Phil shows us a crazy cube decision from his Chicago chouette.
Phil Simborg's Video Lessons
Teaching pro Phil Simborg, along with other visiting top players, helps us demystify the complex as well the basic.
Phil Simborg is a full-time backgammon-playing and teaching professional. He is the lifeblood of the Backgammon Learning Center and volunteers much of his time to bringing new, young players into the game.
Explore over 200 Phil Simborg Video Lessons, one of the great benefits of a USBGF membership.
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Phil teaches us the right way to bring it home with this 5-5.
Phil gives us a lesson about when to break the midpoint.
Stick Rice analyzes a choice to hit or make another point.
Blitz or make the 5-point? Never an easy decision.
Stick Rice analyzes cube action in this blitzing position.
Phil explains why it is better to leave a shot than play safe in this position.
Phil gives a beginner lesson on basic numbers and odds in backgammon.
Phil takes a look at a potential cube action in a backgame.
Matt Cohn-Geier joins Phil to analyze a back game cube action.
Phil analyzes a play he made in a chouette that made his partners think he was crazy.
Phil analyzes a checker play and teaches us how to figure out why the play is correct.