Blue is playing a two-way game, so in theory, both going forwards and going backwards are options to consider. I tried 14/10*/5 trying to go forwards, but White has enough of a blockade that maintaining flexibility with 24/15 is better.
         
 
         
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 130 | Money session
Jacoby | pip: 191
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=---BaCB--ba---C-b-bc-bBbC-:1:1:1:54:0:0:1:0:10 |
| Blue to play 54 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 24/15 | eq: -0.233 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 39.96% (G:7.58% B:0.35%)
60.04% (G:25.84% B:2.96%) | Conf: ± 0.017 (-0.250...-0.216)
Duration: 4 hours 44 minutes |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 14/10* 10/5 | eq: -0.357 (-0.124) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 36.23% (G:8.63% B:0.42%)
63.77% (G:29.32% B:3.67%) | Conf: ± 0.020 (-0.377...-0.337)
Duration: 4 hours 38 minutes |
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| 3. | Rollout1 | 22/17 14/10* | eq: -0.405 (-0.172) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 36.58% (G:8.60% B:0.52%)
63.42% (G:33.55% B:5.48%) | Conf: ± 0.019 (-0.424...-0.386)
Duration: 4 hours 53 minutes |
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1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 2
Moves and cube decisions: 3 ply
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 1.21