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Here, although the solution may be more obvious, the principle is identical to the one in Position 54.

Again, you must not close your board, nor should you hit Black’s blot in any fashion whatsoever. If Black is on the bar and cannot move, he will not have to break his prime. The problem, therefore, becomes how best to utilize the play of four aces, so that — assuming Black does not roll a 6 on his next roll — your men will be best placed for your next roll.

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

Money play White owns 2-cube White rolls 1-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller

XGID=-aBDBBBB----------bbbbbdA-:1:1:1:11:0:0:0:0

	1-1:		Game	G	BG	Equity
1	7/6, 7/5, 3/2	W L	.4194 .5806	.0603 .0243	.0028 .0005	−0.0233
2	7/6, 7/4	W L	.4018 .5982	.0570 .0270	.0026 .0006	−0.0616	(0.0383)

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Better Backgammon (1974), by Tim Holland