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Here, White needs twelve and a half throws to get into his inner board: a half throw for each of the five men on the W7, W8, and W10 points; one throw each for the two men on the B12 point; one and a half throws for each of the two men on the B7 point; and two and a half throws for each of the two men on the B1 point. Black is only slightly ahead: he needs eleven throws to get in. It will probably take him one half throw for each of the two men on the B8 point; one throw for each of the five men on the W11 and W12 points; and two and a half throws for each of the men on the W1 and W2 points.

Rollout  Tom Keith 2013

Money play Centered cube White on roll 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller

XGID=-aa--BBAB-BbcB---bBcc---B-:0:0:1:00:0:0:0:0

Cube Action			Game	G	BG		Equity
No double		W L	.5470 .4530	.1602 .1493	.0082 .0074		+0.1706
Double	Take	W L	.5490 .4510	.1623 .1485	.0082 .0077	−0.1273	−0.1273	(0.2979)
	Drop					+1.0000

  White is not good enough to double  

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Backgammon for Blood (1974), by Bruce Becker