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Position 21, page 28
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 6-2. |
Bring one man from white’s 12 point all the way to black’s 5 point.
To bring one man from white’s 1 point out to white’s 9 point is not as good a play. Both plays can be hit by a 4, though double 1’s cannot hit the 6-2 brought out to white’s 9 point. Although double 1’s can hit the exposed man on black’s 5 point, a good player would never make this play, so the odds in both instances are even.
At this early stage in the game, it is well worth gambling to secure black’s 5 point. Black is exposed only to a roll of 4 or a combination totaling 4. Any other alternatives are even less satisfactory.
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 6-2 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-b----E-C---eE---c-e----B-:0:0:1:62:0:0:0:0
| 6-2: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 24/18, 13/11 |
W L |
.5033 .4967 |
.1370 .1400 |
.0064 .0056 | +0.0050 |
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| 2 | 24/16 |
W L |
.5014 .4986 |
.1235 .1420 |
.0057 .0051 | −0.0114 | (0.0164) | Not |
| 3 | 13/5 |
W L |
.4936 .5064 |
.1447 .1430 |
.0074 .0074 | −0.0139 | (0.0189) |
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