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Only two plays - Variant

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Sunday, 22 March 2026, at 1:52 a.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 03-10-26 - Only two plays - Rollout (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 120 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 117 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=---bCCCBB---b-----bcbBb-b-:0:0:1:51:0:0:3:0:10
Original Position

1.	Rollout1	6/1 5/4	eq: +0.351
	Player: Opponent: 59.93% (G:12.33% B:0.44%) 40.07% (G:9.11% B:0.22%) Conf.: ± 0.010 (+0.341...+0.361) - [100.0%] Duration: 21.6 seconds
2.	Rollout1	21/15	eq: +0.302 (-0.048)
	Player: Opponent: 59.57% (G:13.15% B:0.78%) 40.43% (G:13.08% B:0.24%) Conf.: ± 0.012 (+0.291...+0.314) - [0.0%] Duration: 19.8 seconds
3.	Rollout1	7/6 7/2	eq: +0.235 (-0.116)
	Player: Opponent: 56.95% (G:11.44% B:0.40%) 43.05% (G:8.49% B:0.29%) Conf.: ± 0.011 (+0.224...+0.246) - [0.0%] Duration: 20.9 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Above is Stick's rollout of the original position.

It's not hard to come up with the contrasting variant shown below.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 121 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 117 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=---bCCCBB---b-----cbbBb-b-:0:0:1:51:0:0:3:0:10
Variant: White's 6pt spare is on her 7pt

1.	Rollout1	21/15	eq: +0.491
	Player: Opponent: 63.87% (G:11.48% B:0.55%) 36.13% (G:9.64% B:0.17%) Conf.: ± 0.010 (+0.480...+0.501) - [100.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 31 seconds
2.	Rollout1	6/1 5/4	eq: +0.391 (-0.100)
	Player: Opponent: 61.09% (G:12.63% B:0.39%) 38.91% (G:8.69% B:0.20%) Conf.: ± 0.011 (+0.379...+0.402) - [0.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 18 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 85430974 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Position of the Day 03-10-26 - Only two plays
  Stick -- Sunday, 15 March 2026, at 5:42 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 03-10-26 - Only two plays
    John O'Hagan -- Sunday, 15 March 2026, at 6:20 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 03-10-26 - Only two plays
    Bob Koca -- Sunday, 15 March 2026, at 10:07 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 03-10-26 - Only two plays
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 16 March 2026, at 12:00 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 03-10-26 - Only two plays
    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 17 March 2026, at 1:14 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 03-10-26 - Only two plays - Rollout
    Stick -- Tuesday, 17 March 2026, at 5:50 p.m.
    • Only two plays - Variant
      Nack Ballard -- Sunday, 22 March 2026, at 1:52 a.m.