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Gambling With an Edge - guest Bill Robertie (backgammon)

Gambling With an Edge

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The Golden Point

I learned to play in the mid-70s and Red Paul McGreill was strong proponent of the golden point, which is your opponent's five point. Over the years McGreill changed his mind a little bit on the golden point. What we know about this is contained in the introduction to the reprint of Paul's book. He said he'd made a mistake. And there was nothing beyond that comment to back up.

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