Newsletter for 26 October 2004

Baseball season is over, but backgammon rolls on

Tournament News

1st place:  Steve Blake and Osman Guner (split)
3rd place:  Henry Chaboki and Bruce Haight (split)

1st place:  Sam Mehri and Eric Sedehi (split)

Nary a finals or third place match was played last night... everybody split and quit.

Current Master Points Standings

 1. Sho Sengoku      96
 2. Jason Lee        87
 3. Bruce Haight     82
 4. Tom Fahland      71
 5. Adrian Costa     66
 6. Osman Guner      50
 7. Fred Kamgar      38
 8. Eric Sedehi      32
 9. Henry Chaboki    26
10. Bruce Discher    18
10. Cyrus Mobedshahi 18
12. Mark Weiner      11
13. Marcia Karen      9
14. Stan Krimerman    8
14. Ryan Knowles      8
14. Ned Cross         8
17. Steve Blake       6
17. Kismet Hancer     6
17. Greg Kopp         6
20. Sam Mehri         4
20. Vito Volpetti     4
22. Chris Rosin       3
23. George Alessi     2
23. Jon Vietor        2
25. Maira Costa       1

The point leader at the end of the year will be named the BCSD Player of the Year, and the top 16 in the Master Point standings will be invited to the 2004 BCSD Tournament of Champions, to be held in early 2005.

Player of the Month for October 2004

Jason Lee is the BCSD Player of the Month for October 2004. Jason won two tournaments and finished third in another to cruise to an easy top spot for the month!

Here are the top point getters for each month this year:

• Jan 2004:  Bruce Haight  15 points
  Feb 2004:  Jason Lee     17 points
  Mar 2004:  Tom Fahland   15 points
  Apr 2004:  Adrian Costa  12 points
  May 2004:  Sho Sengoku   28 points
  Jun 2004:  Sho Sengoku   24 points
  Jul 2004:  Sho Sengoku   16 points
  Aug 2004:  Tom Fahland   14 points
  Aug 2004:  Bruce Haight  14 points
  Sep 2004:  Henry Chaboki 11 points
  Oct 2004:  Jason Lee     20 points
  

Problem of the Week

Black on roll, tied 0-0 in a 3 point match.
Pip counts: White 145, Black 133
Position ID: jFfwAwiYd4MDQA Match ID: cAlgAAAAAAAA

Last Week's Problem of the Week

Black leads 2-0 in a match to 21. Pip counts: White 119, Black 149
Position ID: btsgAA7YbQMwMA Match ID: UgmgAgAAEAAA

Cube decision
Rollout cubeless equity		+0.550	(Money: +0.587)
Cubeful equities:
1.	Double, take	+0.799
2.	Double, pass	+1.000	+0.201
3.	No double	+0.769	-0.030
Proper cube action:		Redouble, take
Rollout details
Win W g W bg   Lose L g L bg Cubeless Cubeful Player Black owns 4-cube 0.727 0.230 0.006 - 0.273 0.099 0.005 +0.550 +0.769 Standard error 0.000 0.000 0.000 - 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.002 Player White owns 8-cube 0.730 0.234 0.007 - 0.270 0.098 0.005 +0.996 +0.799 Standard error 0.000 0.001 0.000 - 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.003
Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 11) with var.redn.
7776 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 951000192 and quasi-random dice
Play: 0-ply cubeful [expert]
Cube: 2-ply cubeful 33% speed

See you next week! Keep tossing those cubes,
J. Lee