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Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action

Posted By: phil simborg
Date: Wednesday, 1 July 2015, at 9:45 p.m.

In the position below, my opponent held a 64 and an 8 cube. Keep in mind we play with 3 dice and you can pick any two, and the roller gets to see his dice before he decides to cube.

My opponent doubled the 64 cube (he is only allowed to double one of the two cubes on each roll). I assumed he had a 3-5 or 3-6 and I passed. Play continued because he still had an 8 cube. He had a 3-5 and hit, and I immediately hit back and won a gammon.

You don't see that kind of action in regular backgammon. Now, I'm not saying "regular" backgammon is bad, and to those of you who don't like change and say leave well enough alone, screw you. Variations and variety are fun. Just because I like pizza doesn't mean I also don't like ribs. So if you haven't tried pineapple bluff gammon you haven't seen a gambling side to backgammon like you've never seen before.

I am going to be in LA July 13-20 giving lessons and playing in chouettes and private games and I already have a bluff-gammon round-robin game in the works with people who know how to gamble and enjoy a challenging game.

		White is Player 1 score: 0 pip: 83 Unlimited Game Jacoby Beaver pip: 68 score: 0 Blue is Player 2
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Blue on roll, cube action?

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• Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
  phil simborg -- Wednesday, 1 July 2015, at 9:45 p.m.
  • Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
    Bob Koca -- Thursday, 2 July 2015, at 1:09 a.m.
    • Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
      phil simborg -- Thursday, 2 July 2015, at 1:17 a.m.
      • Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
        Joe Russell -- Thursday, 2 July 2015, at 2:13 a.m.
        • Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
          Bob Koca -- Thursday, 2 July 2015, at 2:42 a.m.
          • Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
            Joe Russell -- Thursday, 2 July 2015, at 12:20 p.m.
      • Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 2 July 2015, at 2:24 a.m.
      • Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
        Bob Koca -- Thursday, 2 July 2015, at 2:29 a.m.
        • Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
          phil simborg -- Thursday, 2 July 2015, at 2:49 a.m.
          • Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
            Bob Koca -- Thursday, 2 July 2015, at 2:59 a.m.
    • Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
      Joe Russell -- Thursday, 2 July 2015, at 12:12 p.m.
  • Pineapple Bluff Gammon--exciting cube action
    Joe Russell -- Thursday, 2 July 2015, at 2:15 a.m.