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Position of the Day 05-12-26- Safe or Greedy - Rollout

Posted By: Stick
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2026, at 5:18 a.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 05-12-26- Safe or Greedy (Stick)

You really can't find a variant where normally altering the opp's position leads you to ripping two off. You have to modify the on roll player's position by taking a checker off as seen below to make ripping correct.

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 121 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 46 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-BCBEbB---a---a--aacabc---:1:-1:1:43:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 43

1.	Rollout1	6/3 6/2	eq: +1.372
	Player: Opponent: 100.00% (G:37.24% B:0.00%) 0.00% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) Conf.: ± 0.002 (+1.371...+1.374) - [100.0%] Duration: 9.1 seconds
2.	Rollout1	4/Off 3/Off	eq: +1.345 (-0.027)
	Player: Opponent: 97.19% (G:41.42% B:0.04%) 2.81% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) Conf.: ± 0.003 (+1.342...+1.348) - [0.0%] Duration: 5.7 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

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Variant

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 121 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 42 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-BCBDbB---a---a--aacabc---:1:-1:1:43:0:0:3:0:10
Blue to play 43

1.	Rollout1	4/Off 3/Off	eq: +1.473
	Player: Opponent: 97.17% (G:54.11% B:0.10%) 2.83% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) Conf.: ± 0.003 (+1.470...+1.475) - [100.0%] Duration: 5.5 seconds
2.	Rollout1	6/3 6/2	eq: +1.464 (-0.009)
	Player: Opponent: 100.00% (G:46.37% B:0.00%) 0.00% (G:0.00% B:0.00%) Conf.: ± 0.001 (+1.462...+1.465) - [0.0%] Duration: 6.4 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Position of the Day 05-12-26- Safe or Greedy
  Stick -- Saturday, 16 May 2026, at 2:54 a.m.
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    ah_clem -- Saturday, 16 May 2026, at 3:11 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-12-26- Safe or Greedy
    Francesco -- Saturday, 16 May 2026, at 10:11 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-12-26- Safe or Greedy
    John O'Hagan -- Saturday, 16 May 2026, at 12:48 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-12-26- Safe or Greedy
    Chuck Bower -- Tuesday, 19 May 2026, at 11:14 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 05-12-26- Safe or Greedy - Rollout
    Stick -- Thursday, 21 May 2026, at 5:18 a.m.
    • Safe or Greedy - Variant
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 21 May 2026, at 6:22 p.m.