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Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read

Posted By: Stick
Date: Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 5:45 p.m.

In Response To: Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read (Steve Mellen)

Over the long haul, I am probably better off taking long race cubes that are close passes, as opposed to passing and setting the checkers up for a new, possibly complicated game.

I take it you have never actually tried this. First off, it assumes both perfect checker and cube play on your part. Then remember the bot will not count decisions in which there is no equity at stake. (I'm assuming XG as the bot since we are in a modern bg world)

All that aside, the important thing is set up a race that's a close pass and play it out perfectly for X rolls. Your ER starting the position is 0 (before taking the pass), even if the pass is only ~.02 over the line, you will end up playing ~1.5. So you have to find the smallest passes available and know that they are indeed a very tiny pass. If you're that good I suspect you'd be better off setting up the checkers and playing the next game.

Stick

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• Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
  phil simborg -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 11:38 a.m.
  • Great Interview
    Paul Weaver -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 12:44 p.m.
  • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
    Tom Keith -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 1:46 p.m.
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    mtuhtan -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 3:28 p.m.
    • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 6:35 p.m.
      • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read/One Correction
        phil simborg -- Wednesday, 6 October 2010, at 3:42 a.m.
        • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read/One Correction
          Matt Cohn-Geier -- Wednesday, 6 October 2010, at 4:16 a.m.
          • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read/One Correction
            Leonardo Jerkovic -- Wednesday, 6 October 2010, at 4:42 a.m.
            • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read/One Correction
              Christian Plenz -- Thursday, 7 October 2010, at 3:13 a.m.
  • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
    Stick -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 5:05 p.m.
    • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
      Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 5:37 p.m.
      • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
        Stick -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 5:45 p.m.
        • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
          Steve Mellen -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 5:57 p.m.
        • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
          Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 6:30 p.m.
          • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
            Stick -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 6:31 p.m.
            • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
              Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 7 October 2010, at 1:30 a.m.
              • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
                Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 7 October 2010, at 1:46 a.m.
                • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
                  Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 7 October 2010, at 2:01 a.m.
                  • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
                    Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 7 October 2010, at 2:06 p.m.
                    • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
                      phil simborg -- Friday, 8 October 2010, at 2:09 a.m.
                      • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
                        Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 8 October 2010, at 2:56 a.m.
                      • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
                        Henrik Bukkjaer -- Friday, 8 October 2010, at 7:05 a.m.
                      • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
                        Bob Koca -- Friday, 8 October 2010, at 5:11 p.m.
                        • Bob Koca Interview--A Must Read
                          Henrik Bukkjaer -- Friday, 8 October 2010, at 8:26 p.m.
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        Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 5:50 p.m.
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      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 5 October 2010, at 7:01 p.m.
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      Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 7 October 2010, at 1:55 a.m.