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There are lots of choices here. Black chooses to make the 3 point in his own board with two men from his 6 point, to hit white’s blot with his own blot on the 1 point, and to bring a man down from white’s 12 point to his own 10 point. This is a great shot, for if white fails to enter, it will be extremely hard for him to accept a double in light of his open man on black’s 11 point.

13/10, 6/3(2), 4/1*

8/5, 6/3(2), 4/1*

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

Money play Centered cube Black rolls 3-3 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller

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	3-3:		Game	G	BG	Equity
1	8/5, 6/3(2), 4/1*	W L	.6013 .3987	.2829 .0957	.0060 .0038	+0.5344
2	13/4, 8/5	W L	.5905 .4095	.2316 .0732	.0045 .0026	+0.4741	(0.0603)
3	13/10, 6/3(2), 4/1*	W L	.5789 .4211	.2727 .1157	.0066 .0061	+0.4180	(0.1164)

“Three Great Games,” Backgammon: the Cruelest Game

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