• Money Game Equities

			24/22 13/10	+0.197
			W: 55.2%  WG: 16.6%    LG: 12.5%   CL: +0.147    CF: +0.197
			24/21 13/11	+0.184 ( -0.012)
			W: 54.8%  WG: 15.4%    LG: 12.1%   CL: +0.131    CF: +0.184
			13/8	+0.175 ( -0.022)
			W: 54.4%  WG: 16.0%    LG: 12.6%   CL: +0.121    CF: +0.175
			13/10 13/11	+0.157 ( -0.040)
			W: 53.7%  WG: 16.6%    LG: 12.8%   CL: +0.112    CF: +0.157
			6/1*	+0.069 ( -0.128)
			W: 51.9%  WG: 15.4%    LG: 13.5%   CL: +0.056    CF: +0.069

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            • Volatility after each play

			24/22 13/10	0.123
			24/21 13/11	0.108
			13/8	0.071
			13/10 13/11	0.080
			6/1*	0.136

Red is already down to four checkers on his 6-point and with the 8-point stripped, 6/1* leaves him very thin on builders and he is short on blitz material. 13/8 may look like a beginner's sort of safe play, and it is the type of play experts will tend to shy away from. However, Red's 8-point is now stripped, so bringing a builder to that point has more value than it normally would. Also reinforcing the 8-point negates White's split which puts pressure on the stripped 8-point. The problem with bringing two builders down with 13/10 13/11 is that White has split his back men, which doubles White's indirect shots at any checkers in Red's outer-board. However, the pile of checkers on the mid-point is a liability for Red and he should be doing something to unstack the heavy mid-point with this roll. The problem with splitting is that White has three builders aimed at both the 4 and 3-points, but Red does have the stronger board, so he doesn't mind mixing things up on both sides of the board. In addition, White has the blot on the 9-point, and by splitting Red puts pressure on that blot. As for to which point to split, I prefer splitting to the 22-point, giving White less incentive to hit loose. 24/22 13/10 is my choice. [Build: 0.14/120204]