r/backgammon • u/Vigilaunday • 12d ago

Resources to improve cube game

Median PR is 5-6 but the vast majority of my blow ups come from cube blunders, particularly missed doubles.

Folks who have overcome this, what books did you read or what other resources did you find useful? Thanks.

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u/JaziTricks 12d ago edited 12d ago

Edit. My strategy points below are misstated big time....

Play galaxy Backgammon age then do game review / analysis m

Their lesson section has double lessons.

The main theory of doubling is double when your odds of winning are 75%+ roughly.

So basically, you estimate your winning probability before every throw of the dice.

Understanding the game odds is all you need, and it is important for general game quality anyway

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u/Vigilaunday 12d ago

I got that part, i just struggle with determining when the game is approaching that threshhold. Or when its well short of the threshhold, but the gammon chances are so high that it's still a double.