I think slotting with the only spare from the 8pt is the wrong idea. You'd rather unstack the heavy 6pt to slot the 5pt.
         
 
         
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 184 | Unlimited Game
Jacoby | pip: 151
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=ab----E-CB--dCa--c-dB-----:1:-1:1:63:0:0:1:0:10 |
| Blue to play 63 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 9/3 6/3 | eq: +0.370 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 64.72% (G:25.98% B:2.45%)
35.28% (G:6.33% B:0.28%) | Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.364...+0.376) - [100.0%]
Duration: 19 minutes 21 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 20/14* 14/11 | eq: +0.354 (-0.016) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 63.74% (G:26.76% B:2.97%)
36.26% (G:6.54% B:0.29%) | Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.348...+0.360) - [0.0%]
Duration: 22 minutes 35 seconds |
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| 3. | Rollout1 | 20/14* 13/10 | eq: +0.336 (-0.034) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 63.00% (G:27.02% B:3.05%)
37.00% (G:6.98% B:0.34%) | Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.330...+0.342) - [0.0%]
Duration: 22 minutes 33 seconds |
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| 4. | Rollout2 | 20/14* 8/5 | eq: +0.279 (-0.091) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 62.17% (G:24.27% B:2.52%)
37.83% (G:7.27% B:0.31%) | Conf.: ± 0.008 (+0.270...+0.287) - [0.0%]
Duration: 12 minutes 12 seconds |
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1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 52121495
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
2 2592 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 7886738
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10
Here is a variant which shows that the theme here is to utilize the spares on the 6pt.
| | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 184 | Unlimited Game
Jacoby | pip: 153
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=ab----D-DB--dCa--c-dB-----:1:-1:1:63:0:0:1:0:10 |
| Blue to play 63 |
| 1. | XG Roller++ | 20/14* 14/11 | eq: +0.405 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 65.36% (G:26.16% B:2.72%)
34.64% (G:5.89% B:0.22%) | |
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| 2. | XG Roller++ | 20/14* 13/10 | eq: +0.382 (-0.023) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 64.40% (G:26.45% B:2.85%)
35.60% (G:6.33% B:0.24%) | |
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| 3. | XG Roller++ | 9/3 6/3 | eq: +0.367 (-0.038) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 64.61% (G:24.30% B:2.11%)
35.39% (G:6.03% B:0.20%) | |
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| 4. | XG Roller++ | 20/14* 8/5 | eq: +0.350 (-0.056) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 64.24% (G:24.11% B:2.33%)
35.76% (G:6.57% B:0.25%) | |
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10