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Never cube at -3 -7 (except when it's a cube)

Posted By: Steve Mellen
Date: Wednesday, 1 September 2010, at 5:29 a.m.

In Response To: Never cube at -3 -7 (except when it's a cube) (joe freedman)

We seem to keep relitigating the same exception to this rule of thumb: it is often correct to consider cubing at -3 when the leader faces very little gammon risk.

Here, this looks like a very easy D/P to me and I'm curious how many sequences give Black a take. Not many, I think, and since White's gammon chances are far from insignificant I take a roll.

Messages In This Thread

• Never cube at -3 -7 (except when it's a cube)
  joe freedman -- Wednesday, 1 September 2010, at 3:36 a.m.
  • Never cube at -3 -7 (except when it's a cube)
    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Wednesday, 1 September 2010, at 4:30 a.m.
  • Never cube at -3 -7 (except when it's a cube)
    John O'Hagan -- Wednesday, 1 September 2010, at 5:29 a.m.
  • Never cube at -3 -7 (except when it's a cube)
    Steve Mellen -- Wednesday, 1 September 2010, at 5:29 a.m.
  • Never cube at -3 -7 (except when it's a cube)
    neilkaz -- Wednesday, 1 September 2010, at 3:06 p.m.
  • Rollout
    Paul Weaver -- Thursday, 2 September 2010, at 3:38 a.m.