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I want to test out my backgammon skills. Are there any sites that someone can recomend that allows players to play for money?

preferably 1 on 1, I don't want to enter a tourney if I don't have to/

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I think gamesgrind.

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I think he means GamesGrid

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Try GameColony.com, not quite as nice but its a little less infested with sharks. Truemoneygames.com and GammonEmpire.com are also options but I havent played as much at those two.

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TrueMoneygames is by far the best back gammon site out there
http://www.truemoneygames.com/news-p...omotions.dhtml

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What limit do you want play? Do you use snowie, GNU, jelly fish ? I would say relative easy games gamecolony and Gammonempire, neutral truemioneygames, tough games gamesgrid. But i should tell you that sometimes you have extreme good players for 3$ matches and that nearly any good backgammonplayer is starting to play poker.....more and easier money..........but backgammon is the better game.

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I play a lot at GammonEmpire. For me is the best and you can play 1 on 1 as much as you want.

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The problem is that they have a rating, if you are good and over 1900 points no fish play you. And if you play your rating " down" gammon empire make trouble.

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What you mean makes trouble? The problem is that if you play your rating "down" you lose money! [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Try GamesGrid

I only play poker there on occasion, and all I know about the backgammon there is that they have a banner ad on their Poker Lobby stating they have Backgammon games available.

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I want to test out my backgammon skills. Are there any sites that someone can recomend that allows players to play for money?

preferably 1 on 1, I don't want to enter a tourney if I don't have to/

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I've been wanting to play a little backgammon as well. However I remember reading a post about the use of bots in the backgammon rooms? Basically the post stated the bots had virtually destroyed any value in playing BG online.

Does anyone have any experience in regards to this?

BTW - there may have never been such a post (false memory syndrome?) but something clicked in my little brain when I read the OP's post.

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I've been wanting to play a little backgammon as well. However I remember reading a post about the use of bots in the backgammon rooms? Basically the post stated the bots had virtually destroyed any value in playing BG online.

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This has been discussed many times in the Other Gambling forum. Look for threads where Robertie has participated.

At least on some servers, cheating using bots is extremely uncommon. You can analyze the matches afterward using a bot. If you were playing against a bot, any other bot will like its play much more than it likes any human's play. I have played thousands of matches and money games online, and almost none of my opponents could have been using bots consistently.

What has happened is that those who do not practice against bots will usually get crushed by those who have trained against bots. That may make backgammon unprofitable for those who are not willing to study the game seriously.

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What has happened is that those who do not practice against bots will usually get crushed by those who have trained against bots. That may make backgammon unprofitable for those who are not willing to study the game seriously.

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I agree with you but I can’t swear that there are no bots. I always start a conversation. When I don’t get an answer I avoid this player. He is either impolite or a bot. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Online backgammon is rigged!!!! Just Kidding

I lost $100 at Gammonempire today.

Anyways, soes anyone have any info on GammonEmpire?

The reason I'm asking is because of a possible glitch in their software.

Heres the scenerio. I lost against a player 3 times in questionable circumstances. In these game he won when the following happened: down to our final few buttons (I don't know what they are called so I'm calling them buttons)
and he has 3 or 4 left and I have 2. I will win unless he rolls doubles.

So what happens? 3 times he used the doublng cube to double the stakes before his final roll. If he does not roll doubles I win. IF he rolls doubles I lose. Every time he did this he rolled doubles and I lost.

Now I would not be thinking to much of it as it's possible to roll doubles however, why would someone double the stakes when the odds are aginst them in a large way?

Anyways I smelled a rat after the 3rd time left, and played in a tourney. I make it to the final round in this tourney and guess what happens? 1st game of the finals and the same thing happens again. Opponent uses the doubling cube to double the match when it is clear if he does not roll doubles he has lost.

I asked him about this and he said it's a glutch in the software.

I e-mailed support about it but they have not e-mailed me back yet.

Anyone know if this is a glitch or am I just being messed with?

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nope you win the 50$ matches and loose the 2 $ matches:)

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Online backgammon is rigged!!!! Just Kidding

I lost $100 at Gammonempire today.

Anyways, soes anyone have any info on GammonEmpire?

The reason I'm asking is because of a possible glitch in their software.

Heres the scenerio. I lost against a player 3 times in questionable circumstances. In these game he won when the following happened: down to our final few buttons (I don't know what they are called so I'm calling them buttons)
and he has 3 or 4 left and I have 2. I will win unless he rolls doubles.


Anyone know if this is a glitch or am I just being messed with?

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You're being messed with. Before plunking more money down on the game, I'd ask what your average error rate is according to GNU Backgammon or Snowie.

Albert