On winning the NYC ABT Tournament this weekend!

Again, congratulations! neilkaz do same!

Gogogo Bill!

One more, "Yay!"

Hi,

congratulations Bill.

Did someone make notes during the match, is the match available somewhere?

greetings k.

Rich Munitz wrote on bgonline:

"Bill Riles recorded the final. I believe the final score was 15-2. I missed everything but the end of the final game. But Bill said that it was one of the most lucky matches he's ever had. He also said that his first round match in this event was probably the single luckiest match he has ever had in his 35 years of playing backgammon."

http://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbb....pl/read/85712

http://www.bgonline.org/forums/webbb...mes/read/85767

You're welcome.

Rock on.

A monster whopper by Rachel in the first game (-.554).

Bill, what happened in the first match that was so lucky?

Thanks to all. The tournament was really well run and the hotel was great. Best view of Manhattan I've ever seen.

My first match was against Bruce Hall, and I won 13-0 in four games. I said afterwards that I thought if you could rate the luck quotient somehow in a match, this was the luckiest match I ever played. Not in the sense that I threw some great number to turn a game around, just in the sense that I rolled so well that I never had a problem. Every roll either made a point, hit a shot, or was a double that jumped a prime or won a race. Bruce was a real gentleman. I think if someone had lost a match like this against Snowie or XG, he could have submitted it as conclusive proof that the computer fixed the dice!

And for those who want to see it in XG, but don't posess one (choose the printer friendly version):

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18262758/Rac...2011/game0.htm

Thank you.

Congrats Bill. And thanks again for doing these problems, they are definitely fun.

Yeah Bill, congratulations and kudos to you. Thanks again for the great forum and POTW.