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6pt/8pt Variant with Rollout

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Sunday, 14 September 2025, at 4:59 p.m.

In Response To: Variant Rollout (Bob Koca)

Good observation about the cube.

Blue's flexibility (or lack of it) with the goal of winning a priming battle is also noteworthy. See the variant below, where a 6pt spare is back on the 8pt.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 139 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 162 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-b----DBC---aD---bddb---B-:1:1:1:32:0:0:3:0:10
Variant with 6pt checker moved to 8pt

1.	Rollout1	13/11 13/10	eq: -0.076
	Player: Opponent: 42.98% (G:11.53% B:0.55%) 57.02% (G:21.18% B:2.06%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (-0.082...-0.071) - [100.0%] Duration: 28 minutes 16 seconds
2.	Rollout1	24/22 24/21	eq: -0.109 (-0.033)
	Player: Opponent: 43.99% (G:9.73% B:0.52%) 56.01% (G:27.02% B:0.72%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (-0.115...-0.103) - [0.0%] Duration: 29 minutes 15 seconds
1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 24441998 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• 31P-61P-66D-32
  Dmitriy Obukhov -- Sunday, 31 August 2025, at 5:50 a.m.
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    Stick -- Sunday, 31 August 2025, at 8:19 a.m.
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      ah_clem -- Sunday, 31 August 2025, at 3:24 p.m.
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    ah_clem -- Sunday, 31 August 2025, at 3:23 p.m.
  • 31P-61P-66D-32
    John O'Hagan -- Sunday, 31 August 2025, at 4:22 p.m.
  • 31P-61P-66D-32
    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 31 August 2025, at 6:40 p.m.
  • 31P-61P-66D-32 - Rollout
    Dmitriy Obukhov -- Monday, 1 September 2025, at 7:45 p.m.
    • 31P-61P-66D-32 - Rollout
      rambiz -- Wednesday, 3 September 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
    • VARIANT: Same position except own cube
      Bob Koca -- Wednesday, 3 September 2025, at 3:47 p.m.
      • Variant Rollout
        Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 9 September 2025, at 8:26 p.m.
        • 6pt/8pt Variant with Rollout
          Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 14 September 2025, at 4:59 p.m.