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Gambling backgammon can be exciting, particularly if you know how to succeed by playing effectively. But sometimes a trick or two can help you even more and make you a better competitor.

One of the greatest strategies to succeed is to block your opposition in. It'll keep them from advancing their checkers out of your home board. This must be accomplished early in the game to keep your opponents two pieces in your home boardthere. So you need to shift your checkers to points seven, five, and four as quickly as possible and even 2 and three if at all possible. Keep your point of 6 with the 6 checkers where it is. This will ensure that your opponent can't get out of your home board and aid your odds of locking them in to come away with a win.

By locking your opposition in, they will be praying for double sixes once all other moves have been completed to get those 2 checkers away from your home board. If doubles are not rolled, your opposition will be forced to move 1 piece at a time, as long as they toss a six or better, and leave one piece vulnerable behind. Of course in the process of veering off your own checkers, make sure you do not leave 1 by itself where your opposition can send you off to the bar to go through their side.

When in doubt, hit. This can help you win largely because once your challenger is hit, that piece is the checker they must move prior to doing anything else in the game. So if you hit them multiple times, they'll have to get numerous pieces back to the board and get around your pieces to win. Make sure you do not hit where it'll cause you to be open to getting hit yourself. Unless of course it will be beneficial to you, like early in the game when your opposition will not have you locked in.

Hitting when you have a lock started can also be good due to the fact that once you get several spots locked, your challenger will have a harder time getting their checkers from your home board and winning. It's even possible to hit them a number of times and get your block setup. That way you will be able to prevent them from re-entering the game and even having a chance at defeating you.

These 2 tricks aren't the only tactic to win, but they are exceptional ideas for novices to develop into more accomplished enthusiasts. Once you conquer these, winning most of the time won't appear to be such a complex thing to do.