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  • An excellent roll but how do I play it?

    From pepstein5@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Nov 7 14:17:38 2021
    The below roll is a wonderful joker that was absolutely delightful!
    But how should it be played? I was overwhelmed by all the wonderful choices.

    XGID=-aCBCaBa----bB----bdb-b-BA:1:1:1:52:1:0:3:0:10
    X:Daniel O:eXtremeGammon

    Score is X:1 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X O | | O O O X |
    | X O | | O O O X |
    | | | O |
    | | | O |
    | | X | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | | | X X | +---+
    | O | | X X X X | | 2 |
    | O O | | X O X X X O | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 135 O: 142 X-O: 1-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X to play 52




    eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10

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  • From Timothy Chow@21:1/5 to peps...@gmail.com on Sun Nov 7 20:01:46 2021
    On 11/7/2021 5:17 PM, peps...@gmail.com wrote:
    The below roll is a wonderful joker that was absolutely delightful!
    But how should it be played? I was overwhelmed by all the wonderful choices.

    XGID=-aCBCaBa----bB----bdb-b-BA:1:1:1:52:1:0:3:0:10
    X:Daniel O:eXtremeGammon

    Score is X:1 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X O | | O O O X |
    | X O | | O O O X |
    | | | O |
    | | | O |
    | | X | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | | | X X | +---+
    | O | | X X X X | | 2 |
    | O O | | X O X X X O | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 135 O: 142 X-O: 1-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X to play 52

    We're leaving a ton of shots and blots no matter what, so I
    would just hit so that O at least has 9 dancing rolls.

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    Tim Chow

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  • From pepstein5@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Tim Chow on Thu Nov 11 04:25:20 2021
    On Monday, November 8, 2021 at 1:01:49 AM UTC, Tim Chow wrote:
    On 11/7/2021 5:17 PM, peps...@gmail.com wrote:
    The below roll is a wonderful joker that was absolutely delightful!
    But how should it be played? I was overwhelmed by all the wonderful choices.

    XGID=-aCBCaBa----bB----bdb-b-BA:1:1:1:52:1:0:3:0:10
    X:Daniel O:eXtremeGammon

    Score is X:1 O:0. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X O | | O O O X |
    | X O | | O O O X |
    | | | O |
    | | | O |
    | | X | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | | | |
    | | | X X | +---+
    | O | | X X X X | | 2 |
    | O O | | X O X X X O | +---+
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 135 O: 142 X-O: 1-0
    Cube: 2, X own cube
    X to play 52
    We're leaving a ton of shots and blots no matter what, so I
    would just hit so that O at least has 9 dancing rolls.

    I've lost the rollout and it's a long one so I don't really feel like doing it again.
    Yes, you are correct. The plays are somewhat close with your play rolling out ahead by about 0.03.
    It's also XG's choice pre-rollout, too.

    Paul

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