I've found that in general, leaving a blot on the midpoint isn't as bad as I used to think. But here, we can cover both blots in the home board. See also the variant below.
         
 
          
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 134 | | Unlimited Game | pip: 120
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=-AACbBB-B---bB---bbcbbB---:1:1:1:43:0:0:0:0:10 |
| Blue to play 43 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 5/2 5/1 | eq: -0.499 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 26.90% (G:4.53% B:0.05%)
73.10% (G:17.40% B:0.66%) | Conf.: ± 0.007 (-0.506...-0.492) - [100.0%]
Duration: 3 minutes 50 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 13/6 | eq: -0.562 (-0.063) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 23.86% (G:4.17% B:0.08%)
76.14% (G:15.48% B:0.64%) | Conf.: ± 0.007 (-0.569...-0.555) - [0.0%]
Duration: 3 minutes 55 seconds |
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| |
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 52672062
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release
| | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 134 | | Unlimited Game | pip: 119
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
|
| XGID=-ABBbBB-B---bB---bbcbbB---:1:1:1:43:0:0:0:0:10 |
| Blue to play 43 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 8/1 | eq: -0.509 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 26.46% (G:6.23% B:0.09%)
73.54% (G:18.36% B:0.73%) | Conf.: ± 0.007 (-0.516...-0.503) - [51.0%]
Duration: 2 minutes 21 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 5/2 5/1 | eq: -0.510 (0.000) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 26.59% (G:4.45% B:0.06%)
73.41% (G:17.51% B:0.76%) | Conf.: ± 0.008 (-0.517...-0.502) - [45.9%]
Duration: 2 minutes 16 seconds |
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| 3. | Rollout1 | 13/6 | eq: -0.516 (-0.007) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 25.67% (G:4.65% B:0.10%)
74.33% (G:15.71% B:0.67%) | Conf.: ± 0.007 (-0.524...-0.509) - [3.2%]
Duration: 2 minutes 21 seconds |
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| |
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 62908879
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release