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On the lack of growth for backgammon:

Posted By: jdg
Date: Sunday, 29 November 2009, at 2:40 p.m.

From http://betting.betfair.com/poker/poker-strategy/poker-and-delusion-251109.html

"Compare a game like poker to another of the great skill based gambling games - backgammon. One of the oldest games in history, backgammon is an extremely complicated skill game with a large chunk of luck thrown in like poker has.

Vastly fewer weak players are attracted to backgammon than poker though, as it is a game where you can see everything that is going on. You can watch all of your opponent's moves, with the result that if they are a lot better than you, it becomes obvious to you much quicker.

If you sat down and played a few matches against a world class backgammon player and a world class poker player without knowing how good they were, you would quit the backgammon game much earlier than you would the poker match, as the gulf in skill would become obvious much more quickly.

As a result, vastly fewer professionals can make a living at backgammon, simply because they do not have anywhere near as big a group of weak players who are deluded into thinking they are good. "

jdg

Messages In This Thread

• On the lack of growth for backgammon:
  jdg -- Sunday, 29 November 2009, at 2:40 p.m.
  • On the lack of growth for backgammon:
    lenny -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 2:53 a.m.
  • On the lack of growth for backgammon:
    Max Urban -- Monday, 30 November 2009, at 10:03 a.m.