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“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 30a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
Rollout of Game 2, Position 30a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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| Black to play 4-1. |
Black bears one man off the 4 point and moves the other man down to the 3 point. Black doesn’t leave a blot because he has a chance to win even if white rolls the 4 immediately — though of course 4-4 would probably be disastrous.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play White owns 8-cube Black rolls 4-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=aEBBBBB---------------d-e-:3:-1:1:41:0:0:0:0
| 4-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 4/3, 4/off |
W L |
.6431 .3569 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | +0.1683 |
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| 2 | 6/5, 6/2 |
W L |
.6065 .3935 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | +0.0916 | (0.0767) | |
| 3 | 4/off, 1/off |
W L |
.6016 .3984 |
.0000 .0000 |
.0000 .0000 | +0.0662 | (0.1021) |