An Early Christmas Present

  A while back I asked a friend of mine to come up with a simple poker timer I could use for home tournaments. the result was this Google app which does precisely what you would expect from it. you can pre-arrange up to 10 levels of blinds and even include coffee  breaks at pre-determined intervals. This is by far not one of the most complicated out there, nor does it make concessions for buy-ins since this was envisage more for free-roll...

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A word or two on Backgammon

  I have always had this thing about games of imperfect information; games were chance plays a significant role but is not the sole arbiter of who eventually wins the gaming contention. Backgammon is one such game. My fascination with backgammon began when I was a young boy snooping around a now out-of-business games shop that stood along the Sliema promenade. Back then I think it must have been the curious pattern of triangular designs, spread out evenly on either end of the cardboard playing surface, or perhaps that mysterious dice that...

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