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“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 10b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
Rollout of Game 2, Position 10b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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White doubles to 4. Should Black take? |
White now correctly redoubles. It is a bad emotional take by black — but he takes nonetheless, as happens with even the best of players from time to time.
Rollout
Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play White owns 2-cube White on roll 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=--cBbBDAC----B-A---bb-bac-:1:1:1:00:0:0:0:0
Cube Action | Game | G | BG | Equity | |||||
No double |
W L |
.8652 .1348 |
.3125 .0114 |
.0140 .0002 | +1.1961 | ||||
Double | Take |
W L |
.8674 .1326 |
.3055 .0105 |
.0148 .0002 | +1.9868 | +1.0000 | (0.1961) | |
Drop | +1.0000 |
White is too good to redouble