Play65 is launching a new series of free online backgammon tournaments on Wednesday nights (at 18:00 and then again at 21:00 GMT) with real money prizes. In both free-rolls, the entry is free of charge; the stars you accumulate in every real money backgammon game you play on Play65 can be used as entry fee, and you can win cash prizes from $10 to $300.

If you want to spend 3000 stars, you can enter the $300 freeroll backgammon tournament at 18:00 GMT. The $300 prize pool will be split between only eight players:
1st prize: $150
2nd prize: $60
3rd & 4th prize: $10

For 5000 of your stars, you can enroll the $600 freeroll at 21:00 GMT. The $600 prize pool will be allocated to the top eight winners in this manner:
1st prize: $300
2nd prize: $100
3rd & 4th: $10

Don’t forget that 500 stars and 1000 stars freerolls take place everyday on Play65 at 05:00 and 17:00 GMT.

The Danish backgammon players are considered the best players in the world, so if Play65 team won the team championship ofthe Danish Backgammon Federation (DBgF), does that make them the best backgammon players in the world?

Play65 Team won the 2009-2010 Danish Team Backgammon Championship held last Saturday. Play65 Team (also known as the Mama Boyz) won 3-1 against their biggest competitor, DBgF leading Team, Nemo, and grabbed the DM title for the first time since its founding, leaving behind both the current golden medalists (Nemo, now holding the silver medal) and representatives of another online backgammon room (Team Ladbrokes Backgammon, Bronze).

The Danish Backgammon Federation was the organizer of the backgammon team championship, the league games that proceeded the championship and other backgammon events, most notably the international Nordic Open backgammon championship. The Nordic Open started 22 years ago as a local gathering of the lively Scandinavian backgammon scene, is now one of the biggest backgammon events in the world, attracting players from as far as the US and Japan. By the way, qualifiers for the 2010 Nordic Open are taking place at Play65 this week, don’t miss it….

Play65 invites you to qualify for all three flights in 2010 Nordic Open – championship, advanced and intermediate.

All qualifiers start today, March 8, and will go on until March 12. The winners of the championship and advanced qualifiers would be rewarded with a free entry to the final, on March 13, where the first prize is a prize package to the 22nd Nordic Open backgammon tournament that will take place on Copenhagen, Denmark from April 1 to April 5. A second round of Play65 Nordic Open qualifiers will begin on March 15 and end with a final on March 20.

Play65 in now on your TV! (if you live in Israel and subscribed to Hot digital services – Mars* 226 on the converter)

*Mars is Hebrew for Gammon, a game that ends with the losing player not bearing off any of his checkers. The term is originally from Turkish, where it means something like shocking someone to speechlessness. Traditionally, in Sheshbesh and in Tavla, the two backgammon variations common in Israel and Turkey, there is not backgammon in the meaning of triple game, nor there is a doubling cube, so gammon is the highest possible score.

What else there is on TV anyway?