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The Golden Rule of ..... Backgammon?

Posted By: Stick
Date: Saturday, 14 January 2012, at 9:11 p.m.

The article is technically written for tennis but it could just as easily apply to backgammon or any other game/sport with game specific examples included.

Golden Rule Article

Let me give one of my own example from years past. I was playing Malcolm Davis at some random event and :insert super duper bad beat story here:. It made me so sick at the time that I didn't feel like continuing my match so when Malcolm recubed what I knew to be a pass (pure race) I took and played for the match instead of passing and continuing the match which with a clear head would have given me better odds.

There's hardly any luck in tennis and if I'm getting beat I know it's because on that day my opponent is better than I am. I never have a problem enjoying tennis because I'm losing. If I'm playing poorly, that's another story but that's not because of results but poor performance. In playing tennis a lot over this last year I noticed people breaking down and doing things like I did in my backgammon match. They would break down and try to hand me the match. Seeing this helped my backgammon game as I have since vowed to ignore the dice and the piss poor level of my opponent's play and concentrate only on what I can control, making the correct decisions to give myself the maximum opportunity to win the match.

Tarango Incident for those who want to listen to Stanford pride whine like a bitch. If anyone has read Agassi's autobiography Open, Tarango is the player that Agassi claims blatantly cheated him. Basically Agassi said in a 3rd set tiebreak v. Tarango both of them around the age of 10 and the score tied 4-4 Agassi hit a clean backhand winner like 3 feet inside the lines. Tarango bows his head, starts to cry, then turns around, smirks, and calls the ball out thus winning the match.

Stick

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• The Golden Rule of ..... Backgammon?
  Stick -- Saturday, 14 January 2012, at 9:11 p.m.
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    Chuck Bower -- Saturday, 14 January 2012, at 10:22 p.m.
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      Casper van der Tak -- Saturday, 14 January 2012, at 10:39 p.m.
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        Timothy Chow -- Sunday, 15 January 2012, at 5:47 a.m.
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          Casper van der Tak -- Sunday, 15 January 2012, at 8:52 a.m.
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      Robert Wachtel -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 12:24 a.m.
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        Stick -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 4:36 a.m.
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          Timothy Chow -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 4:58 a.m.
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            Stick -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 5:28 a.m.
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              Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 9:09 a.m.
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                Christian Munk-Christensen -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 10:28 a.m.
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                  Casper van der Tak -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 1:06 p.m.
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                  Steve Mellen -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 2:52 p.m.
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                Robert Wachtel -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 9:00 p.m.
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    Mislav Kovacic -- Saturday, 14 January 2012, at 10:28 p.m.
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    Bill Riles -- Sunday, 15 January 2012, at 3:23 a.m.
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      christian munk-christensen -- Sunday, 15 January 2012, at 8:20 a.m.
      • The Golden Rule of ..... Backgammon?
        Bill Riles -- Sunday, 15 January 2012, at 3:11 p.m.
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          Dmitriy Obukhov -- Sunday, 15 January 2012, at 10:57 p.m.
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            Bill Riles -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 1:05 a.m.
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              Christian Munk-Christensen -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 1:07 p.m.
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                Bill Riles -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 7:09 p.m.
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                  christian munk-christensen -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 9:56 p.m.
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                    Victor Ashkenazi -- Wednesday, 18 January 2012, at 12:00 a.m.
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                      Christian Munk-Christensen -- Wednesday, 18 January 2012, at 7:38 a.m.
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                        Casper van der Tak -- Wednesday, 18 January 2012, at 11:50 a.m.
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                          Victor Ashkenazi -- Wednesday, 18 January 2012, at 4:24 p.m.
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                        Victor Ashkenazi -- Wednesday, 18 January 2012, at 2:05 p.m.
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            Stick -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 4:38 a.m.
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              Bill Riles -- Monday, 16 January 2012, at 7:18 p.m.
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    Daniel Murphy -- Sunday, 15 January 2012, at 5:15 p.m.
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      David Rockwell -- Sunday, 15 January 2012, at 5:43 p.m.