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“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 8a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
Rollout of Game 1, Position 8a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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| Black to play 5-2. |
Black moves both men in from his 8 point, covering his 3 point and improving his board. Since white is clinging tenaciously to his 5 point, black’s 8 point has little value at this stage.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 5-2 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=---ABbCBB---bCa---bbBcab--:0:0:1:52:0:0:0:0
| 5-2: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 8/6, 8/3 |
W L |
.4904 .5096 |
.0748 .0765 |
.0024 .0021 | −0.0179 |
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| 2 | 13/6 |
W L |
.4827 .5173 |
.0740 .0807 |
.0024 .0022 | −0.0521 | (0.0342) | |
| 3 | 13/8, 6/4 |
W L |
.4793 .5207 |
.0712 .0791 |
.0023 .0021 | −0.0634 | (0.0455) | |
| 4 | 6/1, 3/1 |
W L |
.4749 .5251 |
.0729 .0833 |
.0019 .0022 | −0.0813 | (0.0634) | |
| 5 | 13/8, 3/1 |
W L |
.4745 .5255 |
.0713 .0884 |
.0021 .0028 | −0.0876 | (0.0697) |