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Position 4, page 8
From Better Backgammon, by Tim Holland
From Better Backgammon, by Tim Holland
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| White to play 5-4. |
The correct play is to make Black’s 5 point. By having this point, you prevent Black from blocking your escape. You also have a landing spot in the event you are hit sometime later in the game.
You hope on your next roll to make your bar point, 4, or 3 point, which would end, more or less, Black’s attempts to escape with his men on your 1 point.
The alternative move is tempting but incorrect. It is to enter on Black’s 5 point and hit Black’s blot on your 9 point. This would give Black a fourth man in your home board, perhaps allowing him to make a second point there, which could prove embarrassing to you later on.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube White rolls 5-4 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-c---BC-CaB-cC----cc-b--AA:0:0:1:54:0:0:0:0
| 5-4: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | bar/20, 24/20 |
W L |
.6875 .3125 |
.2257 .0563 |
.0151 .0021 | +0.8746 |
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