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Nice Roll - 2x2 variants

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Friday, 26 June 2026, at 12:02 a.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 06-15-26 - Nice Roll - Rollout (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 82 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 87 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=-ABBCaCC-----a-----bccbbaA:1:1:1:61:0:0:3:0:10
Original position

1.	Rollout1	Bar/24* 7/1	eq: +0.577
	Player: Opponent: 56.43% (G:21.81% B:0.54%) 43.57% (G:4.26% B:0.12%) Conf.: ± 0.011 (+0.566...+0.588) - [100.0%] Duration: 9.8 seconds
2.	Rollout1	Bar/24* 24/18	eq: +0.466 (-0.111)
	Player: Opponent: 62.14% (G:19.38% B:0.65%) 37.86% (G:11.89% B:0.25%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.460...+0.472) - [0.0%] Duration: 10.8 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Above is Stick's rollout of the original position.

Below are variants. If you widen your screen, they will be laid out in a 2x2 grid. These choices are all close, but variant 1a is the "odd man out."

Nack

White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 95 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 87 score: 0 Blue is Player 1 XGID=-ABBCaCC-----a----bccbba-A:1:1:1:62:0:0:3:0:10 Variant 1a: White enters with 2, choice with 6 1. Rollout1 Bar/23* 7/1 eq: +0.603 Player: Opponent: 55.63% (G:25.21% B:0.48%) 44.37% (G:4.46% B:0.13%) Conf.: ± 0.004 (+0.599...+0.607) - [100.0%] Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds 2. Rollout1 Bar/23* 23/17 eq: +0.581 (-0.023) Player: Opponent: 64.36% (G:23.24% B:0.71%) 35.64% (G:8.93% B:0.28%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.575...+0.587) - [0.0%] Duration: 5 minutes 23 seconds 1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 46062878 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 100 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 87 score: 0 Blue is Player 1 XGID=-ABBCaCC-----a---bbc-cba-A:1:1:1:23:0:0:3:0:10 Variant 1b: White enters with 2, choice with 3 1. Rollout1 Bar/23* 23/20 eq: +0.711 Player: Opponent: 66.14% (G:32.54% B:1.16%) 33.86% (G:6.60% B:0.19%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.705...+0.716) - [100.0%] Duration: 5 minutes 53 seconds 2. Rollout1 Bar/23* 4/1 eq: +0.695 (-0.016) Player: Opponent: 62.09% (G:30.13% B:0.59%) 37.91% (G:3.42% B:0.12%) Conf.: ± 0.003 (+0.691...+0.698) - [0.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 06 seconds 1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 21151037 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 117 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 87 score: 0 Blue is Player 1 XGID=-ABBCaCC-----a--bbbcca---A:1:1:1:46:0:0:3:0:10 Variant 2a: White enters with 4, choice with 6 1. Rollout1 Bar/21* 21/15 eq: +0.690 Player: Opponent: 66.69% (G:30.46% B:0.45%) 33.31% (G:4.74% B:0.19%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.683...+0.696) - [100.0%] Duration: 5 minutes 35 seconds 2. Rollout1 Bar/21* 7/1 eq: +0.642 (-0.048) Player: Opponent: 60.81% (G:34.20% B:0.26%) 39.19% (G:3.56% B:0.10%) Conf.: ± 0.007 (+0.634...+0.649) - [0.0%] Duration: 5 minutes 06 seconds 1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 67032272 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 123 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 87 score: 0 Blue is Player 1 XGID=-ABBCaCC-----a-bbb-cca---A:1:1:1:43:0:0:3:0:10 Variant 2b: White enters with 4, choice with 3 1. Rollout1 Bar/21* 21/18 eq: +0.771 Player: Opponent: 66.37% (G:38.99% B:0.88%) 33.63% (G:5.69% B:0.20%) Conf.: ± 0.007 (+0.764...+0.778) - [100.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 22 seconds 2. Rollout1 Bar/21* 4/1 eq: +0.715 (-0.056) Player: Opponent: 63.22% (G:38.19% B:0.46%) 36.78% (G:4.02% B:0.11%) Conf.: ± 0.008 (+0.707...+0.722) - [0.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 09 seconds 1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 10953877 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

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