Poll
Question: 
RED to play, down 0-2 in a 7-point match. What are the proper cube decisions?
RED to play, down 0-2 in a 7-point match. What are the proper cube decisions?
Option 1: No double
Option 2: Double, take
Option 3: Double, pass
Option 4: Too good to cube, pass if offered
Title: Cube 116 - From off the bar
Post by: sixty_something on October 26, 2008, 02:18:41 PM
Post by: sixty_something on October 26, 2008, 02:18:41 PM
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GNUbg says the correct actions are
Double, pass. In the match with GNUbg, as WHITE, I took the cube and won the match after redoubling, but it looks as if I got lucky. I was able to get off the bar on my first roll and RED was stuck for five rolls. Had the situation been reversed and RED able to pick up one of my two blots, I could easily have been gammoned.
Cube analysis (RED to play)
0-ply cubeless equity +0.605 (Money: +0.598)
0.695 0.205 0.003 - 0.305 0.000 0.000
Cubeful equities:
1. Double, pass +1.000
2. Double, take +1.085 ( +0.085)
3. No double +0.870 ( -0.130)
Proper cube action: Double, pass
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Position ID: 250BgkC7twEAIA Match ID: MAHgAAAAEAAA
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GNUbg says the correct actions are
Spoiler
Double, pass. In the match with GNUbg, as WHITE, I took the cube and won the match after redoubling, but it looks as if I got lucky. I was able to get off the bar on my first roll and RED was stuck for five rolls. Had the situation been reversed and RED able to pick up one of my two blots, I could easily have been gammoned.
Cube analysis (RED to play)
0-ply cubeless equity +0.605 (Money: +0.598)
0.695 0.205 0.003 - 0.305 0.000 0.000
Cubeful equities:
1. Double, pass +1.000
2. Double, take +1.085 ( +0.085)
3. No double +0.870 ( -0.130)
Proper cube action: Double, pass
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you may enter the ID's below into GNUbg or Snowie to evaluate your answer:
Position ID: 250BgkC7twEAIA Match ID: MAHgAAAAEAAA
The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you cannot understand them.
--Anatole France, novelist, essayist, Nobel laureate (1844-1924)