My wife and I used to play. She is way smarter than me, but doesn't really invest her brain into some strategy games.
We have one of those "up and back" boards (you had to go up and back twice to win), and if I would make the turn before her and get too far ahead, she would sometimes just absentmindedly change the direction she was pegging and follow me. She'd go from 20+ points behind to just a few behind! She always swore it was purely accidental! It made me laugh and love her for it!
