Well, I said that I was curious as to what the bots would say, so below is XG's verdict. I'm not sure whether the rollout can be trusted. GNU 4-ply evaluation likes breaking the 14pt, which is probably what I would have done. Breaking from the front seems kind of odd since it puts two checkers, rather than one checker, behind the anchor, but who knows?
        
 
        
 | | White is Player 2
score: 0
pip: 31 | Money session
Jacoby | pip: 202
score: 0
Blue is Player 1 |
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| XGID=---AA------bBBBBBB---A--c-:1:1:1:52:0:0:1:0:10 |
| Blue to play 52 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 12/10 12/7 | eq: -0.156 |
| Player:
Opponent: | 43.55% (G:0.00% B:0.00%)
56.45% (G:22.45% B:2.76%) | Conf: ± 0.032 (-0.188...-0.124)
Duration: 7 hours 15 minutes |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 14/12 14/9 | eq: -0.218 (-0.063) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 41.46% (G:0.00% B:0.00%)
58.54% (G:23.11% B:2.93%) | Conf: ± 0.031 (-0.249...-0.187)
Duration: 6 hours 29 minutes |
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| 3. | XG Roller+ | 21/19 12/7 | eq: -0.263 (-0.108) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 43.35% (G:0.00% B:0.00%)
56.65% (G:24.09% B:3.68%) | |
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| 4. | XG Roller+ | 13/6 | eq: -0.304 (-0.149) |
| Player:
Opponent: | 41.86% (G:0.00% B:0.00%)
58.14% (G:24.39% B:4.00%) | |
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1 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Moves and cube decisions: 3 ply
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eXtreme Gammon Version: 1.21