Best refers to the play with the highest equity. If multiple plays have nearly equal equity values they will all be marked best (eg they are all as good as each other). I would be interested to see a case where the best move was not the first.
It appears the phony was the best play since you allowed it :) We could add a note for phonies easily enough - time is a big issue. Matt --- In [email protected], "David B. Lewis" <david_b_le...@...> wrote: > > Super-useful tool; thx again. > > It appears that the "Reports" feature doesn't check whether words played are > actually valid. > > I had an existing game in GCG format which I Opened with Quackle. I ran a > report with Championship Player. It confirmed my openent's opening play as > the best. > > When I went back through the game interactively using Quackle to "Generate > Choices" for that move, the play didn't turn up. I looked up the word and > found that it was a phony. > > I assume that it is a time-saving feature not to check the dictionary for > validity; but beware! > > -DBL > > PS: also, can someone let me know what "best" really means in the left column > of a report? Usually, it is the first move listed. Sometimes, though, it is > not. Sometimes "best" doesn't appear. Sometimes it appears twice for two > moves with different scores. Thx in advance for your explanation. >
