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Black moves one of the men on his 8 point all the way in to the 1 point. He too is leaving a man out, just as white did earlier, in case he has an awkward 6 to play.

8/1

8/3, 4/2

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

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

XGID=-BBBC-B-Bb-------Bbb-bbcb-:1:-1:1:52:0:0:0:0

	5-2:		Game	G	BG	Equity
1	8/3, 4/2	W L	.4488 .5512	.0121 .0116	.0002 .0002	−0.2693
2	8/6, 8/3	W L	.4496 .5504	.0127 .0145	.0002 .0002	−0.2731	(0.0038)
3	8/1	W L	.4486 .5514	.0110 .0105	.0002 .0002	−0.2738	(0.0045)
4	8/3, 6/4	W L	.4247 .5753	.0114 .0259	.0002 .0010	−0.3363	(0.0670)
5	6/1, 4/2	W L	.4196 .5804	.0128 .0281	.0002 .0007	−0.3522	(0.0829)

“Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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