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Position 80, page 150
From Backgammon for Blood, by Bruce Becker
From Backgammon for Blood, by Bruce Becker
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Should White double to 2? |
Black still needs four throws to get his man on the bar into his inner board. But the men on W8 and W9 probably need one and a half throws each, the men on W12 and B11 need on throw each, and the man on B8 needs half a throw. This means a probable total of nine and a half throws before Black can begin bearing off. Therefore, because there is a good chance of a gammon, and because his back game position is virtually non-existent, I would not double.
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=aBBBCBB-aa--a-a--a--b-cbb-:0:0:1:00:0:0:0:0
| Cube Action | Game | G | BG | Equity | |||||
| No double |
W L |
.9908 .0093 |
.8134 .0000 |
.0010 .0000 | +1.8030 |
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| Double | Take |
W L |
.9909 .0091 |
.8132 .0000 |
.0011 .0000 | +3.5826 | +1.0000 | (0.8030) | |
| Drop | +1.0000 | ||||||||
White is too good to double
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