Bearing in against a 2-point anchor

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OTB I would play 7/3 6/4, as I am a slow thinker.

Let us see how many rolls would leave a blot afte that. If I counted them correctly it is 65 65 54.

The alternative would be 7/1. Again this would leave 65 64 54.

I do not see what else is there. 5/3 5/1, but we would leave a ugly hole on the five point that will bite us later.
7/3 7/5 is very safe for future rolls but we leave one direct shot now.

At this point I fired up GNUbg, so I will not answer this one!

Same thoughts here. 7/5/ 7/3 looks very attractive on the long run, but I wouldn't have the guts to play it, so 7/3 6/4. And now I fire up something different :slight_smile:

    1. Rollout¹    7/5 7/3                      eq:+0.841
      Player:   83.00% (G:23.60% B:1.04%)
      Opponent: 17.00% (G:0.80% B:0.03%)
      Confidence: ±0.004 (+0.837..+0.845) - [100.0%]
      Duration: 6 minutes 54 seconds

    2. Rollout¹    7/3 6/4                      eq:+0.754 (-0.087)
      Player:   83.04% (G:15.13% B:0.30%)
      Opponent: 16.96% (G:1.38% B:0.05%)
      Confidence: ±0.003 (+0.751..+0.757) - [0.0%]
      Duration: 5 minutes 47 seconds

    3. Rollout¹    7/1                          eq:+0.674 (-0.167)
      Player:   79.66% (G:14.92% B:0.27%)
      Opponent: 20.34% (G:0.88% B:0.03%)
      Confidence: ±0.004 (+0.670..+0.678) - [0.0%]
      Duration: 6 minutes 08 seconds


¹  1296 Games rolled with Variance Reduction.
   Moves: 4-ply, cube decisions: XG Roller+
   Search interval: Huge


eXtreme Gammon Version: 2.19.211.pre-release, MET: Kazaross XG2

And so leaving a shot now it was.

I would not have the guts to play this!

Same. I would consider 7/5 7/3 after seeing that 7/3 6/4 is a bit awkward, but without the quiz factor I end up playing 7/3 6/4 OTB.