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Position 33, page 44
From Backgammon, the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
From Backgammon, the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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Black’s correct response is to bring two men up from white’s 1 point to white’s 5 point. This is a valuable defensive play and nullifies the threat of white’s outer builders. If white had opened with 3-2, 5-2, or 5-4, black would play the double 2’s this same way. Under no circumstances should black use the 2’s to hit a man in the outer board.
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Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play Centered cube Black rolls 2-2 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-b----E-C---cE-aac-e----B-:0:0:1:22:0:0:0:0
| 2-2: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 24/22(2), 6/4(2) |
W L |
.5432 .4568 |
.1620 .1152 |
.0083 .0046 | +0.1873 |
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| 2 | 24/16* |
W L |
.5378 .4622 |
.1540 .1378 |
.0106 .0057 | +0.1557 | (0.0316) | Not |
| 3 | 13/11(2), 6/4(2) |
W L |
.5414 .4586 |
.1696 .1497 |
.0098 .0086 | +0.1538 | (0.0335) | |
| 4 | 24/20(2) |
W L |
.5301 .4699 |
.1217 .0875 |
.0044 .0031 | +0.1373 | (0.0500) |
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| 5 | 24/22, 13/11, 6/4(2) |
W L |
.5320 .4680 |
.1624 .1498 |
.0092 .0072 | +0.1288 | (0.0585) |
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