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“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 3, Position 18a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
Rollout of Game 3, Position 18a
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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| Black to play 5-3. |
Black moves his two men from his 8 point to his 5 point and 3 point, deliberately leaving two blots. It is entirely to his advantage to be hit, and if white rolls 3’s and/or 2’s, he will have to hit or strip his board. Curiously, since white does not want to hit under any circumstances, black is partially “blocking” white with his two separated blots.
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Black owns 2-cube Black rolls 5-3 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=------BBB-c-AA--abBcbbbBC-:1:1:1:53:0:0:0:0
| 5-3: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 13/5 |
W L |
.4779 .5221 |
.0197 .3038 |
.0008 .0978 | −0.1943 |
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| 2 | 12/7, 8/5 |
W L |
.4738 .5262 |
.0166 .3013 |
.0007 .0990 | −0.2064 | (0.0121) | |
| 3 | 12/4 |
W L |
.4737 .5263 |
.0175 .3028 |
.0006 .1003 | −0.2109 | (0.0166) | |
| 4 | 13/8, 12/9 |
W L |
.4653 .5347 |
.0207 .3003 |
.0008 .0870 | −0.2111 | (0.0168) | |
| 5 | 8/5, 8/3 |
W L |
.4576 .5424 |
.0119 .3225 |
.0007 .1264 | −0.2997 | (0.1054) |
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