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

Posted By: Stick
Date: Thursday, 7 May 2026, at 10:38 a.m.

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

Another pocket of problems that hasn't really been unearthed fully publicly afaik. Unsurprisingly, lots of details factor in to whether to hit or not. (which backgame is the opponent playing, how is his timing, where is the blot that we're potentially hitting, does hitting the 'extra' checker allow the opponent to more easily make another anchor, blah, blah, blah...)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 171 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 128 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-bbCB-B-BB--bB--Ab-d-baA--:1:-1:1:31:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 31

1.	Rollout1	23/22* 16/13	eq: +0.327
	Player: Opponent: 60.78% (G:29.67% B:4.48%) 39.22% (G:6.03% B:0.30%) Conf.: ± 0.013 (+0.313...+0.340) - [99.8%] Duration: 53.3 seconds
2.	Rollout1	23/22* 9/6	eq: +0.298 (-0.029)
	Player: Opponent: 59.36% (G:30.57% B:5.49%) 40.64% (G:6.96% B:0.42%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (+0.283...+0.313) - [0.2%] Duration: 52.8 seconds
3.	Rollout1	23/20 16/15	eq: +0.259 (-0.067)
	Player: Opponent: 61.53% (G:26.37% B:2.84%) 38.47% (G:10.11% B:0.48%) Conf.: ± 0.012 (+0.248...+0.271) - [0.0%] Duration: 42.1 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Position of the Day 05-02-26 - Hit or no Hit
  Stick -- Tuesday, 5 May 2026, at 6:21 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-02-26 - Hit or no Hit
    mamabear -- Tuesday, 5 May 2026, at 10:58 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-02-26 - Hit or no Hit
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 5 May 2026, at 4:52 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-02-26 - Hit or no Hit
    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 5 May 2026, at 7:03 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-02-26 - Hit or no Hit - Rollout
    Stick -- Thursday, 7 May 2026, at 10:38 a.m.
    • Hit or no Hit - Variant
      Nack Ballard -- Saturday, 9 May 2026, at 6:12 a.m.