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From: Michael J Zehr
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 22:39

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In article <1992Oct1.030503.9223@math.utexas.edu> epstein@rene.ma.utexas.edu (Paul Epstein) writes:
>It seems to me that a crucial bit of information is missing from Michael
>Zehr's inquiry about whether he was right to offer the cube in a given
>situation.  Did he own the cube or was it in the middle?

It was in the middle.  Also, I think I misplaced one of O's checkers.
There was a spare on the 2 and 3 points, not the 2 and 6.  So O has a
slightly less chance of being able to hit after X runs with one man.

-MJZ

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