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Live Tournament Observations

Posted By: Steve Mellen
Date: Monday, 7 March 2011, at 4:57 p.m.

In Response To: Live Tournament Observations (Rich Munitz)

Box equity is perennially overrated, particularly when you consider how it tends to play out in practice (you take a pass in hopes of gaining the box, then once you get there you take a pass in hopes of retaining the box, etc). Also, in a consulting chouette the strong player's edge in the box is greatly diminished. I think Kleinman suggested that most of a good player's profits come when there is a weak player in the box, particularly if you get to be the captain against him.

One of the most common mistakes in chouette play is to play as though the goal is to be plus on the scoresheet at the end of the session. You can lose a lot of money by making "scoreboard passes" at +8 or "scoreboard takes" at -8. This is a natural human tendency - after all, who knows when a pretty girl might glance at the scoresheet and decide to go home with whoever is the most plus - but mathematically it's quite misguided. There is a reason why diagrams say "money play" and not "money play, you're -8 this session."

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