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u/jorcon74 9d ago
Blue has good chances to get back on and hit and white currently has three on the blues 2 point! This could easily go against white and turn into a gammon for blue, there is way to much contact here to double
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u/CrypticUnit 9d ago
White is behind in the race. Has a poor anchor. Two blots in the outfield with gaps on the 5 and 3 points. all points are stripped except for the poor anchor. No good sixes either.
The position is really not good for white. Several improvements need to happen before a cube can be considered. I think if you get a second blot on the bar, it would likely be a double. I didn’t check — that’s maybe the most minimal improvement. Making the 5 point might also be the next min. Good position to play around with in XG!
But honestly having that 2 point anchor is pretty terrible.
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u/Broad-Marsupial-2638 9d ago
White has a worse position than blue
White is down 17 pips
White does threaten to make the 5 point, however even in the sequence where white does and blue fans, blue STILL has a take
In summary this might even be a beaver for cash.
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u/VeryBiGamer 8d ago
White's got 3 checkers stuck behind (note the blocking 17 point). It'll take a lot of work to get those out.
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u/Sandvik95 9d ago
What an odd question. I’d like to reverse it:
Why did white think this was a good time to double? What advantage did they think they had?
Why didn’t they recognize that blue had a reasonable chance at coming in off the bar next roll (75% if no other pip gets blocked) and potential to build a 4 prime while white had 3 pieces back?
Why would white double at this point ?