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Double – 4 points
take - 3 points

after 6-1
double – 1 point
pass – 3 points.

This was from the Mogami Cup final. The four builders make this a big double the first time around, and a bare take. The cash is clear the next time.

No double – 6 points pass – 2 points.

Michael Meyberg knew not to double, but unfortunately, like me, he didn’t know why! I would never have guessed this one was too good, but it was.

Double – 3 points
pass – 3 points.

Snowie rollouts make this one too good also, at 1.004, but the chance of someone taking (would you be sure it was a pass at the score?) must be at least as great as that .004 you are giving up!

21/16(2), 23/13
7 points.

I missed a chance for a great play when I talked myself into doing something else. The double shot is not so serious – compare home boards – and no other choice does as much to escape everyone.

Bar/22(3), 21/18*
5 points.

The first three are easy ;-), after that, it looks tough to abandon the anchor, but it turns out to be the only play. It wins more, and loses fewer gammons (and even wins a few). Of course, Michael did wind up with eleven men on the 22-point…

Double – 4 points
pass – 6 points.

Yep, sixes don’t play well, and Black has five men back. For money this would be a silly cube, but at the score it is actually a cash.