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Position 37, page 65
From Better Backgammon, by Tim Holland
From Better Backgammon, by Tim Holland
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| White to play 6-1. |
The correct play is to move one man from White’s 8 point to White’s 1 point, hitting Black’s blot. You must try to prevent Black from establishing your 1 point. If you were to make your bar in lieu of hitting, Black would have 11 chances out of 36 to roll a 1, giving him a position from which he will still be able to win the game.
By hitting, Black must roll two 1s if he is to make your 1 point. If he hits your blot, you will have no difficulty in reentering, and you should plan to keep hitting Black’s blot on your 1 point until either you or he establish this point.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Black owns 2-cube White rolls 6-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=aaBBBBCAA---eB---c-e------:1:-1:1:61:0:0:0:0
| 6-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 8/1* |
W L |
.9512 .0488 |
.8857 .0044 |
.0070 .0001 | +1.7705 |
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| 2 | 7/1*, 2/1 |
W L |
.9468 .0532 |
.8805 .0055 |
.0055 .0002 | +1.7504 | (0.0201) | |
| 3 | 7/1*, 6/5 |
W L |
.9435 .0565 |
.8637 .0054 |
.0079 .0002 | +1.7278 | (0.0427) |
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