Joker?

[Casual_Observer]

Could someone please give a brief explanation of
the term "joker" as it relates to BG!

Thank you,
Richard

Please remove NOSPAM if you wish to e-mail me. Thx

[Rew Francis]

On Wed, 02 Sep 1998 15:47:10 GMT, Casual_Observer
<divdesm...@home.com> wrote:

>Could someone please give a brief explanation of
>the term "joker" as it relates to BG!
>

Joker
An exceptionally good roll.

(From Tom Keith's Backgammon Glossary at http://www.bkgm.com/).

Rew

[alan...@my-dejanews.com]

In article <35ED688F...@home.com>,

divdesm...@home.com wrote:
> Could someone please give a brief explanation of
> the term "joker" as it relates to BG!
>

> Thank you,
> Richard
>
> Please remove NOSPAM if you wish to e-mail me. Thx
>

Well, some people like to play 5-prime stud, jokers wild. There was a fellow
(I think he's dead now) named egon_beermat, he was quite a joker. FuzzyKiwi
would like to be known as a joker, but he/she is pretty lame. TomServo (aka
jclfresomethingorother) is a joke, if that counts . . .

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[Casual_Observer]

Thanks Donaldk for this reponse to me directly.
Just thought other folks who did not think to
go to Tom Keith's site might benefit from this
response!

Richard

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On Wed, 02 Sep 1998 15:47:10 GMT, in rec.games.backgammon you wrote:

>Could someone please give a brief explanation of
>the term "joker" as it relates to BG!
>
>
>Thank you,
>Richard
>
>Please remove NOSPAM if you wish to e-mail me. Thx

A perfect roll, which changes a losing position to a winning one. For
instance, a double 2 from the bar which hits a blot on the deuce point
and picks up an additional blot, AND makes the four point.

He was about to get closed out and now he is winning the game.

Also called a "perfecta".

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[Casual_Observer]

And this From Patti Beadles
Sorry for not asking if you wished to be published
first, Patti, but I thought it was a good example!

Richard

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A joker is a longshot roll (usually 17:1 or 35:1) that causes a big
swing in the match. For example, you're stuck behind a 5-prime:

O O O O O
O O O O O O X
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which your opponent is about to close, and you roll a 1-6 to leap the
prime and hit his blot.

-Patti
--
Patti Beadles |
pat...@netcom.com/pat...@gammon.com |
http://www.gammon.com/ | The deep end isn't a place
or just yell, "Hey, Patti!" | for dipping a toe.

[Casual_Observer]

And Thanks to Michael Zehr who also sent a similar
response!

Appreciate it all!
Richard