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Position 50, page 80
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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| White to play 6-1. |
The 6-1 should be played by bearing off the 6 and moving the 1 from the 4 point to the 3 point. If he makes the recommended move, white’s bad subsequent rolls are double 6’s, double 5’s, and double 4’s.
But if he simply takes the man off the 6 point and leaves six men on his 4 point, he will be vulnerable to a 6-3, 5-3, 4-3, or 2-3, so he will have eight potential bad rolls instead of three. Furthermore, should the horror roll occur — that is, double 6’s, double 5’s, or double 4’s — white will still have nine men off, and if his blot is missed, his double-game potential is strong.
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Black owns 2-cube White rolls 6-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-aBBF-A----------abcbbbb--:1:-1:1:61:0:0:0:0
| 6-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 6/off, 4/3 |
W L |
.9757 .0243 |
.0849 .0000 |
.0023 .0000 | +1.0298 |
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| 2 | 6/off |
W L |
.9348 .0652 |
.0938 .0000 |
.0028 .0000 | +0.9357 | (0.0941) | Not |
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