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Cube action for Match Play 19 Dec 2011 | 03:32 am
The score is 7away/7away, blue holds a 2-cube and is on roll. What is the proper cube action? SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER AND THE TIP OF THE WEEK. . . . . It is a redouble and a take. Most peop...
Match Cube Action 12 Dec 2011 | 03:34 pm
Red leads 3away/5away and is on roll, cube action? SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER AND THE TIP OF THE WEEK . . . . Answer: No double/Take. At this score, activating gammons is more than a double-ed...
6-6 Great roll, but how do you play it? 2 Dec 2011 | 08:36 am
Red to play 6-6 SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER AND TIP OF THE DAY . . . . Answer: Don’t leave a shot. If you don’t, next roll you double and he drops. Why leave a shot that get’s hit once in a wh...
Las Vegas Cube Action 23 Nov 2011 | 09:15 am
Red (O’Hagan) holds a 2 cube and is on roll (vs. Sax). Cube action? SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER AND WHAT HAPPENED . . . . Answer. The correct cube action is redouble/take. John redoubled and S...
3-2 Money Game–Rockwell Analysis 14 Nov 2011 | 06:51 pm
Red to play 3-2 SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER AND BACKGAMMON TIP . . . . David Rockwell: Hitting leaves many shots. However, Blue is forming an effective partial prime in the outfield. It is be...
5-1 Money Play (Note, these plays will now be posted once a week) 5 Nov 2011 | 04:20 pm
Red to play 5-1 SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER AND TIP OF THE DAY . . . Answer: In our chouette tonight, Red made two big mistakes here: first, he didn’t recube, and it was a drop; and second, he m...
6-6 Money Game Play 4 Nov 2011 | 02:24 pm
Blue to play 6-6 SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER AND TIP OF THE DAY . . . . Making the 2 point or ace point look pretty good, but when you leave a checker on the 4 point and Red rolls a 4, he can hav...
4-2 Match Play 3 Nov 2011 | 01:15 pm
3away/3away Red to play 4-2 SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER AND TIP OF THE DAY . . . . While it’s tempting to clear the 8 point and make the trap play, it’s simply too soon. Blue needs to have a blo...
4-3 Match Play 2 Nov 2011 | 02:50 pm
Red leads 2away/4away and has to play 4-3 SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER AND TIP OF THE DAY . . . . Answer: You should come in and hit. Yes, this is a score where you are essentially playing as “g...
Money game cube action 1 Nov 2011 | 02:21 pm
Red on roll, cube action? SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWER AND TIP OF THE DAY . . . . Answer: Big double, big take. It’s very scary to take cubes like this, and many people will drop it, but if Blue...
