people. there is a backgammon section

gder03 · #1 (**permalink**) 01-26-2006, 04:36 PM

keep expanding the site i like it. was'n dan harrington a good backgammon player?

Didn't read the page, but it looks good.

bboy · #2 (**permalink**) 01-26-2006, 04:48 PM

how hard is backgammon to learn and

will i like it?

bonchkid · #3 (**permalink**) 01-26-2006, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by bboy

how hard is backgammon to learn

Depends how well you want to be able to play it. You can pick up the game in a matter of hours and be able to constantly beat most beginners. You can play for years and still have lots to learn.

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Originally Posted by bboy

will i like it?

Not if you are playing it for the money.

Gus Hansen is an amazing backgammon player if anyone cares.

Steve-O · #4 (**permalink**) 01-26-2006, 06:42 PM

I'm decent at it. and am a break even player on real money sites. I'm very good on places like yahoo.

The best way to learn it is to start by memorizing the opening roll moves, after that is a matter of basic strategy concepts and math. there is a big difference in strategy between a single game match or a multiple game match where the doubling cube comes in.

A lot of poker players, especially foreign players, are good gammon players. Gus plays for $1,000 a point

We should start a backgammon thread in the sports and games forum for some talk.

surftheiop · #5 (**permalink**) 01-26-2006, 06:56 PM

it seems highly unlikely to me that backgammon real money sites will ever become too popular for the fact that there are many "deep blue" level backgammon bots that would be able to turn a huge profit against any but the absolute best players. Try downloading Jellyfish and beating it on level 7 - its quite a feat.