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32$ - which slot?

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Friday, 7 May 2010, at 7:56 p.m.

In Response To: 32$ - which slot? (Gregg Cattanach)

Gregg: It seems that 32$ is assumed to be 13/10 6/4 by nactation, but why? 8/5 13/11 is a slotting play as well. How do you nactate that?

Nack: Good question, which is not yet fielded in the tutorial.

The family of slot symbols is:

$, %, $, %.

The (secondary) "%" symbol is just to the right of "$" on the keyboard.

I created priority rules for slotting such that the most "natural" play will most often be the primary slotter ("$"). These rules are:

(1) Slot 5pt or 4pt
(2) Unstack tallest point
(3) Closest to 6pt

Both the plays you mentioned obey (1), so (2) is applied and therefore...

For opening 32, $ = 13/10 6/4, and % = 13/11 8/5.

You can also use "N" (Near) or "4" (4pt) for the former, and "o" (outer) or "5" (5pt) for the latter.

If the play is 13/11 6/3, you can use the third slot family member (italic $) or "n" (near). And 13/10 8/6 is O (Outer). These plays seldom arise, but they're covered.

(For use of N and O, see Section 4 of the tutorial.)

Nack

Messages In This Thread

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  neilkaz -- Thursday, 6 May 2010, at 6:29 p.m.
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    Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 6 May 2010, at 7:10 p.m.
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      Gregg Cattanach -- Friday, 7 May 2010, at 7:06 p.m.
      • 32$ - which slot?
        Nack Ballard -- Friday, 7 May 2010, at 7:56 p.m.