Position 10, page 70
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford

White to play 6-3.

The old-fashioned play was to run, using the full throw to bring one of the two back men out into the black outer board. The modern play is to use the six to move one back man to the black bar point, and to move a man from the black twelve point into your own outer board.

We recommend the modern play, but the old play is just about as good. But not quite: when you run all the way with 6-3 your blot is exposed to a direct 3 and a 2-1 from one of black’s men on your twelve point; such vulnerability makes this play slightly less desirable than our recommended play.

Traditional: 24/15
Modern: 24/18, 13/10 x
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White rolls 6-3

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6-3: Game BG   Equity
1 24/18, 13/10 W
L
.5064
.4936
.1342
.1407
.0058
.0062
+0.0244 x  Modern
2 24/15 W
L
.5016
.4984
.1213
.1358
.0056
.0052
−0.0124 (0.0368)  Traditional
3 13/4 W
L
.4840
.5160
.1424
.1464
.0067
.0077
−0.0533 (0.0777) 
4 24/21, 13/7 W
L
.4846
.5154
.1358
.1440
.0057
.0059
−0.0659 (0.0903) 
5 24/21, 24/18 W
L
.4882
.5118
.1202
.1513
.0061
.0050
−0.0694 (0.0938) 

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