About this episode
Our guest this week is two time backgammon world champion and author, Bill Robertie. We discuss his new book, How to Play the Opening in Backgammon -- Part 2: Everything Matters.We welcome your questions - send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com , or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or https://www.facebook.com/GamblingWithAnEdge . podcast Click to listen - Alt click to download Show Notes [00:00] Introduction of Bill Robertie, backgammon champion author of How to Play the Opening in Backgammon/Part 2: Everything Matters [00:28] Remembering Stan Tomchin [02:48] How is Bill's new book different from the other books in the series? [05:09] Bill's target audience for this book series [07:42] Counterintuitive plays [08:34] Does writing about backgammon improve Bill's game? [10:04] Making your own 3pt versus 22pt [19:42] 6-1 is weaker than 3-1 and 4-2 [22:51] eXtreme Gammon [30:25] XG making plays that conflicts how humans play [34:02] South Point Casino July Promotions - Free Play with a Kicker [34:30] BlackjackApprenticeship.com - card counting community, training suite, and forum [35:05] VideoPoker.com/gwae - Gold Membership offers correction on most games, free Pro Membership trial for GWAE listeners [36:23] Making an early ace point [39:58] Considering opponent's style [46:45] What will be covered in Part 3 [49:16] TheGammonPress.com [51:45] Recommended: Hobak Korean BBQ, Mr. Kim's Korean BBQ, Colin Jone's new video on Youtube, Unsettled by Steven E. Koonin, James Grosjean's blog at GamblingWithAnEdge.com Sponsored Links: SouthPointCasino.com VideoPoker.com/gwae BlackjackApprenticeship.com Recommended: Hobakkoreanbbq.com Mrkimbbq.com Youtube.com/watch?v=XM7fPwjJKuk&ab_channel=BlackjackApprenticeship Unsettled by Steven E. Koonin https://amzn.to/3hk5vZk Lasvegasadvisor.com/gambling-with-an-edge/author/james-grosjean Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices