In pretty good agreement with Stick's GNU-bg rollout, particularly on how clear the top play is.
I think it can be misleading to come up with an explanation after-the-fact but if you'll take my warning, I'll give it a try -- at least this is what I told myself after seeing the RO: If you were to follow the axiom "put your checkers where they belong", where would you put them here? Now, what are the reasons for not putting them there? Blue has the stronger homeboard so a loose hit is not much of a concern. White does have 9 PoH rolls, but the best Blue can do in those cases is to avoid getting sent to the bar. Staying on the 24-point is still pretty bad after those. Meanwhile, how about the other 27 rolls?

              
 
              
 | | White is Professional
score: 32 pip: 162 | | Money session | pip: 163 score: 13
Blue is c_ray | |
| XGID=-aa--BD-B---dE--ac-e----B-:0:0:1:54:13:32:0:0:10 |
| Blue to play 54 |
| 1. | Rollout1 | 24/20 13/8 | eq: +0.280 |
| Player: Opponent: | 56.42% (G:16.77% B:0.84%) 43.58% (G:11.35% B:0.46%) | Conf: ± 0.014 (+0.266...+0.294) Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes |
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| 2. | Rollout1 | 13/9 13/8 | eq: +0.245 (-0.035) |
| Player: Opponent: | 55.17% (G:18.38% B:0.89%) 44.83% (G:12.43% B:0.68%) | Conf: ± 0.013 (+0.232...+0.258) Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes |
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| 3. | Rollout1 | 13/8 6/2* | eq: +0.233 (-0.047) |
| Player: Opponent: | 54.91% (G:18.07% B:0.89%) 45.09% (G:12.60% B:0.65%) | Conf: ± 0.014 (+0.219...+0.247) Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes |
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| 4. | Rollout2 | 24/20 6/1* | eq: +0.227 (-0.053) |
| Player: Opponent: | 55.04% (G:17.18% B:0.73%) 44.96% (G:12.19% B:0.62%) | Conf: ± 0.016 (+0.211...+0.243) Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes |
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| 5. | Rollout2 | 24/15 | eq: +0.223 (-0.057) |
| Player: Opponent: | 55.72% (G:14.93% B:0.78%) 44.28% (G:12.06% B:0.50%) | Conf: ± 0.014 (+0.209...+0.237) Duration: 1 hour 03 minutes |
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1 3888 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 3246638 Moves and cube decisions: 3 ply
2 2592 Games rolled with Variance Reduction. Dice Seed: 3246638 Moves and cube decisions: 3 ply
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