• Don't double while drunk

    From pepstein5@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 30 13:19:47 2021
    If you shouldn't double while drunk, clearly you shouldn't double when
    at the bar. So does everyone agree that this is ND/T?

    XGID=--a-BBBBA---bD---cce--a-AA:0:0:1:00:2:1:3:0:10
    X:Daniel O:eXtremeGammon

    Score is X:2 O:1. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X O O | | O O X |
    | X O O | | O |
    | X O O | | O |
    | X | | O |
    | | X | O |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | O X | | X X X |
    | O X X | | X X X O |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 153 O: 127 X-O: 2-1
    Cube: 1
    X on roll, cube action

    Paul

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to peps...@gmail.com on Sat Jul 31 21:11:56 2021
    On 7/30/2021 4:19 PM, peps...@gmail.com wrote:
    If you shouldn't double while drunk, clearly you shouldn't double when
    at the bar. So does everyone agree that this is ND/T?

    XGID=--a-BBBBA---bD---cce--a-AA:0:0:1:00:2:1:3:0:10
    X:Daniel O:eXtremeGammon

    Score is X:2 O:1. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X O O | | O O X |
    | X O O | | O |
    | X O O | | O |
    | X | | O |
    | | X | O |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | O X | | X X X |
    | O X X | | X X X O |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 153 O: 127 X-O: 2-1
    Cube: 1
    X on roll, cube action

    With X having only a four-prime and O poised to leap out with a 6
    if X doesn't cover the 8pt, and with O having a huge pip count lead,
    I don't think this can be a pass. The double is less clear to me.
    Simply hitting doesn't necessarily lose X's market. I would not
    double OTB.

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    Tim Chow

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