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Article #286Re: Backgammon is DEAD today ! ! !
From: Gregg Cattanach
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 13:09
Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 13:09
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Michael Sullivan wrote: > > A lot of amateur poker players who are nowhere near as good at poker > as you are (or *I* am) at backgammon can make $8000+ in a year of > casual play. The $8000 I stated was over 5 years. There is certainly a lot more money to be made playing poker, as there are lots more players (many which are very bad) willing to play for high stakes. This unfortunately is not true in BG. My post was just to say that your statement that 'only world-class players can expect to do better than break-even) isn't really true. You just have to be better than your opponent(s) and have them be willing to continue to play. > > Online play for money is available 24/7. That's true of backgammon > too, but on GG and TMG everybody has a rating, and it needs to be > deliberately manipulated for people not to have at least a rough idea > of your strength. I've only played there a little, but I'm pretty certain that TMG does NOT have a rating system. -- Gregg C.
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