Celebrating 10 years in backgammon games

Wrong Match Equity Table

by Douglas Zare
1 November 2008


Douglas Zare

One of the key advances in backgammon theory was the introduction of match equity tables by theorists such as Zadeh and Kleinmann. Experts use match equity tables to determine the true risks versus rewards in match play instead of the nominal points won or lost. Using any reasonable match equity table is better than not using anything, but now there are multiple tables in use. Woolsey has a commonly used MET, but Snowie uses its own MET, and GNU uses a different table by default. What happens when the tables conflict?
 

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Subject: Re: Wrong Match Equity Table
From: PhilSimborg   
Date: 21 Nov 2008 02:07 EST

Thanks, Doug, I too can now sleep better at night. Years ago I myself did a study using different colored dice and I too found there to be no significant difference in rolls, but I chose to keep those results to myself, thus gaining an edge on the rest of the backgammon world. I guess I am just not as good a person as you.

Phil

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