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- Buy a Backgammon Game: The Perfect Choice! - Are you looking for a hobby that will not only exercise your mind but also matches your nobility? Then why not buy a backgammon game. When you buy a backgammon game, you not only play the game itself but also experience what ancient rulers had experienced before.
- Gus Hansen: From Backgammon to Poker - Gus Hansen was first known as a world class backgammon player. He was playing backgammon professionally until he felt like he needed to shift to another casino game. This was when he chose to play professional poker.
- Low Number Non-Double Reply to the Opening Roll - The non-double combination reply to the opening roll may not always give you the luxury of making a point early in a backgammon game but it opens up other tactical opportunities. It may take some time and patience to get them all down, but they are really important when it comes to backgammon strategy.
- Playing Internet Backgammon: The Human Factor - When playing Internet backgammon, the human factor of whether or not you should return a favor by not hitting when you've been spared a barred checker, can turn up. See how you should go about this impasse when playing online in terms of how strong you think your skills are and what kind of game it is as well.
- The 13/11 13/8 Opening Play in Backgammon - The 13/11 13/8 play for the five-two opening roll is a smart way to approach this split play in backgammon. You gain positional advantage and the ability to develop your home board early by playing 13/11 13/8 in the backgammon opening roll.
- The Crawford Rule on Backgammon Match Play - There is a long-established rule on backgammon match play called the Crawford rule. It prohibits the doubling cube on the first game (called the Crawford game) after a player has come within one point of winning a match play. See how this rule is followed in a match as well how it places value on the player who's initially ahead in the scores and permits a trailing player to recover their position and still be in the running to win the backgammon match.
- The Use of Doubling Cube in Backgammon - Even if backgammon is played by many people as a past-time activity, backgammon is also available in some casinos where large stakes are involved. To improve their stakes in money games, some players resort to use doubling cube in their games. However, the use of doubling cube in actual games is very risky so players should think twice when deciding to use the special die.
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