XG prefers creating an ugly, inflexible stack on the 3pt to hitting. If this play seems obvious to you, take a look at the variant below, in which 7/4 7/1* is the DMP play, but suffers from massive cube inefficiency after a dance by White.

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0 pip: 84 | | Unlimited Game | pip: 96 score: 0
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=-a-CBBEB-----------ddc-abA:1:1:1:33:0:0:0:0:10 |
| Blue to play 33 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | Bar/22 6/3(3) | eq: +0.520 |
| Player: Opponent: | 62.29% (G:3.72% B:0.10%) 37.71% (G:2.42% B:0.05%) | Conf.: ± 0.009 (+0.511...+0.529) - [100.0%] Duration: 35.9 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | Bar/22 6/3 4/1*(2) | eq: +0.394 (-0.126) |
| Player: Opponent: | 57.64% (G:4.09% B:0.12%) 42.36% (G:1.89% B:0.04%) | Conf.: ± 0.008 (+0.387...+0.402) - [0.0%] Duration: 23.9 seconds |
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| 3. | Rollout1 | Bar/22 7/4 7/1* | eq: +0.353 (-0.167) |
| Player: Opponent: | 57.87% (G:3.80% B:0.12%) 42.13% (G:6.11% B:0.12%) | Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.349...+0.357) - [0.0%] Duration: 19.3 seconds |
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1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 271828 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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Variant:

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0 pip: 87 | | Unlimited Game | pip: 96 score: 0
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=-a-CBBEB-----------ddd-aaA:1:1:1:33:0:0:0:0:10 |
| Blue to play 33 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | Bar/22 6/3(3) | eq: +0.558 |
| Player: Opponent: | 63.95% (G:4.40% B:0.15%) 36.05% (G:3.49% B:0.11%) | Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.553...+0.562) - [73.5%] Duration: 3 minutes 17 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | Bar/22 6/3 4/1*(2) | eq: +0.556 (-0.002) |
| Player: Opponent: | 63.58% (G:1.39% B:0.03%) 36.42% (G:1.80% B:0.05%) | Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.552...+0.559) - [26.5%] Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds |
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| 3. | Rollout2 | Bar/22 7/4 7/1* | eq: +0.514 (-0.044) |
| Player: Opponent: | 65.34% (G:4.59% B:0.15%) 34.66% (G:4.96% B:0.12%) | Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.509...+0.519) - [0.0%] Duration: 31.2 seconds |
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1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 271828 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
2 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 271828 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release