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Here, the initial possibilities are not as broad. The man from B12 to the W11 point is of value, but the man from B12 to W8 is at this moment merely a reinforcement for future building (unless you get a 1-1 or 3-3 throw next, in which case having this extra man on W8 really helps). The man on W11 can be hit in only two ways (6-4 and 4-6) — not much of a risk. And on your next throw this builder can be utilized in thirteen ways, while eleven other throws also make points. Not as strong a move as the others in this group, but still the best one for this throw.

13/11, 13/8

24/22, 13/8

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

Money play Centered cube White rolls 5-2 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller

XGID=-b----E-C---eE---c-e----B-:0:0:1:52:0:0:0:0

	5-2:		Game	G	BG	Equity
1	24/22, 13/8	W L	.5021 .4979	.1399 .1348	.0062 .0048	+0.0177
2	13/11, 13/8	W L	.4976 .5024	.1505 .1453	.0078 .0073	+0.0014	(0.0163)
3	13/8, 6/4	W L	.4876 .5124	.1373 .1441	.0063 .0078	−0.0566	(0.0743)
4	13/6	W L	.4757 .5243	.1405 .1560	.0074 .0071	−0.0943	(0.1120)

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Backgammon for Blood (1974), by Bruce Becker