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PotD 09-07-25 - Nickels -- Variant with Rollout

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Thursday, 1 January 2026, at 8:04 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 09-07-25 - Nickels - Rollout (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 80 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 111 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-BBABC-------Caac--bBc-cb-:0:0:1:55:0:0:3:0:10
Original Position

1.	Rollout1	20/15* 15/10 13/3	eq: +0.796
	Player: Opponent: 78.45% (G:31.99% B:0.42%) 21.55% (G:3.45% B:0.06%) Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.792...+0.801) - [100.0%] Duration: 1.5 seconds
2.	Rollout1	20/15*(2) 13/3	eq: +0.745 (-0.052)
	Player: Opponent: 76.28% (G:23.07% B:0.28%) 23.72% (G:1.97% B:0.03%) Conf.: ± 0.003 (+0.741...+0.748) - [0.0%] Duration: 2.5 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Above is Stick's rollout of the original position.

Below is a contrasting variant.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 82 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 111 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-BBABC-------Caac--cBb-cb-:0:0:1:55:0:0:3:0:10
Variant: White 4pt spare is moved to her 6pt

1.	Rollout1	20/15*(2) 13/3	eq: +0.757
	Player: Opponent: 76.70% (G:22.89% B:0.26%) 23.30% (G:2.09% B:0.04%) Conf.: ± 0.002 (+0.755...+0.759) - [100.0%] Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
2.	Rollout1	20/15* 15/10 13/3	eq: +0.734 (-0.023)
	Player: Opponent: 76.48% (G:30.71% B:0.38%) 23.52% (G:4.62% B:0.08%) Conf.: ± 0.002 (+0.732...+0.735) - [0.0%] Duration: 52.5 seconds
1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 19586725 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Position of the Day 09-07-25 - Nickels
  Stick -- Tuesday, 23 December 2025, at 10:44 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-07-25 - Nickels
    Francesco -- Tuesday, 23 December 2025, at 11:44 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-07-25 - Nickels
    John O'Hagan -- Tuesday, 23 December 2025, at 2:15 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-07-25 - Nickels
    Ian Shaw -- Tuesday, 23 December 2025, at 3:50 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-07-25 - Nickels
    Elizabeth (erichktn @ DG) -- Tuesday, 23 December 2025, at 4:00 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-07-25 - Nickels
    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 23 December 2025, at 4:27 p.m.
    • Position of the Day 09-07-25 - Nickels
      Elizabeth (erichktn @ DG) -- Tuesday, 23 December 2025, at 6:23 p.m.
      • Position of the Day 09-07-25 - Nickels
        Chuck Bower -- Sunday, 28 December 2025, at 10:55 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-07-25 - Nickels
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 23 December 2025, at 6:57 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-07-25 - Nickels - Rollout
    Stick -- Sunday, 28 December 2025, at 7:49 p.m.
    • PotD 09-07-25 - Nickels -- Variant with Rollout
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 1 January 2026, at 8:04 p.m.