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Rollout: Snake eyes from the bar

Posted By: Timothy Chow
Date: Tuesday, 12 April 2011, at 3:28 p.m.

In Response To: Snake eyes from the bar (Timothy Chow)

Again, this wasn't a decision I personally faced OTB; I was playing XG Roller+ and it had to play the snake eyes. It played bar/24 6/5 2/1*(2).

However, when I ran the match through World Class analysis, XGR+ charged itself with a whopper here!

This rather odd circumstance happened because XG 3-ply likes 6/5, and at least on the settings I use, XG Roller+ is apparently satisfied with the 3-ply evaluation and doesn't bother running the play through a stronger analysis level. However, if you force both 6/5 and 24/23 through XGR+ then XGR+ thinks that 6/5 is a whopper.

GNU 2-ply slightly prefers 24/23 though it doesn't think 6/5 is that far behind.

The rollout below says that 6/5 is a serious mistake but not in whopper territory. I personally would have played 6/5, underestimating the importance of diversifying escaping numbers. I haven't checked what happens if you clean up White's outfield blots but I suspect that that will make the decision closer; part of the motivation for escaping quickly is to vacuum up more blots.

Sorry I didn't roll out any other plays but 2/1*(2) looks clear here, especially with White's vulnerable outfield blots.





White is Player 1

score: 0
pip: 127
Money session
Jacoby
pip: 129
score: 0

Blue is Player 2
XGID=-aBB-BD-B--aa-a--c-ccbB--A:0:0:1:11:0:0:1:0:10
Blue to play 11

1.Rollout1Bar/23 2/1*(2) eq: +0.315
Player:
Opponent:
50.36% (G:30.49% B:2.97%)
49.64% (G:11.79% B:0.68%)
Conf: ± 0.018 (+0.297...+0.333)
Duration: 4 hours 47 minutes
2.Rollout1Bar/24 6/5 2/1*(2) eq: +0.253 (-0.062)
Player:
Opponent:
49.30% (G:29.83% B:2.77%)
50.70% (G:11.75% B:0.61%)
Conf: ± 0.017 (+0.236...+0.270)
Duration: 4 hours 27 minutes
1 2592 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 2
First 3 moves and cube decisions: 4 ply
Remaining moves and cube decisions: 3 ply

eXtreme Gammon Version: 1.21

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