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“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 16a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
Rollout of Game 1, Position 16a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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| Black to play 6-5. |
Black makes his own 1 point with men from his 6 and 7 points. He could run with one of his back men, but this is risky — particularly because there is no assurance that he will be able to get by next time, and may have to leave an 8 again.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play White owns 2-cube Black rolls 6-5 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=--BBC-CABc-------Bab-bbcb-:1:-1:1:65:0:0:0:0
| 6-5: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 7/1, 6/1 |
W L |
.5213 .4787 |
.0215 .0092 |
.0003 .0002 | −0.1040 |
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| 2 | 8/3, 8/2 |
W L |
.5064 .4936 |
.0252 .0195 |
.0003 .0005 | −0.1416 | (0.0376) | |
| 3 | 8/3, 7/1 |
W L |
.5059 .4941 |
.0327 .0375 |
.0005 .0018 | −0.1454 | (0.0414) | |
| 4 | 8/2, 6/1 |
W L |
.4994 .5006 |
.0244 .0219 |
.0003 .0012 | −0.1603 | (0.0563) | |
| 5 | 17/6 |
W L |
.4801 .5199 |
.0252 .0148 |
.0004 .0002 | −0.2056 | (0.1016) |