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Late game containment

Posted By: Chase
Date: Saturday, 15 May 2010, at 4:18 p.m.

In Response To: Late game containment (Timothy Chow)

What was your play?

17/10, same as XGR+.

I didn't understand your sentence, "If I keep it, I get a double shot at a second checker."

Yeah, makes no sense. Not sure what I was thinking when I wrote that. After 17/10, if Black rolls 66 I do get a triple shot at the fleeing checker, however.

Among the crowd I usually play with, there is often chatter about "blocking 66" and "blocking 55." It's worth checking those jokers out, of course, but just because it's a containment position doesn't mean that one should abandon the general principle of looking at average rolls first and jokers second.

I didn't choose my play because it blocks Black's 66 joker. I chose it because it results in more shots on Black's best numbers, including 66.

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