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Position 43c, page 60
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 5-4. |
With the 5-4, he should move a man from white’s 12 point to his own 4 point. You will note that black’s blot, left after the 5-2 and the 5-4, can be hit by a 3, but this is not dangerous because, unless white rolls 3’s and 1’s specifically, he cannot hit black’s blot and cover his blot on his own 5 point. Should white roll the perfect shot (hit and cover), it is still not disaster for black; he has three places to come in on his opponent’s board (which makes him a 3 to 1 favorite), and he has the fine defensive point on his opponent’s bar.
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 5-4 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-b----EBC---dC---cBcab----:0:0:1:54:0:0:0:0
| 5-4: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 18/14, 18/13 |
W L |
.6145 .3855 |
.1050 .0908 |
.0048 .0028 | +0.4105 |
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| 2 | 13/4 |
W L |
.5650 .4350 |
.1496 .1084 |
.0062 .0038 | +0.2679 | (0.1426) |
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| 3 | 13/9, 13/8 |
W L |
.5653 .4347 |
.1501 .1128 |
.0065 .0037 | +0.2572 | (0.1533) |
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