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and here is why i posted in that thread:

Posted By: eXtreme Gammon
Date: Monday, 31 January 2011, at 1:25 a.m.

In Response To: Ten billion games of backgammon (eXtreme Gammon)

73 trillions position means roughly 91 billions games (assuming 40 move per game, and 20 candidates in average per roll) using 1-ply.

using a factor 400 from 1 to 3 ply, we are quite far from 10 billions 3-ply games.

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