Drop

How it works in play

Dropping a double concedes the game at the current stake: one point at the start, more if the cube has already been turned. It is right when your chances are below the take point, about 25% in money play, a little less in a pure race and more when gammons threaten.

Related terms

• Pass — Decline a double (same as "drop"), conceding the current cube value.
• Take — Accept a double, continuing the game at doubled stakes with cube ownership.
• Take point — The minimum winning probability at which taking a double breaks even — about 25% in money play; score-dependent in matches.
• Double — An offer to double the stakes via the doubling cube, made before rolling.
• Cash — To double an opponent out of the game — offering a cube they must correctly pass, banking the current stakes.

Go deeper

• Cube theory: the 25% take point
• Cube theory: cube actions by winning chances
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةالرفض (Drop)
• ΕλληνικάΑφήνω (drop)
• فارسیرد کردن (Drop)
• עבריתלוותר (Drop)
• РусскийДроп (drop)
• TürkçeBırakmak (Drop)