BGBB: Game #6

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41: 24/20* 24/23

Play 2a

+-------------+---+-------------+
|   O     O X |   |   X     X O |
|           X |   |   X       O |
|           X |   |   X       O |
|           X |   |           O |  184
|             |   |           O |
|             |   |             | +---+
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |BAR| 7 8 9 0 1 2 | |   |
|             |   |             | +---+
|           O | X |             |
|           O |   |           X |  162
|           O |   |   O       X |
| X         O |   |   O       X |
| X         O |   |   O       X |
+-------------+---+-------------+

X to play 31

Candidate Plays    Equities
Bar/22 6/5*          -0.130
Bar/24 8/5*          -0.182
Bar/22 11/10         -0.227
Bar/22 24/23         -0.240

BS:

So, already down 22 pips. X wants to avoid piling checkers up on the ace point, so coming in on 22 is pretty clear. The best 1 is then to hit on the 5 point.