I don't know about you... Variant

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I don't know about you... Variant

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Wednesday, 10 June 2026, at 6:43 p.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 05-29-26 - I don't know about you... Rollout (Stick)

White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 130

Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaver

pip: 144
score: 0

Blue is Player 1

XGID=aa--BBC-BB--cB-----d-bbbB-:0:0:1:42:0:0:3:0:10
Original position

1. Rollout¹ 13/11 13/9 eq: +0.476
Player:
Opponent: 61.06% (G:23.20% B:0.92%)
38.94% (G:13.42% B:1.07%) Conf.: ą 0.013 (+0.463...+0.488) - [99.9%]
Duration: 49.9 seconds
2. Rollout¹ 24/18 eq: +0.449 (-0.027)
Player:
Opponent: 62.32% (G:19.09% B:0.96%)
37.68% (G:16.99% B:0.54%) Conf.: ą 0.011 (+0.437...+0.460) - [0.1%]
Duration: 57.1 seconds
3. Rollout² 24/20 6/4 eq: +0.416 (-0.060)
Player:
Opponent: 61.48% (G:21.02% B:0.97%)
38.52% (G:16.36% B:0.66%) Conf.: ą 0.015 (+0.401...+0.431) - [0.0%]
Duration: 22.2 seconds

¹ 2592 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

² 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Above is Stick's rollout of the original position.
Below is a variant with a more than whopper-cheese swing.
Nack

White is Player 2

score: 0
pip: 137

Unlimited Game
Jacoby Beaver

pip: 144
score: 0

Blue is Player 1

XGID=aa--BBC-BB--dB-----c-bbbB-:0:0:1:42:0:0:3:0:10
Variant: A White 6pt spare is on her 13pt

1. Rollout¹ 24/20 6/4 eq: +0.586
Player:
Opponent: 63.89% (G:24.84% B:1.27%)
36.11% (G:13.68% B:0.66%) Conf.: ± 0.017 (+0.568...+0.603) - [100.0%]
Duration: 4 minutes 10 seconds
2. Rollout¹ 24/18 eq: +0.517 (-0.069)
Player:
Opponent: 63.04% (G:21.72% B:1.22%)
36.96% (G:14.96% B:0.61%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (+0.501...+0.532) - [0.0%]
Duration: 4 minutes 06 seconds
3. Rollout¹ 24/20 13/11 eq: +0.502 (-0.083)
Player:
Opponent: 62.68% (G:23.08% B:1.21%)
37.32% (G:14.98% B:1.25%) Conf.: ± 0.014 (+0.489...+0.516) - [0.0%]
Duration: 3 minutes 07 seconds
4. Rollout¹ 13/11 13/9 eq: +0.458 (-0.127)
Player:
Opponent: 60.57% (G:24.40% B:1.20%)
39.43% (G:13.50% B:0.93%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (+0.443...+0.474) - [0.0%]
Duration: 3 minutes 52 seconds

¹ 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 4263376
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller