X O
8. 41: 11/6
Play 8b
+-------------+---+-------------+
|   O X O X X |   | X X     X O |
|     X O X X |   | X X       O |
|           X |   |             |
|             |   |             |  135
|             |   |             |
|             |   |             | +---+
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 |BAR| 7 8 9 0 1 2 | |   |
|             |   |             | +---+
|             |   |             |
|           O |   |             |  160
|         X O |   | O O         |
|         X O |   | O O         |
|         X O |   | O O         |
+-------------+---+-------------+
    O to play 22
Candidate Plays    Equities
23/21 13/11(2) 6/4   -0.178
23/21 8/4 6/4        -0.208
23/21 13/11(2) 8/6   -0.234
BS: 23/21 has to be right so O can escape the back checker. Although blocking 6s is a bit awkward, leaving very few builders to play with, it seems right. Then slot the 4 point.

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