Take point

How it works in play

With a dead cube and no gammons the arithmetic is simple: take four times and win once, and you lose 3 × 2 and win 2, a net loss of 4 points, exactly what four passes cost. So 25% is break-even; owning the cube lowers it to about 21–22% in races, and gammon losses raise it.

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.
• Cube life — The remaining value of cube ownership; quantified by Janowski’s live-cube calculations.
• Match equity — The probability of winning the match from a given score.
• Doubling window — The range of winning chances where doubling is correct and the opponent should still take.

Go deeper

• Cube theory: the 25% take point
• Backgammon strategy, from first roll to bear-off

In other languages

• العربيةنقطة القبول (Take point)
• ΕλληνικάΌριο αποδοχής (take point)
• فارسینقطهٔ پذیرش (Take point)
• עבריתנקודת הלקיחה (Take point)
• РусскийТочка тейка (take point)
• TürkçeAlma noktası