Betting on backgammon can be fun, especially if you understand how to win by playing excellently. But every now and then a hint or two can help you even more and develop you into a better player.
One of the greatest strategies to succeed is to barricade your opposition in. It will keep them from advancing their pieces from your home board. This has to be accomplished early in the match to hold your adversaries 2 checkers in your home board. So you need to move your pieces to points 7, five, and 4 as quickly as possible and even two and 3 if you can. Maintain your point of 6 with the 6 checkers where it is. This will guarantee that your opponent can’t get out of your home board and aid your odds of blocking them in to win.
By blocking your competitor in, they will be hoping for double 6’s when all other options have been completed to get those two pieces out of your home board. If doubles aren’t rolled, your opponent will be forced to shift 1 piece at a time, as long as they roll a six or greater, and leave 1 piece vulnerable behind. Of course in the process of veering off your own checkers, be certain you do not leave 1 abandoned where your opposition can send you off the board to make your way through their side.
When in doubt, hit. This can assist you in winning owing to the fact that once your opposition is hit, that checker is the piece they have to move before they can do anything else on the board. So if you hit them multiple times, they will have to return several pieces back on the board and get around your checkers to win. Make sure you do not hit where it’ll cause you to be vulnerable to getting hit yourself. Unless of course it will be beneficial to you, as in early in the game when your opposition will not have you barricaded in.
Landing a hit when you have a barricade started can also be great due to the fact that once you get a couple of points blocked, your opponent will have a harder time getting their checkers out of your home board and winning. It’s even possible to hit them numerous times and get your block finished. That way you can barricade them from re-entering the game and even being offered an opportunity at beating you.
These 2 hints are not the only tactic to succeed, but they are great ideas for beginners to grow into better enthusiasts. Once you conquer these, being victorious most of the time will not appear to be such a demanding thing to do.