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This was a poor throw for White, but in Backgammon, the element of luck ofttimes can turn the tide of battle.

White must make the best of a bad throw. He can play a man to hit one of Black’s Blots, but that is exactly what Black desires, for it would enable him to come back from the Bar and, in all probability, re-hit the White man.

White’s safest play is to move a man from his 10 point to his 6 point, and then play the man from his 6 point to his 5 point. He leaves a blot on his 10 point, but Black must throw either a [6] and [1] or [6] and [2] to hit this blot.

10/5

7/3*/2*

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

Money play Centered cube White rolls 4-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller

XGID=--aa-BDCB-B-a----ccdbB----:0:0:1:41:0:0:0:0

	4-1:		Game	G	BG	Equity
1	7/3*/2*	W L	.6374 .3626	.2682 .0850	.0118 .0040	+0.6760
2	10/5	W L	.6058 .3942	.1845 .0729	.0057 .0029	+0.4856	(0.1904)