tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886491474303385529.post4368834077479183326..comments2023-04-22T09:22:21.628-07:00Comments on the dorbel daily: The Big Quiz, Part 4dorbelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13383981659478145403noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886491474303385529.post-63432927928426989442011-05-02T00:54:12.749-07:002011-05-02T00:54:12.749-07:00(24/18 13/9) is what i usually go for and bots oft...(24/18 13/9) is what i usually go for and bots often recommend. sometimes i also like to make the 2 point, but am being a bit more wary of making advanced, unconnected points early in the game. <br /><br />recently i've experimented with the very aggressive (13/7, 13/9) especially when the scores are low. probably a huge blunder, but when you dont get hit, usually great opportunities present themselves: making important points, prime building and unstacking can be there for you on your next roll. getting hit hurts, but is not a certain mortal wound this early in the game - if the gamble goes really wrong and i get cubed then i just drop the single point.<br /><br />for this particular quiz i will go with this last (kamikaze) option, just to be different :)<br /><br />--kamikazekamikazenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886491474303385529.post-74197376302611247702011-04-30T12:15:15.193-07:002011-04-30T12:15:15.193-07:00i like 24/14 always, am probably wrong here, but i...i like 24/14 always, am probably wrong here, but i will go with it.RickrInSFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886491474303385529.post-46605950336941816932011-04-29T10:31:45.650-07:002011-04-29T10:31:45.650-07:004-away 5-away is quasi gammon go. If you can turn ...4-away 5-away is quasi gammon go. If you can turn the cube and get a gammon, you've won the match. At gammon-go, making the 2-point should be correct. However, you have to play sharply to extract all the extra gammons that you theoretically win according to the bots.<br /><br />At DMP or when I'm 1-away, I'll run with an opening of 6-4, but I've always made the two point at other scores. Lately, I've been experimenting with splitting to the bar point (24/18 13/9) since this is the historically "correct" play and is very very close according to the bots (and I'm beginning to realize that I don't play sharply enough to get all those extra gammons the bot thinks I should) Here, I make the 2.ah_clemnoreply@blogger.com