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Position 64, page 113
From Backgammon for Blood, by Bruce Becker
From Backgammon for Blood, by Bruce Becker
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Should White double to 2? |
It seems you have an excellent chance for a gammon: you need only four and a half throws to get in to your inner board, and your opponent — once he gets his man on the bar back on the board — needs at least twelve throws to get in. However, he is in a very good position to go into a back game, especially if you should be put in a position where you cannot avoid hitting him again, and so I say throw the cube and get it over with if you think he will refuse it. Beware of that greed which may lead you to take dangerous chances by going for the gammon.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube White on roll 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=aCCBBbBa---Ac---abAcAb----:0:0:1:00:0:0:0:0
| Cube Action | Game | G | BG | Equity | |||||
| No double |
W L |
.8620 .1380 |
.8086 .0165 |
.0244 .0007 | +1.5265 |
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| Double | Take |
W L |
.8615 .1385 |
.8078 .0180 |
.0233 .0006 | +2.9344 | +1.0000 | (0.5265) |
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| Drop | +1.0000 | ||||||||
White is too good to double
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