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Rip two. The immediate risk is the same either way, the extra man off makes the race that bit more favourable, and if we don't then the blot on 2 won't be easy to cover after a dance.
Rollout
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BGBlitz preferred the hit over ripping two, with match winning probabilities of 0.961 and 0.959 respectively.
Steve
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Two men off doesn't save a roll and it leaves the man on the 2pt to be a future threat. If you hit, then the rolls where red dances are a nuisance, but no worse than if you leave him on the 2pt. Best of all, if you hit, then his sixes and fives force him to leave. Hitting looks right to me.
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Sorry I missed the vote yesterday.
Usually hitting is correct here. If he rolls a 5 or a 6 he's out of our hair for good. And with an odd number of checkers to bear off ripping off two doesn't save a roll.
If we had one more or one less checker off it would be a tougher decision, but i think i'd still hit.
5/off 5/3 for me.