Game 1, move 3 : Herd 2-2

[diane]

Roderick rolled 4-1 played Bar/24, 13/9

Lots of choice here, tell me if you dont see something you want

[Roderick]

1-4 - one of my weaker rolls.  Didn't want to step into a massive number of your pointing numbers on your 4 or 5, so I played down, however with 3 of your checkers back on my ace and me having the bar point, bar/20 or bar/21,24/23 become more viable than normal.  A roll other than doubles would have been just ok for you.  2's are a great number.

[Roderick]

I've made my next play (after you play your 2-2, which really can only be played one way)   

Not thrilled with all of your spares in your outfield, which makes for some difficult choices.

[ah_clem]

XGR++

Spoiler

While making the golden point is laudable, we have more important things to deal with.  unstacking the bloated six while making a homeboard point is stronger, and then move up to the 22 since there's nothing better to do with the final two 2s.



XGID=-b----E-CAA-cB--abbe----C-:0:0:1:22:0:0:0:5:10

X:Player 1   O:Player 2
Score is X:0 O:0 5 pt.(s) match.
+13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+
| X        O  O  O |   | O              X |
| X           O  O |   | O              X |
|                  |   | O              X |
|                  |   | O                |
|                  |   | O                |
|                  |BAR|                  |
|                  |   | X                |
|                  |   | X                |
| O           X    |   | X                |
| O           X    |   | X              O |
| O     X  X  X    |   | X              O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count  X: 171  O: 156 X-O: 0-0/5
Cube: 1
X to play 22

    1. XG Roller++ 24/22(2) 6/4(2)              eq:+0.024
      Player:   50.12% (G:15.43% B:0.78%)
      Opponent: 49.88% (G:14.45% B:0.71%)

    2. XG Roller++ 24/20(2)                     eq:-0.103 (-0.127)
      Player:   46.83% (G:12.50% B:0.44%)
      Opponent: 53.17% (G:13.19% B:0.56%)

    3. XG Roller++ 24/20 6/4(2)                 eq:-0.210 (-0.234)
      Player:   45.60% (G:14.19% B:1.01%)
      Opponent: 54.40% (G:18.99% B:1.69%)

    4. 2-ply       24/22 8/4 6/4                eq:-0.196 (-0.219)
      Player:   45.44% (G:14.36% B:0.92%)
      Opponent: 54.56% (G:18.51% B:1.63%)

    5. 2-ply       24/22 10/8 6/4(2)            eq:-0.197 (-0.221)
      Player:   45.30% (G:13.79% B:0.81%)
      Opponent: 54.70% (G:17.85% B:1.41%)


eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Kazaross XG2

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