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Money management From:   Adam Stocks Address:   adam@stocks49.freeserve.co.uk Date:   16 January 2003 Subject:   Thought for the day Forum:   rec.games.backgammon Google:   b076ul$oko$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk To have a 99% chance of surviving an n-game money session against an equally skilled opponent, you need roughly 5*sqrt(n)+5 points of capital. Adam   Did you find the information in this article useful?           Do you have any comments you'd like to add?

 

Miscellaneous

Backgammon computers  (Graham Bayne+, Mar 2005) 

Backgammon in famous paintings  (Dan Scoones, Mar 2000) 

Backgammon versus poker  (Peter Hallberg, June 2006) 

Backgammon's popularity  (Anon+, Sept 2003) 

Board orientation  (Daniel Murphy, Mar 1999) 

Calculation versus instinct  (Kit Woolsey, Jan 1998) 

Checker play versus cube play  (Gregg Cattanach, Oct 2004) 

Checker play versus cube play  (David Montgomery, Jan 1998) 

Copying positions from books  (Stick+, Nov 2005) 

Famous people who play  (Carem Wiklicm+, Dec 2002) 

Free lesson  (Donald Kahn, Apr 1999) 

General tips  (Hank Youngerman, Aug 1998) 

Giants of Backgammon list  (Raccoon+, Mar 2006) 

Handicapping  (Kees van den Doel+, Aug 2003) 

Handicapping  (flash, Aug 1998) 

Handicapping--Pass or pick a roll  (Michael J. Zehr, Dec 1997) 

Handicapping--Rerolling 5-4  (Mary Hickey, Feb 2004) 

Initiatives by local clubs  (Raccoon, Mar 2006) 

Is online gambling legal in the U.S.?  (Chuck Bower+, June 2006) 

Maximizing earnings  (Stanley E. Richards+, Oct 2005) 

Money management  (Gnoh Mon+, July 2004) 

Money management  (Adam Stocks, Jan 2003) 

Notation  (Dean Gay, Feb 2000) 

Notation  (Kit Woolsey, July 1995) 

Position cards  (Francois Hochede, Jan 2004) 

Posted diagrams are scrunched up  (Dale+, Sept 2000) 

Top women players  (Tami+, Nov 2006) 

Typesetting backgammon  (Jason Lee+, Apr 2006) 

What is Zbot?  (Douglas Zare+, Dec 2003) 

What is backgammon?  (David C. Oshel, Aug 1997) 

Why do people play for money?  (Hank Youngerman+, Sept 2005) 

World Champions  (John Bazigos, June 1994) 

rec.games.backgammon mini-FAQ  (Daniel Murphy, Mar 1998) 

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