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Many new players would move the 5 from the 6 point, hitting black on the 1 point and move a 2 from the 4 point to the 2 point. They forget that the roll can be played in two ways; either number may be played first. Thus, the correct tactic is to move the 2 from the 6 point to the 4 point and then to take off the 5. Playing a 2-5 when bearing off in this position saves white from leaving an unnecessary and dangerous blot.

Not: 6/1*, 4/2

6/off

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

Money play Black owns 2-cube White rolls 5-2 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller

XGID=-aBBF-A-----------bbbbbbb-:1:-1:1:52:0:0:0:0

	5-2:		Game	G	BG	Equity
1	6/off	W L	.9475 .0525	.0596 .0000	.0015 .0000	+0.9329
2	6/1*, 4/2	W L	.7007 .2993	.0286 .0000	.0003 .0000	+0.3398	(0.5931)	Not

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Backgammon, the Cruelest Game (1974), by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw