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Position 55, page 87
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 6-1. |
After 6/off, black has a 1 to play before white rolls. Here again the 1 is enormously important. Assuming again that white will not roll a double, if black moves his 1 from the 6 point to the 5 point, he becomes a 19 to 17 favorite to bear both men off on his next roll (there are 19 combinations which will bear off a 5-2). But if he moves the 1 from the 2 point to the 1 point, he will be a 21 to 15 underdog to bear both men off (there are only 15 combinations which will bear off a 6-1).
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 6-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=--A---B-----------------c-:0:0:1:61:0:0:0:0
| 6-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 6/5, 6/off |
W L |
.4398 .5602 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | −0.1481 |
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| 2 | 6/off, 2/1 |
W L |
.3472 .6528 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | −0.6111 | (0.4630) | Not |
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