Nice one. I'm pretty sure that OTB I would have considered, but rejected, the banana split.
Variant 1:

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0 pip: 121 | Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver | pip: 139 score: 0
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=-aBBBBB----A-ac--c-cB-bbB-:3:-1:1:51:0:0:3:0:10 |
| Blue to play 51 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 11/6 2/1* | eq: -0.118 |
| Player: Opponent: | 51.16% (G:21.76% B:0.41%) 48.84% (G:15.17% B:1.24%) | Conf.: ± 0.011 (-0.130...-0.107) - [100.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 11 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 11/5 | eq: -0.153 (-0.035) |
| Player: Opponent: | 50.09% (G:16.39% B:0.36%) 49.91% (G:11.34% B:0.73%) | Conf.: ± 0.009 (-0.162...-0.144) - [0.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 38 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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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release
Variant 2:

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0 pip: 120 | Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver | pip: 138 score: 0
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=-BaBBBB-----Aac--c-cB-bbB-:3:-1:1:51:0:0:3:0:10 |
| Blue to play 51 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 12/7 3/2* | eq: -0.350 |
| Player: Opponent: | 44.59% (G:19.33% B:0.25%) 55.41% (G:19.26% B:1.65%) | Conf.: ± 0.011 (-0.361...-0.339) - [100.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 13 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 20/15 3/2* | eq: -0.380 (-0.030) |
| Player: Opponent: | 44.86% (G:21.86% B:0.33%) 55.14% (G:28.06% B:5.73%) | Conf.: ± 0.010 (-0.390...-0.370) - [0.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 56 seconds |
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| 3. | Rollout1 | 12/6 | eq: -0.426 (-0.076) |
| Player: Opponent: | 41.11% (G:11.81% B:0.18%) 58.89% (G:11.40% B:0.74%) | Conf.: ± 0.010 (-0.436...-0.415) - [0.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 04 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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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release
Variant 3:

              
 
              
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0 pip: 124 | Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver | pip: 137 score: 0
Blue is Player 1 | |
| XGID=-BaBBBB----A-ac--c-cBbb-B-:3:-1:1:51:0:0:3:0:10 |
| Blue to play 51 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 11/6 3/2* | eq: -0.444 |
| Player: Opponent: | 40.62% (G:17.68% B:0.22%) 59.38% (G:17.84% B:1.37%) | Conf.: ± 0.009 (-0.453...-0.435) - [100.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 30 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 24/18 | eq: -0.496 (-0.053) |
| Player: Opponent: | 39.49% (G:11.40% B:0.23%) 60.51% (G:14.65% B:0.62%) | Conf.: ± 0.009 (-0.506...-0.487) - [0.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 01 second |
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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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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release