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A dillier variant

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Thursday, 4 April 2024, at 7:42 a.m.

In Response To: Rollout + variant, or: What good is a dilly-builder? (Timothy Chow)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 101 Unlimited Game pip: 115 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--B-C-CCaB-a----bb-cbBaba-:0:0:1:21:0:0:0:0:10
Blue to play 21

1.	Rollout1	9/8* 7/5	eq: +0.091
	Player: Opponent: 50.10% (G:18.62% B:0.85%) 49.90% (G:16.56% B:0.63%) Conf.: ± 0.011 (+0.079...+0.102) - [100.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 14 seconds
2.	Rollout1	9/8* 8/6	eq: +0.009 (-0.081)
	Player: Opponent: 48.89% (G:13.83% B:0.54%) 51.11% (G:9.03% B:0.33%) Conf.: ± 0.011 (-0.002...+0.020) - [0.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 39 seconds
3.	Rollout1	9/8* 4/2	eq: +0.005 (-0.086)
	Player: Opponent: 48.58% (G:14.31% B:0.57%) 51.42% (G:10.10% B:0.37%) Conf.: ± 0.010 (-0.005...+0.015) - [0.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 42 seconds
4.	Rollout1	9/7 9/8*	eq: -0.031 (-0.122)
	Player: Opponent: 48.18% (G:13.27% B:0.55%) 51.82% (G:9.62% B:0.38%) Conf.: ± 0.011 (-0.042...-0.020) - [0.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 48 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 271828 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release

Tim's rollout of his original position is above.

Shift Blue's 4pt to his 3pt, as shown below. The large margin that favors slotting is wiped out without retracting the dilly builder -- indeed, it's dillier.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 101 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 112 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--BC--CCaB-a----bb-cbBaba-:0:0:1:21:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 21

1.	Rollout1	9/8* 7/5	eq: -0.133
	Player: Opponent: 44.28% (G:15.11% B:0.60%) 55.72% (G:17.21% B:0.83%) Conf.: ± 0.008 (-0.140...-0.125) - [60.8%] Duration: 23 minutes 29 seconds
2.	Rollout1	9/8* 8/6	eq: -0.134 (-0.001)
	Player: Opponent: 45.28% (G:10.69% B:0.35%) 54.72% (G:9.86% B:0.43%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (-0.140...-0.127) - [39.2%] Duration: 27 minutes 31 seconds
1 3888 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 99997828 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10

Messages In This Thread

• Hit, and then what?
  Timothy Chow -- Saturday, 30 March 2024, at 1:47 p.m.
  • Hit, and then what?
    John O'Hagan -- Sunday, 31 March 2024, at 1:09 p.m.
  • Rollout + variant, or: What good is a dilly-builder?
    Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 3 April 2024, at 1:41 p.m.
    • A dillier variant
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 4 April 2024, at 7:42 a.m.
    • Rollout + variant, or: What good is a dilly-builder?
      Stick -- Thursday, 4 April 2024, at 8:37 a.m.