Position 23e, page 81
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford

White to play 5-4.

Run all the way to black ten with one of your two back men, again because your opponent is starting to hem them in. Try to get one out before he hems them in any more.

24/15  *
24/20, 13/8 x
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XGID=-b----E-C---dE---bbe----B-:0:0:1:54:0:0:0:0

5-4: Game BG   Equity
1 24/20, 13/8 W
L
.4487
.5513
.1125
.1634
.0055
.0073
−0.2234 x 
2 24/15 W
L
.4497
.5503
.1019
.1673
.0042
.0062
−0.2365 (0.0131)  *
3 13/9, 13/8 W
L
.4311
.5689
.1242
.1625
.0062
.0094
−0.2764 (0.0530) 
4 13/4 W
L
.4210
.5790
.1154
.1753
.0048
.0115
−0.3464 (0.1230) 

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