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Position of the Day 05-02-26 - Hit or no Hit

Posted By: Chuck Bower
Date: Tuesday, 5 May 2026, at 4:52 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 05-02-26 - Hit or no Hit (Stick)

What is White thinking? 1) Gotta make an advanced anchor. 2) At this point I prefer playing a forward game; 24-23 backgame is an extremely remote winning path.

What is Blue thinking? 0) Why did I put a spare on the 3-pt??!! 1) I gotta get off the 23-pt. 2) My 9-pt is not very useful here but is giving it up now premature, and more importantly are there better things I can do with this roll?

23/20, 16/15 is on the radar. That accomplishes Blue's #1 above, duplicating 3's in the process.

23/22*, 16/13 seems like the obvious alternative. That also accomplishes Blue's #1 (although not quite as well) but also helps both of White's goals, I think. That extra checker back often makes it easier to make the 20-pt and the timing -- for a forward game or 20-pt + ?-pt holding/backgame -- is improved.

Is there anything else worth looking at? 23/20, 9/8? 9/5? 9/6, 9/8? 23/22*, 9/6? I'm not enamored with those since I think they give White's forward game a boost.

Meanwhile it seems like hitting is more in White's favor than Blue's.

23/20, 16/15.

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