“P” Backgammon Terms

A succession of events, each of which depends on the preceding event. The probability of the entire parlay is equal to the product of the probabilities of the individual events.

A prime of fewer than six consecutive points (2).  Compare: Full Prime.

Chouettes with a large number of players often permit the box to take a partner. The partnership is offered in rotation, starting with the captain and moving on down the line. If no one offers to be the box's partner, a partner may be chosen by lot from among the team members other than the captain.

Refuse a double.

To play safe in the current position but risk greater danger later in the game.  Compare: Pay Now.  See: Pay-Now-or-Pay-Later Decision.

To take an immediate risk (such as leaving a shot) to avoid the prospect of a more serious risk later in the game.  Compare: Pay Later.  See: Pay-Now-or-Pay-Later Decision.

[From a 1980's television commercial for FRAM oil filters which showed a ruined car engine and a mechanic who quipped: "You can pay me now, or you can pay me later."]  The problem of whether to take a modest but definite risk on the current turn or wait and perhaps take a more serious risk in the future.

The best possible roll; a joker.

To hit an opposing blot and continue the same checker to safety on the same play.

Hit a blot.

Checker.

The victim of a hustler.