 Real backgammon
versus online
There's a real buzz on the backgammon circuits as the game goes
from strength to strength. Much of that 'buzzing' is down to the fact
that big money is being won at the 'Big Money' tournaments and like
the proverbial rolling stone is gathering players at a rapid momentum
increasing by the day. Consequently, there is an uptake in online
sites that are supplementing the hunger for these big money prizes.
Among the online sites who have not just jumped, but vaulted into
tournament play is www.play65.com whose own $50,000 contest has just
taken place in October.
This will be followed by a few other smaller prize money tournaments,
before January sees the start of the BIG One, the one that the
backgammon world has craved for; the 1 million dollar prize sponsored
by Partygaming PLC. This proliferation of online tournaments has only
amplified the noise that backgammon is making in the online community
and not just in the money stakes. Fun players are signing up in their
dozens to play backgammon.
Why? Because the internet has created a cyber corridor that leads to
many portals where the game is promoted.
There is even a suggestion going around that online backgammon could
be played by real backgammon clubs and groups. Although only in its
blue print stages, the idea would be that players from various real
backgammon clubs play against others in online tournaments, instead of
the customary face to face battles. The clubs will have their own
space on the web site and will receive special links to set the games
in motion. This could lead to more and more online tournaments with
even bigger cash prizes, with perhaps winners of the online league
competing against other league winners internationally or
domestically, emphasising once again the complete diversity and
flexibility of backgammon.
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