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Position 68, page 123
From Backgammon for Blood, by Bruce Becker
From Backgammon for Blood, by Bruce Becker
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Do you take off the man from the 3 point, or do you move the man from the 6 point to the 3 point, so that you have two men on it? The two men together can get off in only seventeen ways, whereas the man alone on the 6 can make it in twenty-seven ways! Clearly, doubling up your men is not the way to do it. Finally, compare these with the chances for the 1-5 or 2-4 positions, both of which are good in twenty-three ways.
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube White rolls 2-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=---A--A----------------bb-:0:0:1:21:0:0:0:0
| 2-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 3/off |
W L |
.6458 .3542 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | +0.7222 |
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| 2 | 6/4, 3/2 |
W L |
.5502 .4498 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | +0.3395 | (0.3827) | Not |
| 3 | 6/5, 3/1 |
W L |
.5502 .4498 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | +0.3395 | (0.3827) | Not |
| 4 | 6/3 |
W L |
.4066 .5934 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | −0.3735 | (1.0957) | Not |
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