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Position 59, page 140
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford
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| White to play 2-1. |
You are delighted to roll 2-1. This is the smallest roll there is, and it also gives you a chance to pile up four men on your bar point. This makes it impossible for you to move a 6, so you can hold your position quite a while if you should roll 6s.
Rollout
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Money play Black owns 2-cube White rolls 2-1 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-bBBBCBBAA------a-abbbbba-:1:-1:1:21:0:0:0:0
| 2-1: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 9/7, 8/7 |
W L |
.9053 .0947 |
.1060 .0006 |
.0028 .0000 | +0.8846 |
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| 2 | 9/6 |
W L |
.8994 .1006 |
.1113 .0010 |
.0028 .0000 | +0.8755 | (0.0091) | |
| 3 | 9/8, 5/3 |
W L |
.8993 .1007 |
.0989 .0007 |
.0025 .0000 | +0.8644 | (0.0202) | |
| 4 | 8/6, 5/4 |
W L |
.8929 .1071 |
.1082 .0011 |
.0029 .0000 | +0.8593 | (0.0253) | |
| 5 | 8/5 |
W L |
.8813 .1187 |
.1056 .0018 |
.0030 .0000 | +0.8266 | (0.0580) |
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