News:Hot News Straight from Jamaica: $300,000 Prize at the Annual Kingston International Backgammon Tournament07.03.12 Alastair Macbeath won the exclusive annual Kingston International backgammon tournament that was held on June 22-23, 2012, in Jamaica.The Prestigious event was primarily sponsored by the Sterling Asset Managements and CPJ (Caribbean Producers Jamaica). It was a very close and thrilling competition in both semi-finals and finals, but the tremendous amount of $300,000 was eventually taken by Macbeath, who had won in the past the 2007 and 2009 Strawberry Hill tournaments. The World's Most Extravagant Backgammon Set06.13.12 Some of you have probably encountered publications regarding super expensive backgammon sets.Until recently the most expensive set on the market was made by Carbofan company, priced $25,260. Sounds imaginary? Well, an average person is willing to accept exaggerated prices when it involves art. For example, Charles Hollander collection includes a custom made backgammon set, designed by the artist Bernard Maquin, which is made of more than 60,000 diamonds and a lot of gold. But commercial items are expected to be cheaper. Geoffrey Parker's reputable company has managed to exceed Carbofan's impressive figure, and raise the 5 digits number to a 6 digits one. The new hand-crafted backgammon set, made of gold and diamonds is offered for sale for the humble price of $387,890! Is someone interested? Over and Done with April's Marathon - And the Winner is…05.07.12 Play65™ conducted a long and challenging month of sequential backgammon tournaments with growing prizes. It was a unique and extra enjoyable backgammon race that has reached its finishing line in the final tournament, held last Wednesday on May 2nd, 2012, with an initial prize pool of $10,000.Daniel Kotrc (blackwidow88) from Germany beat dozens of competitors and won the Marathon, adding $2800 to his account. Way to go Daniel! Play65™ Introduces: The Backgammon Tournaments Marathon04.02.12 For the first time online - a backgammon race made of 28 sequential tournaments. The marathon tournaments will be held daily during the month of April. The finish line will be celebrated on May the 2nd in an exclusive tourney with $10,000 minimum prize-pool. Free entrance, growing valuable prizes and a lot of thrill and challenge are waiting for you at Play65™ this month.Visit 'Events and Promotion' page to learn full details of April's Marathon. Play65™'s New, Refreshing and Comprehensive Backgammon Glossary03.14.12 Play65™ has recently launched a full backgammon dictionary, which includes hundreds of backgammon terms, professional and slang expressions. From now on you should never feel lost in the obscurity of backgammon jargon. Whenever you bump into an unfamiliar word, whether in an article, a chat or a game, remember you are one click away from understanding any backgammon phrase.Play65™'s Loyal Player, Victor Ashkenazi, Won the New York Open Backgammon Tournament 201201.15.12 Victor Ashkenazi won the championship tournament of the New York Metropolitan Backgammon open, held in New Jersey, January 5-8, 2012. Victor, with Falafel as his partner, took part in the finals of the New York Doubles, as well.Victor had won two major backgammon tournaments in the past; Las Vegas open in 2007 and New York Open in 2009. Congratulations Victor on your impressive achievement! 5K Tournament or 6K Tournament?01.05.12 The last 5K tournament of Play65™ was also the first tourney of 2012 (held on 1/1/12).Thanks to the large extent of participation (98 players!); the prize-pool has been increased dramatically from $5000 to $6370.The winner of the tournament is the Israeli player, Burduk7, who gained no less than $1789! We would like to express our condolences to the Russian finalist, piplik, who won "only" $1019. Join us on the next 5K tournament. You can never know; it may reach 6K, 7K, 8K… 86 Competitors at the First $5000 Play65's Tournament!10.09.11 16 Players have won prizes in the 5K tournament, which took place on Sunday, October the 2nd.The final match was held between the German player, Jerygiltter and Agiassos from Greece.Jerygiltter won (7-3), thus received $1574; Agiassos won $894 and the semifinalists, Nodari from Russia and Eristoff from Georgia, won $559 each.Thanks to the high number of participants, the tourney's prize-pool was increased to $5590, and 12 additional players shared the remaining $2004.Join, play and win money at the multiplayer backgammon games of Play65!Play65 is happy to share with you its new backgammon images library10.03.11 Beyond the classic traditional backgammon set, there are multiple amazing designs that bring into the game a magical atmosphere through their unique graphics. Play65 invites you to download, distribute and post images for FREE, from the exclusive backgammon images display. Personal Backgammon Online Achievements - | Articles:
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