Game 1, move 1: Herd 5-3

[diane]

Nice and easy one to get back into the swing of it  

[diane]

ooops..I Had got out of the habit of this!!

[ah_clem]

we're far enough along that we won't get any usable cube info from the bot results

Spoiler

Someone suggested the double hit, and while it is always a good idea to consider the double hit, here it is a triple-whopper. The simple make-the-three-point play is best by a considerable margin.


XGID=-a--a-EBC---eC---bBcba----:0:0:1:53:0:0:0:5:10

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  X |   | O  O  O          |
| X           O  X |   | O  O             |
| X                |   | O                |
|                  |   |                  |
|                  |   |                  |
|                  |BAR|                  |
| O                |   | X                |
| O                |   | X                |
| O           X    |   | X                |
| O           X  X |   | X                |
| O           X  X |   | X     O        O |
+12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+
Pip count  X: 143  O: 158 X-O: 0-0/5
Cube: 1
X to play 53

    1. XG Roller++ 8/3 6/3                      eq:+0.417
      Player:   60.71% (G:14.53% B:0.41%)
      Opponent: 39.29% (G:7.87% B:0.27%)

    2. XG Roller++ 18/15 18/13                  eq:+0.272 (-0.145)
      Player:   58.33% (G:10.29% B:0.38%)
      Opponent: 41.67% (G:9.65% B:0.25%)

    3. XG Roller++ 13/8 6/3                     eq:+0.243 (-0.174)
      Player:   56.51% (G:12.35% B:0.37%)
      Opponent: 43.49% (G:9.08% B:0.33%)

    4. XG Roller++ 13/5                         eq:+0.137 (-0.280)
      Player:   53.59% (G:12.05% B:0.40%)
      Opponent: 46.41% (G:10.30% B:0.39%)

    5. XG Roller++ 7/4* 6/1*                    eq:+0.108 (-0.309)
      Player:   52.35% (G:15.96% B:0.43%)
      Opponent: 47.65% (G:13.21% B:0.57%)


eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.10, MET: Kazaross XG2

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