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Position 46b, page 75
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. |
If black had a closed board with white on the bar, there would be no question about his moving 1 from the 5 point to the 4 point, since there would be no number that could hurt him in this position.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play White owns 2-cube Black rolls 5-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=aBBCBDBa---------bbcbbb---:1:-1:1:51:0:0:0:0
| 5-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 5/4, 5/off |
W L |
.9779 .0221 |
.4447 .0000 |
.0006 .0000 | +1.3922 |
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| 2 | 5/off, 3/2 |
W L |
.9435 .0565 |
.4287 .0000 |
.0005 .0000 | +1.2949 | (0.0973) |
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