When I first saw this position I though bar/24, 13/9 was very clear and obvious. However, one needs to look deeper. Electing to have goalkeeper when training by only 14 pips in the middle
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Money Play. How should Red play 33?
eXtreme Gammon ID: XGID=-BbCBBB-B---dA-A-c-e-a----:1:-1:1:33:0:0:3:0:10
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Double twos were Paul Magriel’s favourite roll and he invariably accompanied thrm with a loud shout of “quack, quack”.
Firstly, Red must realise that the priming play of 13/7, 6/4