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“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 2a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
Rollout of Game 1, Position 2a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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| Black to play 5-1. |
Black moves the 5 from white’s 12 point to his own 8 point and drops the 1 from his 6 point to his 5 point. Both players are correctly trying to make their respective 5 points.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 5-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-b----EBB---dD--ac-da---B-:0:0:1:51:0:0:0:0
| 5-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 13/8, 6/5 |
W L |
.5033 .4967 |
.1574 .1560 |
.0091 .0080 | +0.0126 |
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| 2 | 24/23, 13/8 |
W L |
.4989 .5011 |
.1440 .1525 |
.0080 .0063 | −0.0176 | (0.0302) | |
| 3 | 24/18 |
W L |
.4876 .5124 |
.1282 .1642 |
.0066 .0059 | −0.0729 | (0.0855) | |
| 4 | 13/7 |
W L |
.4836 .5164 |
.1453 .1630 |
.0082 .0081 | −0.0763 | (0.0889) |