Backgammon

Complicado.

Hey Dippy,

It's tough these days to find real money backgammon games online. Ladbrokes used to offer it, and I heard 888 also did it at one point. I used to have an (unused) account at a dedicated backgammon network called BGRoom, but they closed down by now as well, and instead direct you to an app called 'Backgammon - Lord of the Board', which doesn't seem to offer real money play, from what I have seen so far. The online real money site I could find right now is backgammonmasters.com, but I don't have any experience with them. Getting decent traffic may be another issue.

If it's just about playing the game, you should be able to find a couple of free backgammon networks, though. There's also a very useful training tool out there called GNU Backgammon, if you don't have this one already.

Thanks for an extensive answer I'll probably have a look at 888 and Ladbrokes then (already have accounts there from my poker days), otherwise I'll check out backgammonmasters.com.

Yes, it's just about playing the game, but everything is more interesting when you have some money riding on it

People sometimes play it in casinos

I don't know enough to play this profitable, but hopefully you have fun with playing this

Cheers,
SDK1987

It's not that hard to learn
The key when learning is to ignore different colourings on the board because all points are equal

Gus Hansen is Backgammon highstakes shark apparently ♦

Originally posted by adasko99
It's not that hard to learn
The key when learning is to ignore different colourings on the board because all points are equal

Not unlike poker, it's a game that's not that hard to learn, but it takes a lot of practice to master it.

One important thing to learn when it comes to strategy is how to play the opening rolls, since this a decision you'll need to make in every other game. Some opening rolls only have one correct way to play them (like 3-1, the best opening roll of all, or 6-5, the so called "lover's leap"), while others allow two or three alternatives, based on your playing style.

As for the rest of the game, there are some key principles to keep in mind (priming, holding, running, etc.), but I believe most of this comes with practice. Handling the doubling cube, however, is a science in itself, and I'm still struggling a lot with it.

and don't be too obsessed with never getting hit because it's actually good to be a bit spread across points to have a wider range of possible plays.
if that makes sense

Maybe I will learn it later and did you win something with it?

nope
there are many free apps for mobile phones to practice play money

That's good to know