by Steve Sax
24 January 2001

Michael Strato: In Position 2, you doubled and again Snowie agrees. At this score, I would have waited to escape my back checker, to make a hit on White or have a more significant lead in the race. What do you foresee will happen here and how do you calculate your odds to know it's time to double?
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| Pip: 148 | ||
| Game 5 5 point match Green-White: Score 3-3 | ||
| Pip: 139 | ||
| 6. | Green | Double |
| White | Take | |
| Cube action equity | |||
| 3-Ply | Money equity: | 0.236 | |
| 0.6% 14.6% 58.8% 41.2% 9.0% 0.3% | |||
| 1. | Double, take | 58.84% | |
| 2. | No double | 58.56% | (-0.29%) |
| 3. | Double, pass | 68.50% | (+9.66%) |
| Proper cube action: Double, take | |||
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