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Cool kids - Variant

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Monday, 5 October 2026, at 5:42 p.m.

In Response To: ROLLOUT: All the cool kids are doing it. (ah_clem)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 145 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 162 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=----aaE-C--BdB---b-dCc----:0:0:1:62:0:0:3:0:9
Original Position

1.	Rollout1	11/5* 6/4*	eq: +0.034
	Player: Opponent: 51.05% (G:14.38% B:0.47%) 48.95% (G:15.07% B:0.58%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (+0.018...+0.049) - [100.0%] Duration: 7 minutes 12 seconds
2.	Rollout1	20/14 6/4*	eq: -0.056 (-0.089)
	Player: Opponent: 48.61% (G:10.74% B:0.45%) 51.39% (G:13.09% B:0.52%) Conf.: ± 0.016 (-0.072...-0.039) - [0.0%] Duration: 7 minutes 25 seconds
3.	Rollout1	20/14 8/6	eq: -0.222 (-0.256)
	Player: Opponent: 43.80% (G:8.62% B:0.33%) 56.20% (G:11.49% B:0.43%) Conf.: ± 0.014 (-0.236...-0.209) - [0.0%] Duration: 6 minutes 46 seconds
4.	Rollout1	11/5* 5/3	eq: -0.226 (-0.259)
	Player: Opponent: 44.34% (G:9.79% B:0.32%) 55.66% (G:13.01% B:0.52%) Conf.: ± 0.015 (-0.241...-0.211) - [0.0%] Duration: 7 minutes 05 seconds
5.	1-ply	13/5*	eq: -0.225 (-0.259)
	Player: Opponent: 43.84% (G:9.49% B:0.35%) 56.16% (G:14.00% B:0.52%)
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Above is ah_clem's rollout of the original position.

Below is a contrasting variant.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 138 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 174 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=----aaE-B--BcB---b-eDc----:0:0:1:62:0:0:3:0:10
Variant: Blue's 8pt spare is on his 20pt

1.	Rollout1	20/14 6/4*	eq: -0.206
	Player: Opponent: 46.10% (G:10.44% B:0.40%) 53.90% (G:18.60% B:0.56%) Conf.: ± 0.019 (-0.225...-0.187) - [99.9%] Duration: 6 minutes 33 seconds
2.	Rollout1	11/5* 6/4*	eq: -0.247 (-0.041)
	Player: Opponent: 46.42% (G:11.88% B:0.45%) 53.58% (G:22.79% B:0.85%) Conf.: ± 0.018 (-0.265...-0.230) - [0.1%] Duration: 5 minutes 59 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 2123533 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• All the cool kids are doing it.
  ah_clem -- Sunday, 20 September 2026, at 1:54 a.m.
  • All the cool kids are doing it.
    Stick -- Sunday, 20 September 2026, at 7:42 a.m.
    • All the cool kids are doing it.
      pierrez -- Monday, 21 September 2026, at 8:16 a.m.
      • All the cool kids are doing it.
        pierrez -- Monday, 21 September 2026, at 10:17 a.m.
  • All the cool kids are doing it.
    Frank Berger -- Monday, 21 September 2026, at 9:43 a.m.
  • All the cool kids are doing it.
    Chuck Bower -- Monday, 21 September 2026, at 4:50 p.m.
  • ROLLOUT: All the cool kids are doing it.
    ah_clem -- Tuesday, 22 September 2026, at 2:31 p.m.
    • ROLLOUT: All the cool kids are doing it.
      Bob Koca -- Tuesday, 22 September 2026, at 4:44 p.m.
    • Cool kids - Variant
      Nack Ballard -- Monday, 5 October 2026, at 5:42 p.m.