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“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 2, Position 6a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
Rollout of Game 2, Position 6a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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Black doubles to 2. Should White take? |
At this point black gives a good gambling double. He has gammon possibilities, and white’s position is perilous. But white daringly takes in this position; he is perhaps showing off a bit because of the audience.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black on roll 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=aA-BABC-A--aeB-----ebBaA--:0:0:1:00:0:0:0:0
| Cube Action | Game | G | BG | Equity | |||||
| No double |
W L |
.7554 .2446 |
.5433 .0579 |
.0193 .0028 | +1.1456 |
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| Double | Take |
W L |
.7561 .2439 |
.5522 .0591 |
.0193 .0033 | +1.8408 | +1.0000 | (0.1456) |
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| Drop | +1.0000 | ||||||||
Black is too good to double