[ View Thread ] [ Post Response ] [ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ]

BGonline.org Forums

SuperStar Mary Hickey Redoubles Mario Sequiera in Florida

Posted By: John O'Hagan
Date: Friday, 21 January 2011, at 5:26 p.m.

In Response To: SuperStar Mary Hickey Redoubles Mario Sequiera in Florida (Paul Weaver)

Does Black have a take? His basic takepoint ATS is the normal 25% minus almost half of his gammons and Mary's 8-cube takepoint is around 24%. If Mary closes her board with spares on the 6-5-4, she wins around 84%. Since she doesn't rate to come in perfectly, it's probably more like 82-83%. She covers with 22 numbers and Mario's a 70/30 dog to enter if she doesn't. We need to estimate Mario's wins in 3 sequences: 1) cover, 2) no cover - enter, and 3) no cover - fan. I'll give him 4/22 in 1), 2.5/4.2 in 2), and 3/9.8 in 3). That's over 25% wins some of which are gammons. How many g's? About 6% looks right to me. This lowers the takepoint to around 22% and cube vig should be worth 3.5% or so which makes it around 18.5%. So Black has a clear take IMO.

Should Mary redouble? Normally you don't redouble when you're 7% away from the oppt's takepoint unless you have a volatile position with lots of big market losers on tap. Do the 22 covers justify a redouble here? I don't think so. They do lose the market but not by a whole lot. Mario's gammonless takepoint (after accounting for recube vig) is in the 20-21% range and he'll have 17-18% if Mary covers.

Technically I think it's NR/T. Practically, it might be a redouble since some opponents would incorrectly pass. I think I'd still take a roll.

Messages In This Thread

 

Post Response

Your Name:
Your E-Mail Address:
Subject:
Message:

If necessary, enter your password below:

Password:

 

 

[ View Thread ] [ Post Response ] [ Return to Index ] [ Read Prev Msg ] [ Read Next Msg ]

BGonline.org Forums is maintained by Stick with WebBBS 5.12.