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Redoubling Decision at -8-4

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Tuesday, 8 February 2011, at 2:47 p.m.

In Response To: Redoubling Decision at -8-4 (Paul Weaver)

I doubt it would occur to me to double as white OTB, but let's see if it can be justified: If white fails to enter, black has strong gammon chances and a gammon wins the match. So white is like a cornered wounded animal here - might as well go for broke. The other factor is that if white hits and enters both checkers he'll lose his market. And there's no recube vig once the cube is at 4.

Does that add up to a double? Not sure. It's certainly a take. As I said, I'd hold this over the board, but won't be surprised if it's a double. OTB, my big mistake would probably be to not even consider it.

Messages In This Thread

• Redoubling Decision at -8-4
  Paul Weaver -- Tuesday, 8 February 2011, at 3:38 a.m.
  • Redoubling Decision at -8-4
    DJansen -- Tuesday, 8 February 2011, at 5:00 a.m.
  • Redoubling Decision at -8-4
    Michael Petch -- Tuesday, 8 February 2011, at 5:54 a.m.
    • Redoubling Decision at -8-4
      Michael Petch -- Tuesday, 8 February 2011, at 6:00 a.m.
  • Redoubling Decision at -8-4
    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 8 February 2011, at 2:47 p.m.
  • Redoubling Decision at -8-4
    Timothy Chow -- Tuesday, 8 February 2011, at 4:31 p.m.
  • Redoubling Decision at -8-4
    neilkaz -- Tuesday, 8 February 2011, at 6:03 p.m.
    • Redoubling Decision at -8-4
      Henrik Bukkjaer -- Thursday, 10 February 2011, at 12:24 a.m.
  • Rollout Result Posted
    Paul Weaver -- Wednesday, 9 February 2011, at 12:06 a.m.
    • Rollout Result Posted
      Stanley E. Richards -- Wednesday, 9 February 2011, at 12:19 a.m.