• Re: A reference position for an opening double based on early 66

    From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jan 24 08:58:37 2024
    On 1/22/2024 11:46 AM, [email protected] wrote:
    9A 9A probably plays very similarly to money.
    There's an adage that, to have a double based on an early 66,
    you need to have improved your position but only slightly.

    Well, that's assuming you play the 66 the way the computer does.
    The computer would never play 66 the way you played it here.

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    Tim Chow

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jan 24 22:03:17 2024
    On 1/24/2024 9:24 AM, [email protected] wrote:
    On Wednesday, January 24, 2024 at 1:58:40 PM UTC, Timothy Chow wrote:
    On 1/22/2024 11:46 AM, [email protected] wrote:
    9A 9A probably plays very similarly to money.
    There's an adage that, to have a double based on an early 66,
    you need to have improved your position but only slightly.
    Well, that's assuming you play the 66 the way the computer does.
    The computer would never play 66 the way you played it here.

    How bad was my play?

    XGID=-aa---E-C---dEa--c-e----B-:0:0:1:66:2:2:0:11:10

    Score is X:2 O:2 11 pt.(s) match.
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X O O | | O X |
    | X O | | O X |
    | X O | | O |
    | X | | O |
    | X | | O |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | X |
    | O | | X |
    | O X | | X |
    | O X | | X |
    | O X | | X O O |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 167 O: 164 X-O: 2-2/11
    Cube: 1
    X to play 66

    1. XG Roller++ 24/18(2) 13/7(2) eq:+0.538
    Player: 63.22% (G:15.66% B:0.53%)
    Opponent: 36.78% (G:7.08% B:0.24%)

    2. XG Roller++ 24/18(2) 8/2*(2) eq:+0.278 (-0.261)
    Player: 56.12% (G:16.65% B:0.62%)
    Opponent: 43.88% (G:9.98% B:0.37%)

    eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release, MET: Kazaross XG2

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    Tim Chow

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