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Etiquette
How long is it reasonable to wait for someone to move before leaving
the game? I'd appreciate your opinion, as I don't wish to be rude to
opponents, but I'm sometimes been stuck waiting 10 - 15 minutes for
someone to move.
Marsha
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Tom Keith writes:
Some players are able to calculate the proper waiting time over
the table, but I find it easier to memorize the following chart:
Opponent's Score
Your
Score: 1-away 2-away 3-away 4-away 5-away
1-away 5 min 7 min 10 min 15 min 25 min
2-away 3 min 5 min 7 min 10 min 15 min
3-away 2 min 3 min 5 min 7 min 10 min
4-away 1 min 2 min 3 min 5 min 7 min
5-away 30 sec 1 min 2 min 3 min 5 min
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Dave Hart writes:
I think it is most succinctly put in Kit Woolsey's new book "Can a Snail
Taste Half as Good? (New Ideas In Waiting)" where he discusses waiting
equity and how one should wait against a weaker opponent. Albeit, Mr.
Keith has uncovered the true equity table statistics, after numerous
rollouts of his couch, however, Mr. Woolsey has given better insight
into how to play a real-time holding game in his latest enterprise.
Numerous nuggets of wisdom abound in this tome of knowledge. Here is
just a sample of some of the chapters that are bound to become the
"bible" of FIBS waiting analysis:
* Chapter 16: Safe Waiting vs. Bold Waiting
* Chapter 12: Sitting and Flexibility
* Chapter 14: When You Are Forced To Leave
* Chapter 21: Splitting? When to Type BYE
... and the most appropriate and insightful work
* Chapter 23: No Possible Contact
Although not available until next fall, I am sure the treatise will be
one for both advanced and novice FIBS players. ;)
Dave Hart
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Etiquette
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- Am I too slow? (Stephen Turner, Jan 2002)
- Am I too slow? (Daniel Murphy, June 1997)
- Commenting on dice (Ron Barry+, Mar 2001)
- Dealing with droppers (Bill Hill, Dec 1998)
- Dealing with droppers (Patti Beadles, Mar 1996)
- Dice cup (Walt Swan, June 2000)
- Direction of play (Ric Gerace+, Aug 2001)
- Doubling opponent out (bustedchucks+, June 2005)
- Doubling to end a game early (Douglas Zare, Aug 2001)
- Etiquette for online play (Dean Ayer+, June 1997)
- Going for backgammon in a one-point match (Douglas Zare, Nov 2000)
- How long to wait? (Marsha Wisniski+, Dec 1997)
- Listening to music while playing (Max Urban+, Oct 2009)
- Moving hit checker first (Timothy Chow+, Oct 2009)
- Premature shaking (Paul Epstein+, July 2005)
- Rolling the dice (Julius Selbach+, July 2005)
- Rude conduct (Igor Schein+, Mar 2003)
- Under resigning (Bob Newell+, Aug 2004)
- Under resigning (Ilya Vinogradsky+, May 1994)
- When to quit (Albert Steg, Nov 1998)
- Why I never complain about the dice (Phil Simborg, Mar 2004)
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