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Hit, Split, Unstack, or something else?

Posted By: ah_clem
Date: Tuesday, 19 August 2025, at 6:54 p.m.

In Response To: Hit, Split, Unstack, or something else? (ah_clem)

Covering the blot on the three point seems pretty obvious, so hitting is out. That leaves a choice between splitting or just playing quietly off the six point to unstack.

Is it too late to split, with ten checkers in the zone? I thought it was, but apparently not. From what I've read, nine in the zone is a weak blitz, eleven is a strong blitz, and ten is neither particularly strong or weak.

Any general advice for how to evaluate "too late to split?" positions cheerfully accepted.

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 156 5 point match pip: 133 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-abABBE-A---bB---bbbbb--B-:0:0:1:51:0:0:0:5:9
Blue to play 51

1.	Rollout1	24/23 8/3	eq: -0.815
	Player: Opponent: 31.30% (G:11.98% B:1.07%) 68.70% (G:20.98% B:1.38%) Conf.: ± 0.019 (-0.833...-0.796) - [100.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 13 seconds
2.	Rollout1	8/3 6/5	eq: -0.928 (-0.114)
	Player: Opponent: 29.53% (G:11.39% B:1.05%) 70.47% (G:21.58% B:1.12%) Conf.: ± 0.019 (-0.947...-0.910) - [0.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 09 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Kazaross XG2

Messages In This Thread

• Hit, Split, Unstack, or something else?
  ah_clem -- Saturday, 16 August 2025, at 9:27 p.m.
  • Hit, Split, Unstack, or something else?
    John O'Hagan -- Sunday, 17 August 2025, at 12:53 a.m.
  • Hit, Split, Unstack, or something else?
    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 19 August 2025, at 6:54 p.m.
    • Hit, Split, Unstack, or something else?
      John O'Hagan -- Tuesday, 19 August 2025, at 8:31 p.m.
      • Hit, Split, Unstack, or something else?
        ah_clem -- Wednesday, 20 August 2025, at 10:28 p.m.