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

White to play 1-1.

Hit his blot and leave those two men on the black one point; then move the two men on your eight point to your bar point.
bar/24*(2), 8/7(2)  *
bar/24*(2), 24/23, 6/5 x
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1-1: Game G  BG   Equity
1 bar/24*(2), 24/23, 6/5 W
L 		.5964
.4036 		.2139
.1042 		.0144
.0051 		+0.4572 x 
2 bar/24*(2), 24/23, 9/8 W
L 		.5930
.4070 		.2051
.1020 		.0139
.0043 		+0.4409 (0.0163) 
3 bar/24*(2), 24/22 W
L 		.5902
.4098 		.2122
.1041 		.0139
.0053 		+0.4403 (0.0169) 
4 bar/24*(2), 8/7(2) W
L 		.5907
.4093 		.2131
.1068 		.0152
.0059 		+0.4319 (0.0253)  *
5 bar/24*(2), 9/8, 6/5 W
L 		.5902
.4098 		.2115
.1067 		.0157
.0054 		+0.4182 (0.0390) 

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