Forum Archive : Strategy--Bearing Off

Rules of thumb From:   Rich Munitz Address:   rmunitz@verizon.net Date:   5 October 2009 Subject:   Common Errors? Forum:   BGonline.org Forums When looking to decide where to leave gaps and stacks, my rule of thumb is to leave the stack on the point that is double the point with the gap. So a gap on the 2 point works well with a stack on the 4-point, etc. because rolling the gap number allows you to unstack into the gap. I see people misplay this constantly. Jason Lee  writes: Here's one that's easily applied in the bearoff. If you roll an ace, and you have a checker on the one point, it is ALWAYS correct to just bear that checker off. I see a lot of people do shuffling plays or cute gap-filling plays or desperation "stack 'em up to hope for a big double" plays.   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Strategy--Bearing Off

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