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Position 12, page 19
From Backgammon, the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
From Backgammon, the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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| Black to play 4-4. |
Bring two men from white’s 1 point up to white’s 5 point and two men from black’s 8 point down to black’s 4 point.
It is true that the blot on black’s 8 point now becomes vulnerable to any roll of white’s totaling 7, but it also negates his ordinarily good roll of 6-1, since he will probably use it to hit black rather than making his own bar point. Our recommended play 
employs the best offensive and defensive tactics. Instead of the 4 point, most experts recommend making black’s 9 point, but we prefer the former play.
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 4-4 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-b----E-C---eE---c-e----B-:0:0:1:44:0:0:0:0
| 4-4: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 24/20(2), 13/9(2) |
W L |
.6159 .3841 |
.1679 .0644 |
.0064 .0023 | +0.5035 |
| Alt |
| 2 | 13/5(2) |
W L |
.5818 .4182 |
.2028 .1111 |
.0131 .0046 | +0.3956 | (0.1079) | |
| 3 | 24/20(2), 8/4(2) |
W L |
.5832 .4168 |
.1759 .0747 |
.0061 .0028 | +0.3866 | (0.1169) |
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| 4 | 24/20(2), 6/2(2) |
W L |
.5818 .4182 |
.1611 .0731 |
.0062 .0029 | +0.3853 | (0.1182) |
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