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| Major backgammon tournaments are held once a year in Monte Carlo, Las Vegas and a few other cities. What to do if you can not enter such a tournament for several reasons? You can always enter an online backgammon tournament! The most important land-based tournaments are held only once a year, but if you want to enter an online competition, you can do it at any time. In this article I will write about online backgammon tournaments and I will describe the most important ones. |
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Before you enter an online backgammon tournament you should know a few things about backgammon portals. In order to enter a tournament you should be registered to an online backgammon portal, or if you are not yet registered, you should sign up. There are many backgammon portals on the internet, so look for the best one! Usually they offer a sign up bonus; you should compare the bonus amounts before you decide. Another important difference is that some portals have downloadable software and in some cases you can play the game from your internet browser. You should be aware of such things before you sign up! Now let us talk about the backgammon tournaments.
If you are a beginner in backgammon, you should choose the Free Roll Tournament. This is one of the most popular online backgammon tournaments, because it is almost free. I said it is almost free, because you do not have to pay an entry fee, since you have paid that money earlier. Now let me explain: while you play backgammon online for real money, you acquire some stars; you will be able to use the acquired stars in the Free Roll tournament. Usually you acquire such a star for every single game you play for real money. Now you should understand why I said that you have paid the entry fee before the tournament. We can say that you get the entry fee as a bonus if you have played enough backgammon for real money. Although you will not pay anything in the Free Roll tournament, you will be able to win a certain amount of money. This will happen only if you are among the winners, because the first positions will get a prize consisting of an amount of money between $ 5 and $ 40. Besides not paying an entry fee, the Free Roll tournament is a good way to learn from professionals. Many professional players enter this tournament, because this is their chance to win some free money. So take care, you might be playing against an experienced player! This has a good side: you might learn a lot by playing against an experienced backgammon player. As a conclusion, this tournament is suitable for beginners, because they can learn while they play and their money will be safe.
Next I will write about a few tournaments. Keep in mind that the following tournaments are not free, you will have to pay an entry fee to enter the tournament, and for your own sake, you should be an experienced or professional player if you want to win some money. So if you are not an experienced player, you would better stick to the Free Roll tournament.
Gammon Empire hosts an online backgammon tournament every other month. They have started with a prize of about $ 25.000 and it grew bigger until it has reached $ 50.000. This tournament is one with the biggest pots, but as I already said, you have to be a really good player if you want to win it. You can find several other smaller tournaments from the same software provider. These smaller tournaments are available more often, but the amount of money in the pot will be lower. If you need a little bit of exercise, these smaller tournaments are perfect for you. On True Money Games you can find the World Online Backgammon Championship. This is one of the biggest online competitions. In order to enter this tournament, you need to qualify in some satellite tournaments. This means that you have to play in a series of smaller tournaments which have as a prize an entry for the big event. Once again, you should be a very good player if you want to go for this online backgammon tournament. The winner of this tournament will get a free entry to the most important land-based backgammon event: the World Backgammon Championship from Monte Carlo.
If you consider yourself a beginner, you should go for the low-stake tournaments hosted by most of the backgammon portals. In these tournaments you might not win a lot of money, but you will not lose too much either, and you can develop the necessary skills and technique to qualify for bigger online backgammon tournaments. So the best thing you can do is to start with the lower stake tournaments and work your way to the top. Of course, besides these online backgammon tournaments there are many more, but it would be impossible to write about each and every one in a single article. You can find a detailed schedule of online backgammon tournaments on the homepage of the International Backgammon Alliance. Here you will find not only the most important, but the lower-stake tournaments too. And the best part is that they list daily tournaments too, so you will surely find the tournament you are looking for. If you do not like the offer, you can check the following tournaments for an entire month, and by clicking on the tournament’s name you will be able to read all the important details such as the sign-up date or hour, the amount of the fee (if there is any) and the type of the tournament.
By now you know the basics about online backgammon tournaments, all you have to di is to find the right tournament for you and start playing.Good luck! |
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