OTB I was playing someone extremely strong so all I wanted to do was to make the technically best play. I hit and stepped up to the 20 pt, but didn't feel quite right about it. Soon after getting attacked and it dawned on me that I'd seen this discussed a few years ago and that I recalled that making the 20 pt was a bit better. Here's a new RO.
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  |  |  | White is Player 2 
 score: 0
 pip: 158
 |  | Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver
 |  | pip: 161 score: 0
 
 Blue is Player 1
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| XGID=-a----E-D-a-eD---c-e---AA-:0:0:1:43:0:0:3:0:10 | 
| Blue to play 43 | 
| 1. | Rollout1 | 24/20 23/20 | eq: +0.1478 | 
|  | | Player: Opponent:
 | 52.88% (G:11.66% B:0.30%) 47.12% (G:6.17% B:0.23%)
 | Conf.: ±0.0037 (+0.1441...+0.1515) - [100.0%] Duration: 4 hours 21 minutes
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 24/20 13/10* | eq: +0.1379 (-0.0099) | 
|  | | Player: Opponent:
 | 52.95% (G:15.13% B:0.71%) 47.05% (G:11.34% B:0.49%)
 | Conf.: ±0.0042 (+0.1337...+0.1422) - [0.0%] Duration: 4 hours 39 minutes
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| 3. | XG Roller++ | 13/9 13/10* | eq: +0.1142 (-0.0336) | 
|  | | Player: Opponent:
 | 52.06% (G:16.22% B:0.77%) 47.94% (G:12.39% B:0.59%)
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| 4. | XG Roller++ | 13/10* 10/6 | eq: +0.1127 (-0.0351) | 
|  | | Player: Opponent:
 | 52.17% (G:14.87% B:0.63%) 47.83% (G:11.40% B:0.44%)
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| 1 10368 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 78623594
 Moves and cube decisions: 4-ply
 
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 eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10.192.pre-release