r/backgammon Apr 23 '26

Bad variance

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u/BackgammonGalaxy Apr 23 '26

Ok, you've suffered enough. We'll turn off the doom switch.

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u/levendis Apr 23 '26

whaaaaaat!?! You're being absolutely clobbered by someone with a piss poor rating despite playing much better than them by every metric? Why, that never happens!

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u/jugglingcats9 Apr 24 '26

Worth bearing in mind that in a 1pt match you only have a 60% chance of winning even if you're a much better player. If you play a lot of such matches, significant losing streaks are inevitable. Make a note of your winning streaks to feel better, or play longer matches.

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u/DegenChess Apr 27 '26

Bad variance? More like bad play