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PotD - 01/02/26 - Variant with Rollout

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Tuesday, 6 January 2026, at 2:56 a.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day - 01/02/26 - Rollout (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 196 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 158 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=ba--bDC-B---ABbb-b-bbAAA--:0:0:1:55:0:0:3:0:10
Original Position

1.	Rollout1	23/18 21/16 8/3(2)	eq: +0.586
	Player: Opponent: 58.63% (G:32.05% B:1.87%) 41.37% (G:8.43% B:0.41%) Conf.: ± 0.012 (+0.574...+0.598) - [76.5%] Duration: 5 minutes 50 seconds
2.	Rollout1	23/18 8/3(2) 6/1*	eq: +0.580 (-0.006)
	Player: Opponent: 58.78% (G:33.61% B:1.32%) 41.22% (G:9.64% B:0.50%) Conf.: ± 0.010 (+0.570...+0.590) - [22.8%] Duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds
3.	Rollout2	21/16 8/3(2) 6/1*	eq: +0.559 (-0.026)
	Player: Opponent: 58.34% (G:33.65% B:1.34%) 41.66% (G:9.75% B:0.47%) Conf.: ± 0.020 (+0.539...+0.580) - [0.7%] Duration: 1 minute 00 second
4.	Rollout2	23/13 21/11	eq: +0.513 (-0.073)
	Player: Opponent: 58.32% (G:27.36% B:1.60%) 41.68% (G:7.90% B:0.35%) Conf.: ± 0.021 (+0.492...+0.534) - [0.0%] Duration: 1 minute 39 seconds
5.	Rollout2	12/7 8/3(2) 6/1*	eq: +0.493 (-0.093)
	Player: Opponent: 56.50% (G:34.19% B:1.21%) 43.50% (G:10.78% B:0.52%) Conf.: ± 0.021 (+0.473...+0.514) - [0.0%] Duration: 42.8 seconds
6.	Rollout2	23/18 21/11 12/7	eq: +0.456 (-0.130)
	Player: Opponent: 56.79% (G:28.63% B:1.69%) 43.21% (G:9.79% B:0.51%) Conf.: ± 0.023 (+0.432...+0.479) - [0.0%] Duration: 1 minute 34 seconds
1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller 2 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 (3 pips different).

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 196 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 155 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=ba--bDC-BA---Bbb-b-bbAAA--:0:0:1:55:0:0:3:0:10
Variant: Blue's 12pt blot is moved to his 9pt

1.	Rollout1	21/16 8/3(2) 6/1*	eq: +0.574
	Player: Opponent: 58.50% (G:34.93% B:1.35%) 41.50% (G:10.02% B:0.48%) Conf.: ± 0.007 (+0.566...+0.581) - [70.0%] Duration: 1 hour 38 minutes
2.	Rollout1	23/18 8/3(2) 6/1*	eq: +0.570 (-0.004)
	Player: Opponent: 58.67% (G:34.61% B:1.37%) 41.33% (G:10.03% B:0.53%) Conf.: ± 0.007 (+0.563...+0.577) - [17.3%] Duration: 1 hour 41 minutes
3.	Rollout1	23/18 21/16 8/3(2)	eq: +0.569 (-0.005)
	Player: Opponent: 58.25% (G:32.51% B:1.99%) 41.75% (G:8.89% B:0.45%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.563...+0.576) - [12.7%] Duration: 1 hour 43 minutes
1 12960 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 12475311 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Position of the Day - 01/02/26
  Stick -- Friday, 2 January 2026, at 8:44 p.m.
  • Position of the Day - 01/02/26
    Elizabeth (erichktn @ DG) -- Friday, 2 January 2026, at 11:20 p.m.
  • Position of the Day - 01/02/26
    Francesco -- Friday, 2 January 2026, at 11:55 p.m.
  • Position of the Day - 01/02/26
    John O'Hagan -- Saturday, 3 January 2026, at 1:29 a.m.
  • Position of the Day - 01/02/26
    ah_clem -- Saturday, 3 January 2026, at 2:49 a.m.
  • Position of the Day - 01/02/26
    negheonegu -- Saturday, 3 January 2026, at 3:55 p.m.
  • Position of the Day - 01/02/26 - Rollout
    Stick -- Sunday, 4 January 2026, at 1:49 a.m.
    • Position of the Day - 01/02/26 - Rollout
      negheonegu -- Sunday, 4 January 2026, at 7:30 a.m.
    • Position of the Day - 01/02/26 - Rollout
      John O'Hagan -- Sunday, 4 January 2026, at 5:35 p.m.
    • PotD - 01/02/26 - Variant with Rollout
      Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 6 January 2026, at 2:56 a.m.