X	O
3.	66: 24/18 13/7(2)* 11/5
Play 3b	+-------------+---+-------------+ | O X X | | X X O | | X X | | X X O | | X | | X O | | | | O | 156 | | O | O | | | | | +---+ | 1 2 3 4 5 6 |BAR| 7 8 9 0 1 2 | | | | | | | +---+ | O | | | | O | | | 167 | O | | O | | O | | O X | | X X O | | X O X | +-------------+---+-------------+			O to play 33 Candidate Plays Equities Bar/22 13/10 6/3(2)* -0.303 Bar/22 13/7* 6/3* -0.304

BS:

I would definitely play Bar/22 13/7 6/3. I am a bit surprised that the play of hitting only one blot but making an additional inner board point is so close according to JellyFish. Logically, I would hit two checkers. However, when I look at the play JellyFish suggests, it "feels" pretty good as well. (OK, backgammon can be as much art and "feel" as it is math and probabilities.) Making the inner board point produces a fan 1 out of 9 times and does not leave the inner blot. However, hitting only one blot does give X a good chance to make the bar point.

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