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by: peps...@gmail.com - Thu, 4 Jan 2024 00:09 UTC

I knew this was an easy take but wasn't at all confident in my double.
Turns out it's exactly marginal.

Paul

XGID=a-C-BBCC-----A----Ab-cbcd-:1:1:1:00:6:4:0:11:10

X:Daniel O:XG Roller+
Score is X:6 O:4 11 pt.(s) match.
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X X | | O O O O O |
| | | O O O O O |
| | | O O O |
| | | O |
| | | |
| |BAR| |
| | O | |
| | | |
| X | | X X | +---+
| X | | X X X X | | 2 |
| X | | X X X X | +---+
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 94 O: 65 X-O: 6-4/11
Cube: 2, X own cube
X on roll, cube action

Analyzed in XG Roller+
Player Winning Chances: 76.34% (G:2.77% B:0.07%)
Opponent Winning Chances: 23.66% (G:1.56% B:0.02%)

Cubeless Equities: No Double=+0.540, Double=+1.081

Cubeful Equities:
No redouble: +0.803
Redouble/Take: +0.799 (-0.004)
Redouble/Pass: +1.000 (+0.197)

Best Cube action: No redouble / Take
Percentage of wrong pass needed to make the double decision right: 1.9%

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Kazaross XG2

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by: Stick Rice - Fri, 5 Jan 2024 09:56 UTC

On Wednesday, January 3, 2024 at 7:09:11 PM UTC-5, peps...@gmail.com wrote:
> I knew this was an easy take but wasn't at all confident in my double.
> Turns out it's exactly marginal.
>
> Paul
>
> XGID=a-C-BBCC-----A----Ab-cbcd-:1:1:1:00:6:4:0:11:10
>
> X:Daniel O:XG Roller+
> Score is X:6 O:4 11 pt.(s) match.
> +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
> | X X | | O O O O O |
> | | | O O O O O |
> | | | O O O |
> | | | O |
> | | | |
> | |BAR| |
> | | O | |
> | | | |
> | X | | X X | +---+
> | X | | X X X X | | 2 |
> | X | | X X X X | +---+
> +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
> Pip count X: 94 O: 65 X-O: 6-4/11
> Cube: 2, X own cube
> X on roll, cube action
>
> Analyzed in XG Roller+
> Player Winning Chances: 76.34% (G:2.77% B:0.07%)
> Opponent Winning Chances: 23.66% (G:1.56% B:0.02%)
>
> Cubeless Equities: No Double=+0.540, Double=+1.081
>
> Cubeful Equities:
> No redouble: +0.803
> Redouble/Take: +0.799 (-0.004)
> Redouble/Pass: +1.000 (+0.197)
>
> Best Cube action: No redouble / Take
> Percentage of wrong pass needed to make the double decision right: 1.9%
>
> eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Kazaross XG2

A rollout has this as a cube by ~.025

Stick

Never call a man a fool. Borrow from him.

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Subject	Author
An easy take	peps...@gmail.com
Re: An easy take	Stick Rice