By Douglas Zare: 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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Wrong Match Equity Table
by Douglas Zare
1 November 2008 Back to THE ZARE FORMULA

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   Member has a photo available
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

3.
Subject:  Re: Wrong Match Equity Table
From: 
mradica
Date:  23 Nov 2008 17:19 EST

Why you didn't use g11 MET produce by Zorba, instead of Ian Dunstan's, which is also obtain with GNUbg rollouts help, but is default one in mentioned bot and accepted among the non Snowie users as a best one? I guess Ian's MET is newer and done with stronger setting for rollouts but g11 is made for 11 point matches not only for 5 pointers as Dunstan's one.

 

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