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How Greedy? - Two Variants

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Thursday, 22 January 2026, at 10:08 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 01-19-25 - How Greedy? - Rollout (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 113 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 92 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-aB-BCCC--a-bB---a-bbbbb--:1:-1:1:32:0:0:3:0:10
Original Position

1.	Rollout1	13/11 13/10*	eq: +0.962
	Player: Opponent: 87.14% (G:26.30% B:0.37%) 12.86% (G:0.38% B:0.01%) Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.958...+0.967) - [100.0%] Duration: 12.4 seconds
2.	Rollout1	6/3 5/3	eq: +0.938 (-0.024)
	Player: Opponent: 90.81% (G:15.68% B:0.17%) 9.19% (G:0.69% B:0.03%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.932...+0.944) - [0.0%] Duration: 10.5 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 are two contrasting variants.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 101 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 92 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-aB-BCCC--a--B---abbbbbb--:1:-1:1:32:0:0:3:0:10
Variant 1: White owns her 7pt (instead of 13pt)

1.	Rollout1	6/3 5/3	eq: +0.922
	Player: Opponent: 93.74% (G:6.73% B:0.14%) 6.26% (G:0.23% B:0.01%) Conf.: ± 0.002 (+0.920...+0.924) - [100.0%] Duration: 12 minutes 29 seconds
2.	Rollout1	13/11 13/10*	eq: +0.912 (-0.010)
	Player: Opponent: 88.19% (G:18.59% B:0.33%) 11.81% (G:0.32% B:0.01%) Conf.: ± 0.002 (+0.910...+0.915) - [0.0%] Duration: 13 minutes 51 seconds
3.	Rollout1	13/10* 7/5	eq: +0.902 (-0.021)
	Player: Opponent: 87.63% (G:18.81% B:0.33%) 12.37% (G:0.46% B:0.01%) Conf.: ± 0.002 (+0.899...+0.904) - [0.0%] Duration: 13 minutes 07 seconds
4.	Rollout2	13/10* 6/4	eq: +0.886 (-0.036)
	Player: Opponent: 87.26% (G:17.95% B:0.31%) 12.74% (G:0.37% B:0.01%) Conf.: ± 0.008 (+0.878...+0.895) - [0.0%] Duration: 26.5 seconds
1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 20277832 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller 2 310 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 20277832 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 113 1 point match pip: 92 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-aB-BCCC--a-bB---a-bbbbb--:0:0:1:32:0:0:0:1:10
Variant 2: Original position at DMP

1.	Rollout1	6/3 5/3	eq: +0.815
	Player: Opponent: 90.75% (G:20.48% B:0.70%) 9.25% (G:0.53% B:0.11%) Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.811...+0.819) - [100.0%] Duration: 46.1 seconds
2.	Rollout1	13/11 13/10*	eq: +0.747 (-0.068)
	Player: Opponent: 87.36% (G:26.58% B:0.96%) 12.64% (G:0.33% B:0.02%) Conf.: ± 0.003 (+0.744...+0.750) - [0.0%] Duration: 57.0 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 55344046 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Also, see Stick's variant with the roll changed from 32 to 43.

Messages In This Thread

• Position of the Day 01-19-25 - How Greedy?
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    Chuck Bower -- Wednesday, 21 January 2026, at 5:55 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 01-19-25 - How Greedy? - Rollout
    Stick -- Thursday, 22 January 2026, at 5:36 a.m.
    • How Greedy? - Two Variants
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 22 January 2026, at 10:08 p.m.