QUIZ 25 - ANSWER
(The Simon Barget Quiz 4)

What is your play and why?

Pip count: 107-57 (50 down)
Question: Money game, black is on roll holding a 2 cube. Cube action?


Answer:
On 3-ply, Snowie makes this a very marginal take, but on a rollout a small pass. I am always interested in positions that Snowie gets wrong, albeit here not so drastically.

Black has all 2,s and 5,s to hit, which is 20 shots, plus 4-1 and 6-4, which is 24 shots in total. There is a possibility of hitting the second man - Snowie reckons black wins 20.6% gammons.

I was playing black against Malcolm Robertson. The previous go, his blot on his own 4 point had been on his 12 point anchored with the other blot, and he rolled his worst number 5-3, exposing both blots. Instinctively, I cubed, I remember thinking that it was a pass; I knew Malcolm would take. I missed, he rolled 3-3, playing 12/3, 4/1. I rolled 4-4, and he recubed which I had to pass. My hard luck story!

Double/pass: 7 points
Double/take: 3 point
All others:1 point

 


 
 

Many thanx to Simon Barget for this Quiz.