Position 24g, page 82
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford

White to play 5-3.

Make your three point. You cannot hit your opponent, so you may as well make a potentially valuable point on your inner board.
8/3, 6/3
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5-3: Game G  BG   Equity
1 8/3, 6/3 W
L 		.4563
.5437 		.1333
.1493 		.0051
.0067 		−0.1708 x  *
2 24/21, 6/1* W
L 		.4490
.5510 		.1200
.1496 		.0039
.0078 		−0.2139 (0.0431) 
3 24/21, 13/8 W
L 		.4469
.5531 		.1093
.1413 		.0041
.0056 		−0.2238 (0.0530) 
4 13/5 W
L 		.4355
.5645 		.1201
.1523 		.0044
.0080 		−0.2588 (0.0880) 

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