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Posted By: lenny
Date: Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 2:57 a.m.

In Response To: Jacoby rule current usage (leobueno)

The good money players are always the ones that want the cube turned over as quickly as possible. You can't acquire a big number unless you pass the damn thing around. The less aware players tend to agree to the rule because they haven't examined how quickly things can escalate. After they become experienced, they become the new advocates of Jacoby, in order to get some of the money back.

Hardly the only backgammon convention that is actually a tool of the predator.

Messages In This Thread

• Jacoby rule current usage
  leobueno -- Tuesday, 8 March 2011, at 4:41 p.m.
  • What actually IS the Jacoby Rule?
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 8 March 2011, at 4:58 p.m.
    • What actually IS the Jacoby Rule?
      Casper van der Tak -- Tuesday, 8 March 2011, at 5:03 p.m.
    • The (potential) ambiguity
      Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 8 March 2011, at 9:59 p.m.
      • The (potential) ambiguity
        Sam Pottle -- Tuesday, 8 March 2011, at 10:46 p.m.
      • An additional ambiguity
        Steve Mellen -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 12:38 a.m.
        • An additional ambiguity
          Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 3:28 a.m.
          • An additional ambiguity
            Stick -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 3:38 a.m.
            • An additional ambiguity
              Jake Jacobs -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 3:55 a.m.
              • Apodictic?
                Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 5:27 a.m.
                • Apodictic?
                  Stick -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 5:38 a.m.
                  • Apodictic?
                    Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 5:50 a.m.
                    • Reasons for the Jacoby Rule
                      Joe Russell -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 6:41 a.m.
                      • Reasons for the Jacoby Rule
                        Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 7:10 a.m.
                        • Reasons for the Jacoby Rule
                          Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 7:04 p.m.
                      • Reasons for the Jacoby Rule
                        Stein Kulseth -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 10:34 a.m.
                        • Reasons for the Jacoby Rule
                          misja -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 1:06 p.m.
                        • Jacoby Rule - a challenge
                          Ray Kershaw -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 4:53 p.m.
                      • Reasons for the Jacoby Rule
                        Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 10:23 p.m.
                        • Reasons for the Jacoby Rule
                          Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 10:33 p.m.
                    • Apodictic?
                      Jake Jacobs -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 3:56 a.m.
                      • Apodictic?
                        Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 10 March 2011, at 8:38 a.m.
  • purpose=stir up action
    lenny -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 2:57 a.m.
  • Jacoby rule current usage
    Sebastiaan kuijs -- Wednesday, 9 March 2011, at 8:45 a.m.