This is Position 10 from the Game 4 of Match 2 in Marty Storer's Backgammon Praxis (vol. 2). Malcolm Davis played 13/10(3) 8/5 over the board. Marty says he liked Davis' play at the time, but later concluded that 8/2 4/1(2) is best. His 3-ply Snowie rollout agrees.
My choice of 13/10 8/2 5/2 isn't mentioned in Marty's analysis. Nor is 13/10 8/2 6/3, and neither play appears in the provided rollout. I was curious about how far behind these plays are, so I plugged the position into XG, which concludes that both Marty and Snowie overlooked the top two plays.
        
    
          
 |  is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 120 | | 7 point match | pip: 133
score: 0
 is Player 1 |
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| XGID=---BBBCbA---bC---c-c-cBb--:0:0:1:33:0:0:0:7:10 |
| to play 33 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 13/10 8/2 5/2 | eq: -0.150 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 45.72% (G:12.39% B:0.40%)
54.28% (G:9.66% B:0.46%) | Conf: ± 0.006 (-0.156...-0.144)
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 13/10 8/2 6/3 | eq: -0.167 (-0.017) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 45.41% (G:12.23% B:0.45%)
54.59% (G:10.00% B:0.48%) | Conf: ± 0.006 (-0.173...-0.161)
Duration: 57 minutes 42 seconds |
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| 3. | Rollout1 | 8/2 4/1(2) | eq: -0.187 (-0.038) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 44.80% (G:11.01% B:0.32%)
55.20% (G:10.33% B:0.44%) | Conf: ± 0.005 (-0.192...-0.182)
Duration: 1 hour 04 minutes |
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| 4. | Rollout1 | 8/2 6/3 5/2 | eq: -0.192 (-0.042) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 44.79% (G:10.41% B:0.35%)
55.21% (G:10.26% B:0.44%) | Conf: ± 0.005 (-0.197...-0.187)
Duration: 1 hour 02 minutes |
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| 5. | Rollout1 | 13/10(3) 8/5 | eq: -0.286 (-0.136) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 42.23% (G:6.79% B:0.24%)
57.77% (G:5.61% B:0.19%) | Conf: ± 0.005 (-0.291...-0.281)
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes |
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1 10368 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 2
Moves and cube decisions: 3 ply
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 1.14, MET: Rockwell-Kazaross