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Ballroom Blitz - Three best plays

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Wednesday, 19 August 2026, at 6:05 a.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 07-30-26 - Ballroom Blitz - Rollout (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 188 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 154 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=cA----EAA--AeD---c-d-A--A-:1:-1:1:62:0:0:3:0:10
Original position

1.	Rollout1	13/11 7/1	eq: +0.389
	Player: Opponent: 63.14% (G:35.47% B:1.10%) 36.86% (G:8.53% B:0.41%) Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.383...+0.394) - [87.9%] Duration: 5 minutes 02 seconds
2.	Rollout1	11/9 7/1	eq: +0.384 (-0.004)
	Player: Opponent: 62.93% (G:35.53% B:1.09%) 37.07% (G:8.48% B:0.41%) Conf.: ± 0.005 (+0.379...+0.389) - [12.1%] Duration: 4 minutes 47 seconds
3.	Rollout2	11/5 7/5	eq: +0.372 (-0.017)
	Player: Opponent: 63.42% (G:32.79% B:1.35%) 36.58% (G:8.17% B:0.41%) Conf.: ± 0.008 (+0.364...+0.380) - [0.0%] Duration: 2 minutes 29 seconds
1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller 2 2592 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Above is Stick's rollout of the original position.

Below are variants. Altogether, three positions representing three different best plays.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 186 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 154 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=cA----EAA--AdDa--c-d-A--A-:1:-1:1:62:0:0:3:0:10
Variant 1: A White 13pt spare is on her 11pt

1.	Rollout1	11/9 7/1	eq: +0.425
	Player: Opponent: 62.89% (G:37.94% B:3.38%) 37.11% (G:8.71% B:0.44%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.419...+0.430) - [78.2%] Duration: 31 minutes 54 seconds
2.	Rollout1	13/11 7/1	eq: +0.421 (-0.003)
	Player: Opponent: 62.86% (G:37.47% B:3.30%) 37.14% (G:8.62% B:0.43%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.415...+0.427) - [21.8%] Duration: 33 minutes 02 seconds
3.	Rollout1	11/5 7/5	eq: +0.413 (-0.012)
	Player: Opponent: 63.44% (G:34.92% B:3.47%) 36.56% (G:8.34% B:0.41%) Conf.: ± 0.006 (+0.407...+0.419) - [0.1%] Duration: 34 minutes 47 seconds
1 5184 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 84309929 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 181 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 165 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=cA----EAA--AdC---c-e-A--B-:1:-1:1:62:0:0:3:0:10
Variant 2: A Blue 13pt spare is on his 24pt

1.	Rollout1	11/5 7/5	eq: +0.238
	Player: Opponent: 60.24% (G:28.36% B:1.22%) 39.76% (G:10.22% B:0.56%) Conf.: ± 0.011 (+0.227...+0.250) - [99.5%] Duration: 4 minutes 12 seconds
2.	Rollout1	11/9 7/1	eq: +0.216 (-0.022)
	Player: Opponent: 58.96% (G:30.72% B:1.09%) 41.04% (G:10.79% B:0.57%) Conf.: ± 0.011 (+0.205...+0.228) - [0.4%] Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds
3.	Rollout1	13/11 7/1	eq: +0.210 (-0.028)
	Player: Opponent: 58.94% (G:30.15% B:1.05%) 41.06% (G:10.77% B:0.57%) Conf.: ± 0.012 (+0.198...+0.222) - [0.1%] Duration: 3 minutes 45 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 7828327 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

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