Position 42a, page 123
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford

White to play 5-5.

Bring your two men on the bar all the way to the black ten point.

bar/15(2)  *
bar/20(2), 8/3(2) x
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XGID=-b---BD-BA--eD---b-c-b--aB:0:0:1:55:0:0:0:0

5-5: Game BG   Equity
1 bar/20(2), 8/3(2) W
L
.6715
.3285
.2268
.0628
.0090
.0021
+0.8041 x 
2 bar/15(2) W
L
.6882
.3118
.1612
.0622
.0068
.0016
+0.7764 (0.0277)  *
3 bar/20(2), 13/8(2) W
L
.6621
.3379
.2134
.0624
.0082
.0018
+0.7444 (0.0597) 

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