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PotD 09-11-26 - Variant

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Tuesday, 6 October 2026, at 7:48 a.m.

In Response To: Position of the Day 09-11-26 - Rollout (Stick)

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 116 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 138 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--A-BCBb---B-C---bddBc----:0:0:1:65:0:0:3:0:10
Original Position

1.	Rollout1	20/15 20/14	eq: -0.266
	Player: Opponent: 41.48% (G:3.94% B:0.15%) 58.52% (G:7.43% B:0.23%) Conf.: ± 0.005 (-0.271...-0.261) - [96.4%] Duration: 2 minutes 13 seconds
2.	Rollout1	13/2	eq: -0.273 (-0.007)
	Player: Opponent: 41.09% (G:5.45% B:0.20%) 58.91% (G:6.77% B:0.13%) Conf.: ± 0.005 (-0.278...-0.268) - [3.6%] Duration: 2 minutes 02 seconds
3.	Rollout2	11/6 11/5	eq: -0.313 (-0.047)
	Player: Opponent: 39.96% (G:5.15% B:0.19%) 60.04% (G:6.38% B:0.13%) Conf.: ± 0.009 (-0.323...-0.304) - [0.0%] Duration: 29.1 seconds
1 5184 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 contrasting variant.

Nack

		White is Player 2 score: 0 pip: 116 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 136 score: 0 Blue is Player 1
XGID=--AABBBb---B-C---bddBc----:0:0:1:65:0:0:3:0:10
Variant: Blue's 5pt spare is on his 3pt

1.	Rollout1	13/2	eq: -0.259
	Player: Opponent: 41.93% (G:5.67% B:0.18%) 58.07% (G:7.26% B:0.16%) Conf.: ± 0.010 (-0.269...-0.249) - [100.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 21 seconds
2.	Rollout1	11/6 11/5	eq: -0.288 (-0.030)
	Player: Opponent: 41.01% (G:4.94% B:0.17%) 58.99% (G:6.09% B:0.12%) Conf.: ± 0.009 (-0.298...-0.279) - [0.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 09 seconds
3.	Rollout1	20/15 20/14	eq: -0.292 (-0.033)
	Player: Opponent: 41.75% (G:5.47% B:0.23%) 58.25% (G:11.26% B:0.79%) Conf.: ± 0.013 (-0.305...-0.280) - [0.0%] Duration: 3 minutes 47 seconds
1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 76220407 Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

Messages In This Thread

• Position of the Day 09-11-26
  Stick -- Saturday, 26 September 2026, at 8:29 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-11-26
    Francesco -- Sunday, 27 September 2026, at 11:10 a.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-11-26
    ah_clem -- Sunday, 27 September 2026, at 5:53 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-11-26
    Elizabeth (erichktn @ DG) -- Monday, 28 September 2026, at 8:59 p.m.
  • Position of the Day 09-11-26 - Rollout
    Stick -- Tuesday, 29 September 2026, at 5:39 a.m.
    • PotD 09-11-26 - Variant
      Nack Ballard -- Tuesday, 6 October 2026, at 7:48 a.m.