I thoughtlessly cleared the 11 point and was shocked to see how bad a play it was. It does seem odd to put a second checker behind the two anchors, but as has been pointed out, there are only two shots and it gives a lot of extra flexibility. I give away so much equity on big doubles...sigh.

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0 pip: 169 | | 7 point match | pip: 110 score: 0
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=--bb-BECB--Ca-aa-aabbb----:0:0:1:55:0:0:0:7:10 |
| Blue to play 55 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 11/1(2) | eq: -0.040 |
| Player: Opponent: | 45.80% (G:18.10% B:0.88%) 54.20% (G:10.57% B:0.49%) | Conf.: ± 0.015 (-0.056...-0.025) - [100.0%] Duration: 51 minutes 30 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 11/1 6/1(2) | eq: -0.078 (-0.038) |
| Player: Opponent: | 45.01% (G:17.40% B:0.65%) 54.99% (G:11.27% B:0.50%) | Conf.: ± 0.015 (-0.093...-0.063) - [0.0%] Duration: 39 minutes 31 seconds |
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| 3. | Rollout1 | 11/6(2) 11/1 | eq: -0.209 (-0.169) |
| Player: Opponent: | 42.03% (G:16.56% B:0.69%) 57.97% (G:11.81% B:0.53%) | Conf.: ± 0.016 (-0.225...-0.193) - [0.0%] Duration: 43 minutes 07 seconds |
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| 4. | Rollout1 | 6/1(4) | eq: -0.702 (-0.662) |
| Player: Opponent: | 32.41% (G:12.59% B:0.52%) 67.59% (G:19.73% B:0.85%) | Conf.: ± 0.014 (-0.717...-0.688) - [0.0%] Duration: 47 minutes 41 seconds |
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1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.03, MET: Kazaross XG2