Injustice

Zoe and I attended the monthly Sunday Sydney Backgammon Tournament yesterday. As some of you will know my record against Zoe in tournaments is not great. Fortunately as the Sydney tournament is a friendly affair Zoe and I are always placed in opposite sides of the draw. Unfortunatey this leaves open the possibility of meeting in the final. Which is what happened.

Now I am not one to whinge about outrageous bad luck and terrible cube decisions. So I will let the facts speak for themselves. Match to 5 points. Zoe is winning 2-1. I have cubed her and she has taken. We have got into a race. Zoe rolls double 6s I roll 21 to leave Zoe with one checker on her three point and one checker on her 4 point. I have one checker on my 4 point. Zoe on roll.

And she cubes!

With 19 missing numbers!

I have a take point of 18%.

Zoe has an initial doubling point of 69%. (risking 40% to gain 18%)

She is winning this game just over 50% of the time.

The decision to cube loses over 10% match winning chances.

So I snatch the cube.

And of course Zoe rolls 54.

And I lose.

Again.