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“Three Great Games”
Rollout of Game 1, Position 17b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
Rollout of Game 1, Position 17b
From Backgammon: the Cruelest Game, by Barclay Cooke and Jon Bradshaw
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| White to play 5-2. |
This time white plays both men in off his bar, figuring that black on his next move will have to either break his board or move off white’s 8 point. White wants to keep his board intact in case he gets this indirect shot.
Rollout
 Tom Keith 2013 |
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Money play White owns 2-cube White rolls 5-2 1296 games with VR Checker play: 3-ply Cube play: XG Roller |
XGID=-BCBB-BBb-------Ba-b-cbbc-:1:1:1:52:0:0:0:0
| 5-2: | Game | G | BG | Equity | ||||
| 1 | 7/5, 7/2 |
W L |
.5106 .4894 |
.0120 .0204 |
.0002 .0004 | +0.1699 |
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| 2 | 6/4, 6/1 |
W L |
.4899 .5101 |
.0078 .0118 |
.0001 .0002 | +0.1397 | (0.0302) | |
| 3 | 7/2, 6/4 |
W L |
.4845 .5155 |
.0114 .0191 |
.0001 .0006 | +0.1164 | (0.0535) | |
| 4 | 7/5, 6/1 |
W L |
.4845 .5155 |
.0147 .0163 |
.0002 .0004 | +0.1125 | (0.0574) | |
| 5 | 7/2, 4/2 |
W L |
.4638 .5362 |
.0134 .0289 |
.0001 .0011 | +0.0654 | (0.1045) |