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Live Tournament Observations

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Monday, 7 March 2011, at 4:19 p.m.

In Response To: Live Tournament Observations (Stanley E. Richards)

I usually find the reverse in Chouettes - that the box and captain tend to take passes. People want the opportunity to play in the box. As a result, the captain will often take cubes that are passes in order to retain the chance to win the box. A very strong player has future "box equity" by being in the box against the team. It is therefore often correct to sacrifice a small amount of equity in the current game in order to have a chance to gain the potentially large box equity. However, if mandatory extras are in use in the chouette, it tends to control really reckless taking by the captain (or gives them a chance to play against the entire field in the current game). Similarly, the box will tend to take deeply against the captain, while often dropping takes against some other players in order to limit risk. Of course in spite of egos, only half of the players are above average. When chouette rules permit, it is not unusual for the box to drop the strongest player(s) so that they cannot consult. It is also not unusual for the strongest player(s) to double somewhat early when a fish is captain so that they may consult.

As to money management, if you feel pressured to drop a 4-cube against several players, you are playing for uncomfortably high stakes. There are 2 kinds of discomfort: financial and psychological. I've heard a good rule of thumb - you should be prepared to lose 100 points in a session at the current stake. If you actually can't afford to lose 100 points because you won't be able to pay the mortgage or buy food, then don't play for that stake. Usually however, you really can afford such a loss, you are simply uncomfortable psychologically with facing such an outcome. The answer there is to get over it. Pissing away equity is pissing away equity. Once you realize that taking such a beating does not kill you, it makes you stronger. You can be the one pressuring your opponent to make mistakes rather than the other way around.

Chouette play can be very interesting.

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