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Rollout of Illustrative Game, Position 3b
From Backgammon, by Millard Hopper
From Backgammon, by Millard Hopper
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| Black to play 6-5. |
For the [6] he plays a man from White’s 12 point to his own 7 or bar point, and for the [5] he plays another man from White’s 12 point to his own 8 point.
As will be seen, Black has four blocked points, several of which contain 3 men, and is in a very favorable position to Block the 4 point in his Home table on the next throw. Such a blockade known as a “Side Prime” when it covers 6 points would securely bottle up the two White men on Point 1.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 6-5 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-b---BCBB---bDa--bbdb---B-:0:0:1:65:0:0:0:0
| 6-5: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 13/8, 13/7 |
W L |
.4855 .5145 |
.1573 .1671 |
.0080 .0093 | −0.0606 |
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