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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 21 11:28:28 2021
    I don't feel like rolling out the below, but it's interesting that this looks like
    very marginal between a pass and a take.
    I was very confident in my double but I expected the take whereas I should
    have felt 50/50 about it.

    Paul

    XGID=-a--aBDBB---dC---cBd---b--:0:0:1:00:1:26:3:0:10
    X:Daniel O:eXtremeGammon

    Score is X:1 O:26. Unlimited Game, Jacoby Beaver
    +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
    | X O X | | O O |
    | X O X | | O O |
    | X O | | O |
    | | | O |
    | | | |
    | |BAR| |
    | | | |
    | O | | X |
    | O | | X |
    | O X X | | X X |
    | O X X | | X X O O |
    +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
    Pip count X: 139 O: 149 X-O: 1-26
    Cube: 1
    X on roll, cube action

    Analyzed in 4-ply
    Player Winning Chances: 71.55% (G:21.35% B:0.77%)
    Opponent Winning Chances: 28.45% (G:5.35% B:0.13%)

    Cubeless Equities: No Double=+0.597, Double=+1.197

    Cubeful Equities:
    No double: +0.787 (-0.209)
    Double/Take: +0.995
    Double/Pass: +1.000 (+0.005)

    Best Cube action: Double / Take

    eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10

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