Double

How it works in play

Before rolling, a player may turn the cube to offer to play on for twice the stake. The opponent either takes, playing on and owning the cube, or drops, conceding the game at the current value. Only the cube’s owner may offer the next double.

Related terms

• Take — Accept a double, continuing the game at doubled stakes with cube ownership.
• Drop — Decline a double (also "pass"), conceding the current cube value.
• Redouble — A subsequent double by the current cube owner.
• Doubling window — The range of winning chances where doubling is correct and the opponent should still take.
• Doubling cube — The six-sided cube marked 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 used to raise the stakes.

Go deeper

• Rules: the doubling cube
• Cube theory: cube actions by winning chances
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالمضاعفة (Double)
• ΕλληνικάΔιπλασιασμός (double)
• فارسیدوبرابر کردن (Double)
• עבריתדאבל (Double)
• РусскийУдвоение (double)
• TürkçeKatlama (Double)