Position 43m, page 124
From The Backgammon Book, by Oswald Jacoby and John R. Crawford

White to play 5-3.

Hit the man on your four point with your man on the nine point, and move a man from the black twelve point to your ten point. The reasons for making this play are essentially the same as those we gave for the double 5 play recommended earlier.

9/4*, 13/10
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Centered cube
White rolls 5-3

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XGID=-b--aBD-BA--dD---b-dBb----:0:0:1:53:0:0:0:0

5-3: Game BG   Equity
1 13/10, 9/4* W
L
.6346
.3654
.2097
.0743
.0123
.0032
+0.6279 x  *
2 13/8, 9/6 W
L
.6314
.3686
.1786
.0690
.0085
.0026
+0.5644 (0.0635) 

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