Betting on backgammon might be exciting, especially if you know how to succeed by playing properly. But occasionally a pointer or two can assist you even more and develop you into a more accomplished competitor.
One of the best game plans to succeed is to block your opposing player in. It’ll prevent them from shifting their pieces out of your home board. This has to be done at the start of the match to keep your competitors two checkers in your home board. So you must move your pieces to points 7, five, and 4 as swiftly as as you can and even two and 3 if possible. Keep your point of 6 with the 6 checkers where it is. This will guarantee that your competitor can not get out of your home board and aid your chances of blocking them in to come away with a win.
By barracading your opponent in, they’ll be hoping for double sixes when all other options have been made to get those two checkers from your home board. If doubles aren’t tossed, your opponent will be compelled to move one piece at a time, as long as they get a six or greater, and leave 1 checker vulnerable behind. Of course while moving your own pieces, be certain you do not leave one by itself where your opposition can send you off the board to go through their side.
When in doubt, hit. This can help you win mainly because as soon as your competitor is hit, that checker is the piece they must move prior to doing anything else on the board. So if you hit them multiple times, they’ll have to return many checkers back to the board and get around your pieces to succeed. Make sure you don’t hit where it’ll make you open to being hit yourself. Except of course when will be beneficial to you, as in early on in the game when your opposition will not have you locked in.
Hitting when you have a block started can also be great due to the fact that once you get several points locked, your opposition will have a difficult time getting their checkers out of your home board and winning. It’s even possible to hit them several times and get your lock setup. That way you will be able to barricade them from re-entering the game board and even having a chance at defeating you.
These 2 pointers are not the only way to succeed, but they’re great ideas for beginners to develop into better players. So when you master these, winning most of the time won’t seem like such a complex thing to do.