XGID=-b---BC-DA--cB---e-cb--BA-:0:0:1:51:0:0:0:0:10

X:Player 1 O:Player 2
Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X O | | O O X X |
| X O | | O O X |
| O | | O |
| O | | |
| O | | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| X | | |
| O X | | X |
| O X | | X X O |
| O X X | | X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 165 O: 155 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 51

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Tim Chow

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On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 8:39:38 AM UTC-5, Tim Chow wrote:

XGID=-b---BC-DA--cB---e-cb--BA-:0:0:1:51:0:0:0:0:10

X:Player 1 O:Player 2
Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X O | | O O X X |
| X O | | O O X |
| O | | O |
| O | | |
| O | | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| X | | |
| O X | | X |
| O X | | X X O |
| O X X | | X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 165 O: 155 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 51

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Tim Chow

I'd tend to label this as a middle game position, not that it really matters.

Stick

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XGID=-b---BC-DA--cB---e-cb--BA-:0:0:1:51:0:0:0:0:10

X:Player 1 O:Player 2
Score is X:0 O:0. Unlimited Game
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X O | | O O X X |
| X O | | O O X |
| O | | O |
| O | | |
| O | | |
| |BAR| |
| | | |
| X | | |
| O X | | X |
| O X | | X X O |
| O X X | | X X O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count X: 165 O: 155 X-O: 0-0
Cube: 1
X to play 51

23/18 is the natural way to play the 5, but what about the ace?
It didn't seem to me that leaving the blot on the 9pt was leaving
too many blots, but XG evidently thinks so. I suppose that this
could be viewed as a variation on the theme of "don't slot while
split." Of course, part of the problem is that all the other aces
are awkward (except maybe 23/22, but that certainly leaves X open
to attack, with many double-hitting rolls for example).

1. Rollout¹ 23/18 9/8 eq:-0.171
Player: 46.59% (G:13.54% B:0.65%)
Opponent: 53.41% (G:18.33% B:1.09%)
Confidence: ±0.014 (-0.185..-0.156) - [100.0%]

2. Rollout¹ 23/18 6/5 eq:-0.221 (-0.051)
Player: 45.85% (G:13.39% B:0.74%)
Opponent: 54.15% (G:20.67% B:1.56%)
Confidence: ±0.016 (-0.238..-0.205) - [0.0%]

3. Rollout¹ 24/18 eq:-0.233 (-0.063)
Player: 44.75% (G:12.98% B:0.69%)
Opponent: 55.25% (G:18.30% B:1.01%)
Confidence: ±0.017 (-0.251..-0.216) - [0.0%]

4. Rollout¹ 23/22 23/18 eq:-0.270 (-0.100)
Player: 44.91% (G:13.39% B:0.81%)
Opponent: 55.09% (G:22.40% B:1.81%)
Confidence: ±0.022 (-0.292..-0.248) - [0.0%]

¹ 1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
Dice Seed: 271828
Moves: 3-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller

eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.207.pre-release

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