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07-28-2017 , 01:15 PM

deh

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 202

White - Pips 160

Black - Pips 162
Black to Play 3-3
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The right play is 0.70 away from the second best. Any thought?

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07-28-2017 , 08:32 PM

Eric

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 13,864

My first thought was to make the bar point. Then I saw the 5 point, and couldn't decide which would be better. Then I saw that we could make the 5 and 3 points, leaving some outfield blots. That's the one I like. White has six shots, but a miss leaves white in a bad spot since we can make our bar point pretty easily. I think the aggressive move early in the game is the way to go.

Then I saw what XG thought. Interesting. A balanced, noncommittal play, I guess. It is probably more flexible than what I was seeing. And second best was 0.61 and third best was 0.7 behind the best. My choice was second best.

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07-29-2017 , 06:06 AM

RolldUpTrips

old hand

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,334

I'll make 21 and 3. 21 stops any possible white offense in its tracks and allows us to focus on offense. For offense I'll make 3 since it unstacks and we have a bunch of builders already for 5 and 7.

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07-30-2017 , 06:17 PM

thecantonkid

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 515

To me it looks a no-brainer: Advanced anchor in opponent´s board and unstack the 6 point
with many builders to make the 4, 5 or bar points. We could well be turning the cube after white´s next 2 moves.

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07-31-2017 , 08:51 AM

Robertie

old hand

Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,954

Making the 21-point and the 3-point looks clear to me as well.

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07-31-2017 , 07:48 PM

deh

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 202

Well, minimizing the number of shots and making 5pt looked reasonable at that time.

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07-31-2017 , 09:25 PM

Robertie

old hand

Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,954

Quick tip -- how much you want to minimize shots depends strongly on the strength of your opponent's inner board. Here White has no board, so your need to minimize shots is minimal.

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08-03-2017 , 11:12 AM

jjpregler

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,974

Additionally, moving up to the 21pt will allow you to be more aggressive in future rolls as the advanced anchor gives you a little insurance in case anything goes bad.

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