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From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford
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| White to play 5-3. |
Your first thought is to bring one of your back men on black’s four point to safety on his twelve point. Discard that though quickly. Not only are you behind in the potential running game, but your blot on his four point becomes extremely weak. He can hit you with several shots, and he can point on your blot with several more.
The best way to play the roll is to move from his twelve to your eight point, and from your six to your three point. You are thus getting ready to make your three point, and you plan to exert pressure on his men on your bar point. Meanwhile, you two men on his four point serve as an anchor: you are behind in a potential running game — but you aren’t in a running game yet, and you aren’t going to get into one if you can avoid doing so. Furthermore, you aren’t in any danger of being gammoned, and your position is now only slightly worse than his.
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube White rolls 5-3 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
| 5-3: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 13/5 |
W L |
.3744 .6256 |
.0554 .0685 |
.0017 .0023 | −0.4190 |
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| 2 | 13/8, 6/3 |
W L |
.3754 .6246 |
.0534 .0695 |
.0017 .0019 | −0.4199 | (0.0009) |
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| 3 | 13/10, 13/8 |
W L |
.3602 .6398 |
.0584 .0951 |
.0019 .0028 | −0.4993 | (0.0803) | |
| 4 | 13/8, 5/2 |
W L |
.3438 .6562 |
.0499 .0769 |
.0013 .0026 | −0.5294 | (0.1104) | |
| 5 | 8/5, 8/3 |
W L |
.3440 .6560 |
.0536 .0724 |
.0017 .0028 | −0.5338 | (0.1148) |
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