Take point in backgammon means the percentage of wins you need to have in order to take a cube. In this video we'll be discussing how it changes in matchplay and how to calculate it over the board.
As tools I am showing the Match Equity Table rolled out by Neil Kazaross using XG2, and the shortcut to remembering it developed by Neil, called Neil's numbers (yes too many Neils)
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00:00 Intro
00:40 Take point definition
02:20 Match equity table
03:52 Take point calculation
06:00 Dead cube vs Live cube
07:20 Dead/live cube example
09:26 Neil's numbers