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On the subject of books...

Posted By: Henrik Bukkjaer
Date: Tuesday, 22 March 2011, at 8:40 p.m.

In Response To: On the subject of books... (Chuck Bower)

>> To my awareness, good books on the doubling cube are very scarce.

You mention Woolsey's "How to Play..." that's a classic, even though the numbers themselves is no longer the pure gold they once were. It contains all the basics of ME, cube vig, small leads and high cubes, etc. So for the mechanics - it's great, but for the numbers and formula (Janowski) that's no longer really worth anything (ie. you can get a lot better info from gnubg or bgonline.org for free).

Another couple of books I found good on the cube:

Jacobs & Trice's "Can a Fish..." - I know it's aimed at those uneven matchups, but reading (and understanding) that book, is all about understanding the mechanics of doubling and ME calculations. And very good knowledge to contrast all the Snowie 4 / XG / G11 teory doubles everyone else considers the pure gospel and definite answers.

Finally I liked Kleinman & Ortega's "Cube and Gammons Near the End of a Match". It's only about the 2-away scores (-2/-2 -> -2/-7) but it does a very good and thorough job on the subject, both theoretically and to take with you OtB. You can look at the big tables, learn about gammon cost, spot the trends, etc. I'd highly recommend it if you are not scared by numbers, have some insight in doubling and match equity, but would like to get better at those special situations and better at the match behind the theory.

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