As we've already been discussing, the bot verdict does not automatically tell us the best thing to do in practice. Nevertheless, I was surprised to see that XG thought this position was already a clear pass.

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 5 pip: 158 | | 7 point match | pip: 157 score: 1
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=-b--BBC-A---cE--ad-e----B-:0:0:1:00:1:5:0:7:10 |
| Blue on roll, cube action? |
| Analyzed in Rollout | No double | Double/Take |
| Player Winning Chances: | 65.05% (G:23.22% B:1.31%) | 65.71% (G:23.56% B:0.94%) |
| Opponent Winning Chances: | 34.95% (G:10.44% B:1.00%) | 34.29% (G:10.91% B:1.47%) |
| Cubeless Equities | +0.392 | +1.080 |
| Cubeful Equities |
| No double: | +0.908 (-0.092) | ±0.012 (+0.897..+0.920) |
| Double/Take: | +1.080 (+0.080) | ±0.017 (+1.064..+1.097) |
| Double/Pass: | +1.000 |
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| Best Cube action: Double / Pass |
| Rollout details |
1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 271828 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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| Double Decision confidence: | 100.0% |
| Take Decision confidence: | 100.0% |
| Duration: 9 minutes 22 seconds |
eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release, MET: Kazaross XG2
Variant:

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 5 pip: 158 | | 7 point match | pip: 160 score: 1
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=-b--BBC----AcE--ad-e----B-:0:0:1:00:1:5:0:7:10 |
| Blue on roll, cube action? |
| Analyzed in Rollout | No double | Double/Take |
| Player Winning Chances: | 64.00% (G:22.62% B:1.20%) | 64.27% (G:23.13% B:1.06%) |
| Opponent Winning Chances: | 36.00% (G:11.17% B:1.18%) | 35.73% (G:11.62% B:1.41%) |
| Cubeless Equities | +0.352 | +1.012 |
| Cubeful Equities |
| No double: | +0.877 (-0.123) | ±0.010 (+0.868..+0.887) |
| Double/Take: | +1.012 (+0.012) | ±0.012 (+1.000..+1.024) |
| Double/Pass: | +1.000 |
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| Best Cube action: Double / Pass |
| Rollout details |
1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 271828 Moves: 4-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller+ Search interval: Large
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| Double Decision confidence: | 100.0% |
| Take Decision confidence: | 97.7% |
| Duration: 3 hours 15 minutes |
eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release, MET: Kazaross XG2
5-away/2-away:

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 5 pip: 158 | | 7 point match | pip: 157 score: 2
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=-b--BBC-A---cE--ad-e----B-:0:0:1:00:2:5:0:7:10 |
| Blue on roll, cube action? |
| Analyzed in Rollout | No double | Double/Take |
| Player Winning Chances: | 65.10% (G:23.05% B:1.35%) | 65.57% (G:23.06% B:1.28%) |
| Opponent Winning Chances: | 34.90% (G:10.31% B:1.11%) | 34.43% (G:10.81% B:1.38%) |
| Cubeless Equities | +0.313 | +0.992 |
| Cubeful Equities |
| No double: | +0.861 (-0.131) | ±0.006 (+0.856..+0.867) |
| Double/Take: | +0.992 | ±0.008 (+0.984..+1.000) |
| Double/Pass: | +1.000 (+0.008) |
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| Best Cube action: Double / Take |
| Rollout details |
5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 271828 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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| Double Decision confidence: | 100.0% |
| Take Decision confidence: | 97.5% |
| Duration: 32 minutes 56 seconds |
eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release, MET: Kazaross XG2