🚀 go-pugleaf

STOWE@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU ("H. Stowe") writes:

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> X to play 3-2
> X is an intermediate player in the box against two very good players.

Three plays mkake some sort of sense: 5-3x 5-2, 6-4x 6-3x, and (nobody seems
to mention this yet) 5-3x-0.  I prefered the last play for a few seconds,
but I can't justify the extra shots, both right away and on the next roll.
It's possible it's still the right play, because *when you are not hit* the
extra checker is quite useful.

The double hit deserves merit, because of all the times he fans, whether
with two or one without hitting.  The angle of hitting, getting hit back,
and hitting the third checker, *and *then *winning, is a nice long shot,
which feels o so nice when it happens, but really.  More likely is he fans,
you leave another shot, he hits it, and then he gains enough in the race to
win. Ho-hum.

--Elliott