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Any tips to improve cube handling in matches?

Posted By: Matt Ryder
Date: Saturday, 2 January 2010, at 7:56 a.m.

In Response To: Any tips to improve cube handling in matches? (Lucky Jim)

I'm no cube expert, but here are some pointers anyway:

* Switch to playing money games initially. The complexities of the cube AtS tend to throw one off.
* Develop (and memorise) a collection of cube reference positions. Woolsey's Backgammon Encyclopedia is a great place to start. Bart Brooks produced a useful set of flashcards covering 3rd roll dance and bearoff cube scenerios.
* Read Backgammon Bootcamp by Walter Trice.
* Study cube theory. Bell's Backgammon: Winning with the Doubling Cube is a nice resource (although some of his metrics in the latter half of the book should be taken with a pinch of salt).
* Familiarise yourself with the backgammon/gammon/win breakdowns in your bot of choice. My biggest cube blunders occur when I over-/under-estimate the impact of gammons.

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