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Position 27, page 34
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 5-1. |
Bring one man from white’s 12 point to black’s 8 point and drop another man from black’s 6 point to black’s 5 point. All opening 5’s are clumsy; any other roll has greater promise.
An alternative play would be to bring a man from white’s 12 point to black’s bar point, but this is not as valuable a point to attempt to secure at this early stage of the game. Although unsafe, it is best to gamble in order to secure the important 5 point.
Again, black should not split the two men on white’s 1 point; the risks are serious and the rewards slight.
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 5-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-b----E-C---eE---c-e----B-:0:0:1:51:0:0:0:0
| 5-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 24/23, 13/8 |
W L |
.5016 .4984 |
.1376 .1339 |
.0061 .0051 | +0.0127 |
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| 2 | 13/8, 6/5 |
W L |
.4976 .5024 |
.1377 .1417 |
.0063 .0075 | −0.0153 | (0.0280) |
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| 3 | 24/18 |
W L |
.4934 .5066 |
.1219 .1422 |
.0053 .0054 | −0.0443 | (0.0570) | |
| 4 | 13/7 |
W L |
.4770 .5230 |
.1368 .1478 |
.0068 .0077 | −0.1004 | (0.1131) | Alt |
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