Newsgroups: rec.games.backgammon
From: kwool...@netcom.com (Kit Woolsey)
Date: 1997/03/26
Subject: Re: when is greedy bearoff wrong?
: I know that if there's still contact, I need to be careful about how
: I bear off to reduce the chance of leaving blots, etc. But once : contact is broken, is it ever wrong to bear off the most men possible : on every roll? E.g., are there cases where I could bear off 4 men on : a doublet or 2 men on a non-doublet, but shouldn't? Failing that, are : there times when I do better to bear off fewer men than I could, e.g. : bearing off 2 instead of 3 on a doublet or zero instead of 1, etc.? Yes, there are rare situations where toggle greedy will not lead you to There are others. The three point provides a similar sort of situation. Even with a four there are possibilities. For example, consider: I'm sure there are plenty of other examples. Perhaps someone with a In practice, I always toggle greedy when there is no contact anyway. The Kit You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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