Favourite Numbers Selection

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Ashton Hancock
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Favourite Numbers Selection

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Hi guys

What is your favourite numbers selection.

Mine is 1 Large

But if I am loosing or need some points I will go 6 Small or 4 Large (prefer 6 Small)
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Fred Mumford
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Re: Favourite Numbers Selection

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If I'm loosing, 3 large. If I'm tighting, 1 large.

2 large can be pretty evil, despite what any computer analysis will tell you. There's often no obvious start point. It might be the easiest selection given 30 minutes, but in 30 seconds it has to be 1 large.
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I don’t mind 2 Large actually
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Ashton Hancock
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Re: Favourite Numbers Selection

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Elliott what is yours
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Re: Favourite Numbers Selection

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I am quite often thrown off by 2L, and used to miss easy 4L sums. 1L is my standard- take any other selection bar 2L as my risk strategy. Having said that, I have been prone to missing easy 1L's if ther have been more than 1 of the same number (similarly with letters!)
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I selected 4 Large when playing the other day and got it by doing an amazing calculation ending up at 81300
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Ashton Hancock
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Re: Favourite Numbers Selection

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Why do a lot of octochamps give Rachel a free choice on their last day (or pick)
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Owen Carroll
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I'm quite fond of 3 large!!!
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Fred Mumford wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 5:39 pm If I'm loosing, 3 large. If I'm tighting, 1 large.
This is good.
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Sometimes I find 2 large tricky because I don’t know which way to go. Example if I was given 50 100 5 6 7 8 468 I wouldn’t know whether to times the 50 or the 100. Although I solved it this way
8 + 6 = 14
50 - 14 = 36
100 / 5 = 20
20 - 7 = 13
36 * 13 = 468
I am hosting a Co-Event on 31st August if you are free please come down to “The Centre” in Rotherham.My best friend is Dinos Sfyris who will be my co-host for this event
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Re: Favourite Numbers Selection

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Also their is more impossible 6 Small selections than any other because if you get no 10,9,8 or 7 and a target of 980 the best you can get by using 1 2 3 4 5 6 is 960

3 + 1 = 4
6 * 5 * 4 * 4 * 2 = 960
(off by 20)
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Re: Favourite Numbers Selection

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Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 11:30 pm
Fred Mumford wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 5:39 pm If I'm loosing, 3 large. If I'm tighting, 1 large.
This is good.
What do you like best then gavin
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Got beet on app by someone today selected 6 Small and it was flipping dam hard
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Ashton Hancock wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 8:48 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 11:30 pm
Fred Mumford wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 5:39 pm If I'm loosing, 3 large. If I'm tighting, 1 large.
This is good.
What do you like best then gavin
Depends on the circumstances. I'd rarely pick 3 or 4 large.
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Re: Favourite Numbers Selection

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Gavin Chipper wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 2:48 pm
Ashton Hancock wrote: Thu May 30, 2019 8:48 am
Gavin Chipper wrote: Wed May 29, 2019 11:30 pm

This is good.
What do you like best then gavin
Depends on the circumstances. I'd rarely pick 3 or 4 large.
So do I to be fair my risk strategy is normally 6 small
I am hosting a Co-Event on 31st August if you are free please come down to “The Centre” in Rotherham.My best friend is Dinos Sfyris who will be my co-host for this event
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Please reply
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What is yours James
I am hosting a Co-Event on 31st August if you are free please come down to “The Centre” in Rotherham.My best friend is Dinos Sfyris who will be my co-host for this event
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I am hosting a Co-Event on 31st August if you are free please come down to “The Centre” in Rotherham.My best friend is Dinos Sfyris who will be my co-host for this event
Ashton Hancock
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Re: Favourite Numbers Selection

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Keep them coming
I am hosting a Co-Event on 31st August if you are free please come down to “The Centre” in Rotherham.My best friend is Dinos Sfyris who will be my co-host for this event
Ash Smith
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Re: Favourite Numbers Selection

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Just learnt the 937.5 trick
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