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Here, I had no idea whether to drop or pass so I Axelised.
I was also determined to use tournament conditions
(insofar as this is possible playing online) so I tried to
remember the Axelionomic principles rather than googling them.

[BTW, don't you think "insofar" is a fantastic word? Huge praise
for whoever thought of stringing three words together like that.
Normally, it's Germans that do that.]

I assume that 11A 11A plays like money, particularly for an initial
cube. Note that the common pre-Axelisations lead to bad takes.
8/9/12 leads to [112% * 71 > 79 ] -> take.
10% + 2 also leads to a bad take [71 * 1.1 + 2 > 79].

These were my Axelisation steps. Please do speak out if I got any wrong.
I have 2 more crossovers than my opponent and a gap on 4,5,6 that my
opponent doesn't. So add 2 + 1 to my pip count to get 82.
Then add 1/6 of 71 to 71 for 82 5/6. Then I dropped (correctly) because
82 5/6 - 82 < 2. It's quite a big drop actually and also quite a clear Axelisation verdict.

Paul



XGID=--BC-CCC----A---aa-cbdbb--:0:0:-1:00:0:0:0:11:10

X:XG Roller+ O:Daniel
Score is X:0 O:0 11 pt.(s) match.
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| O O | | O O O O |
| O | | O O O O |
| O | | O O O |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| | | X |
| | | X X |
| | | X X X X X |
| X X | | X X X X X |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 71 O: 79 X-O: 0-0/11
Cube: 1
X on roll, cube action

Analyzed in XG Roller+
Player Winning Chances: 80.58% (G:0.00% B:0.00%)
Opponent Winning Chances: 19.42% (G:0.00% B:0.00%)

Cubeless Equities: No Double=+0.612, Double=+1.236

Cubeful Equities:
No double: +0.900 (-0.100)
Double/Take: +1.112 (+0.112)
Double/Pass: +1.000

Best Cube action: Double / Pass

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Kazaross XG2
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On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 8:31:51rC>PM UTC, peps...@gmail.com wrote:

Here, I had no idea whether to drop or pass so I Axelised.

"pass" -> "take" of course.
Paul
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From Newsgroup: rec.games.backgammon

On Friday, January 5, 2024 at 8:31:51rC>PM UTC, peps...@gmail.com wrote:

Here, I had no idea whether to drop or pass so I Axelised.
I was also determined to use tournament conditions
(insofar as this is possible playing online) ....

"online" -> "on a computer"
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