Here is another interesting position from a round 2 match of the Las Vegas Open between Phil Simborg and Neil Kazaross. Phil is leading 3-1 /15, and has this 54 to play. Should he run a back checker to safety, or attack Neil’s blot on his ace point? Let us know what you think in the comments!
Video Below (starts @ 20:54)
ANSWER
22/13
Run! Neil’s stripped 6, 8, and 10 points are hardly threatening, and we are very far ahead in the race already, so we should simply take advantage of the 9 we just rolled and safety one of our back checkers. Hitting and playing 13/9 leaves 15 shots for Neil, and doesn’t take care of our only remaining issues, which are our two back checkers that are stuck in Neil’s home board.