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The correct play is to make White’s 5 point. The tremendous value of having your 5 point at this juncture of the game far outweighs any other move.

You are putting pressure on Black’s blots in your home board in two ways: first, with the start of a formidable blockade which restricts Black’s forward movement and escape, and, second, with the threat of making additional points in your board which could put Black on the rim

Since there is no threat to your men in Black’s home board at this moment, you should not consider either the play of making Black’s bar point or the move of one man from Black’s 1 point to Black’s 12 point.

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

Money play Centered cube White rolls 6-5 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller

XGID=-aa-B-D-B-AAdC---d-e---AA-:0:0:1:65:0:0:0:0

	6-5:		Game	G	BG	Equity
1	11/5, 10/5	W L	.6511 .3489	.2664 .0842	.0096 .0038	+0.7382

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Better Backgammon (1974), by Tim Holland