The 35th World Backgammon Championship took place this July in Monte Carlo. The champion is Lars "Buster" Bentzon of Denmark, member of the Danish Backgammon Federation who is best known as Gus Hansen’s close friend and former manager. Bentzon becomes the fifth Dane who wins the world championship, but unlike most of his fellow countrymen […]

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Mary Hickey, the winner of Play65 US Open satellites, is the second US Backgammon Open Champion. After beating backgammon giant Falafel 7-6 at the Play65 satellites final, Hickey, also known as Mamabear64, fought Dorn Bishop at the 17-point US Open championship final, not minding even a 9-point lagging – and won.
US Open Championship is […]

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Play65 has completed its first successful collaboration with Backgammon in London, the largest backgammon club in London and is heading up for the next one.

Backgammon in London tournament
Play65 and Backgammon in London first joint event held on 4th May 4th, with Play65 contributing extra £200 to the total prize fund, which grew up to a […]

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Play65 US Open final qualifier held today on 20:00 Pacific Time after more than one week of sub qualifiers. And the winner, who earned $600 entry to the 2nd US Open Backgammon Championship and 4 nights accommodation in San Francisco, is no other than Mary Hickey.
Also known as Mamabear, Mary Hickey is one of […]

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Karsten Bredahl, Team Play65 Captain, continues to look back at the 2009 season in the Danish Backgammon Federation top league. The season, which ended in the team’s championship, started out quite lame:
Round 1:
Team Play65 opened the season real bad, losing 1-3 to Klaps, which is a former two times champion in the Danish Backgammon Team […]

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New backgammon tournaments on Play65 – private tournaments, created by you. On Play65 private tournaments (Sit n’ Go/Private at the game lobby), you set the time, the date, the buy-in and the prize; you also invite the players of your choice, by sending them entry passwords (via Play65 backgammon community or any other online or […]

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By Karsten Bredahl , Team Play65 captain

Denmark is known as the greatest backgammon nation in the world. Why is that? What’s the secret behind such a great success coming from such a very small nation (+5 million people)?
Let us provide you with the secret! The answer is ”The Danish Backgammon Team Tournament” which is the […]

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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, […]

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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?

Denmark backgammon champions

Play65 Team won the 2009-2010 Danish Team Backgammon Championship held last Saturday. Play65 Team (also known as the […]

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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 […]

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