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How it works in play

A match equity table lists the chance of winning from every score. In the Crawford game at 1-away against 2-away, for example, the leader wins about 68% of the time. Kazaross-XG2 is the modern standard, and strong players memorise the common entries.

Related terms

• Match equity — The probability of winning the match from a given score.
• EMG — "Equivalent to money game" — the normalized unit for expressing match-play equity.
• Crawford rule — Universal in match play: when a player first reaches one point from victory, the next game is played without the doubling cube.
• Take point — The minimum winning probability at which taking a double breaks even — about 25% in money play; score-dependent in matches.

Go deeper

• Cube theory: match equity and the score
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

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