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If he has men on W1 and W5, as in this position, for example, he can hit a blot you place on W7 in twenty-three ways, and a blot you place on W9, W10, or W1 can be hit in sixteen ways. But if you hit him on W5 (with a 6-2, say) he can re-enter and hit you back in only twenty-one ways; you are obviously better off to hit him under these circumstances. And if he does not hit you in turn, you then have twenty-four ways in which to make this point. It’s a good move; it’s also infinitely better to do this than to move to B7, in case you are thinking about splitting your back men in that fashion.

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

Money play Centered cube White rolls 6-2 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller

XGID=-a---aE-C---dE-a-c-e----B-:0:0:1:62:0:0:0:0

	6-2:		Game	G	BG	Equity
1	13/5*	W L	.4776 .5224	.1391 .1533	.0072 .0083	−0.0895

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Backgammon for Blood (1974), by Bruce Becker