add) gammons, applying the proper value of gammons, and add or subtract that to get the net value of the given position.
For example, if the live cube take point is 20 (money game), and you estimate you will win 30 percent, and you estimate you will win gammons 20 percent of the time and lose gammons 10 percent of the time, your net gammon loss is 10. If the value of gammons at that score is .5, you would multiply 10 time .5 and that would be 5. You would subtract 5 from 30 and that would give you a net of 25. Since 25 is greater than the live cube take point of 20, you clearly have a take.
Now if the position is such that you may or may not have reasonable recube potential, you might use the "average" take point of 23, but again, you still have higher equity, so you would still take. But if it is the last roll of the game, and of course, there are no gammons, and you figure to win 24 percent of the time, since it is a dead cube, you should drop because you are under the 25 percent number.
Now, I know that much of the above is basic cube theory and is probably well beneath your skill level, but I have gone into this detail for the benefit of lower-level players who might be reading this thread.
| |
BGonline.org Forums is maintained by Stick with WebBBS 5.12.