One problem with the lover's leap is that Blue is barely ahead in the pip count.
In the variant below, I have moved a spare from Blue's midpoint to his 6pt.
        
 
          
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 144 | | Unlimited Game | pip: 148
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=---aaBD-C---cDA--d-d--b-A-:0:0:1:65:0:0:0:0:10 |
| Blue to play 65 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 14/3* | eq: +0.225 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 55.31% (G:15.30% B:0.54%)
44.69% (G:11.55% B:0.45%) | Conf.: ± 0.012 (+0.213...+0.236) - [100.0%]
Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 14/8 13/8 | eq: +0.158 (-0.067) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 53.85% (G:13.18% B:0.38%)
46.15% (G:9.32% B:0.29%) | Conf.: ± 0.011 (+0.147...+0.169) - [0.0%]
Duration: 6 minutes 01 second |
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| 3. | Rollout1 | 24/13 | eq: +0.131 (-0.093) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 54.07% (G:7.77% B:0.29%)
45.93% (G:8.08% B:0.22%) | Conf.: ± 0.011 (+0.120...+0.143) - [0.0%]
Duration: 6 minutes 37 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
Variant:
| | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 144 | | Unlimited Game | pip: 141
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=---aaBE-C---cCA--d-d--b-A-:0:0:1:65:0:0:0:0:10 |
| Blue to play 65 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 24/13 | eq: +0.314 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 58.92% (G:8.51% B:0.29%)
41.08% (G:6.66% B:0.19%) | Conf.: ± 0.007 (+0.307...+0.321) - [100.0%]
Duration: 14 minutes 52 seconds |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 14/3* | eq: +0.289 (-0.025) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 56.64% (G:17.03% B:0.51%)
43.36% (G:10.41% B:0.40%) | Conf.: ± 0.008 (+0.280...+0.297) - [0.0%]
Duration: 11 minutes 44 seconds |
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1 2592 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