Backgammon

I play backgammon. Among the many places I play online include DailyGammon, FIBS, GamesGrid, and TMG. I also play regularly (Tuesday nights) at the Las Vegas Backgammon Club.

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Game number 2

The score (after 1 game) is: Screener 2, Jeanie84 0 (match to 5 points)

Move number 26: Jeanie84 to play 63

+-24-23-22-21-20-19-+---+-18-17-16-15-14-13-+
| 2X 3X 2X 2X 1X 2X | 2 |  '  '  ' 2X  '  ' |
|                   | 1X|                   |
|                   |   |        6 3        |
| 2O 3O  '  ' 3O 2O |   |  '  '  ' 3O  ' 2O |
+--1--2--3--4--5--6-+---+--7--8--9-10-11-12-+

Pip counts: Screener 84, Jeanie84 89
Position ID: u61hAEA7bjgDAA Match ID: QQmvACAAAAAA

• Jeanie84 moves 12/9 12/6

Alert: doubtful move ( -0.055)

# Ply Move Equity
  1 R 12/6 10/7 +0.369
 
0.696 0.040 0.000 - 0.304 0.029 0.000 +0.424 +0.369
0.002 0.002 0.000 - 0.002 0.002 0.000 0.005 0.005
 
  Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 11) with var.redn.  
  216 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 987812766 and quasi-random dice  
  Stop when best play is enough JSDs ahead: limit 2 (min. 216 games)  
  Play: world class 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  keep the first 0 0-ply moves and up to 8 more moves within equity 0.16  
  Skip pruning for 1-ply moves.  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
• 2 R 12/9 12/6 +0.314 ( -0.055)
 
0.668 0.040 0.001 - 0.332 0.027 0.000 +0.371 +0.314
0.002 0.002 0.000 - 0.002 0.002 0.000 0.006 0.006
 
  Truncated cubeful rollout (depth 11) with var.redn.  
  216 games, Mersenne Twister dice gen. with seed 987812766 and quasi-random dice  
  Stop when best play is enough JSDs ahead: limit 2 (min. 216 games)  
  Play: world class 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  keep the first 0 0-ply moves and up to 8 more moves within equity 0.16  
  Skip pruning for 1-ply moves.  
  Cube: 2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  3 2 12/6 5/2 +0.195 ( -0.174)
  0.637 0.015 0.000 - 0.363 0.024 0.000  
  2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  4 2 10/1 +0.187 ( -0.182)
  0.633 0.018 0.000 - 0.367 0.033 0.001  
  2-ply cubeful prune [world class]  
  5 0 12/3 -0.024 ( -0.393)
  0.535 0.044 0.000 - 0.465 0.115 0.003  
  0-ply cubeful prune [expert]  
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