Today I played a match against XG and reached this position.

XGID=-----CB-B----C------DbccfA:1:1:-1:52:0:1:0:7:10

X:Me O:eXtremeGammon
Score is X:0 O:1 7 pt.(s) match.
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
| X | | X O O O O |
| X | | X O O O O |
| X | | X O O O |
| | | X O |
| | X | 6 |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | X | +---+
| X | | X X | | 2 |
| X | | X X | +---+
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
Pip count X: 187 O: 29 X-O: 0-1/7
Cube: 2, X own cube
O to play 52

Here are the rolls I got for the rest of the game:
66, 44, 66, 63, 66, 44. It still wasn't enough to get
off the gammon, but I got a lot closer than I thought
I would.

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Tim Chow

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Wow! Incredible

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Here's a more conventional dice story. I managed to win as X from
the position below.

XGID=-EAC-C---a--A-----AA------:1:1:1:41:5:0:0:7:10

X:Me O:eXtremeGammon
Score is X:5 O:0 7 pt.(s) match.
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X | | X |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | | X |
| | | X |
| | | X X X | +---+
| | | X X X | | 2 |
| X O | | X X X X | +---+
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 80 O: 16 X-O: 5-0/7
Cube: 2, X own cube
X to play 41


A few rolls later, I reached the position below, and managed
to win the race even though O danced only one more time and I
never hit O again. Four out of my remaining five rolls were
big doublets.


XGID=aEBB-D-A----A-------------:1:1:-1:33:5:0:0:7:10

X:Me O:eXtremeGammon
Score is X:5 O:0 7 pt.(s) match.
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | O | X |
| | | X X |
| | | X X | +---+
| | | X X X X | | 2 |
| X X | | X X X X | +---+
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
Pip count X: 54 O: 25 X-O: 5-0/7
Cube: 2, X own cube
O to play 33

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Tim Chow

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