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John O'Hagan shares his secrets and stories from the world of backgammon! Learn from a grandmaster in this exclusive interview.

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00:00 Introduction
01:50 Biography
4:18 Hobbies and Interests
04:53 Starting Playing Backgammon
05:58 Improving in Backgammon
08:40 Recommendations to Improve
11:00 Book Recommendations
12:00 Taking a Lesson from John O'Hagan
13:50 Score Based Considerations in a Match
18:40 Learning from XG
21:10 Online Play
21:25 Clock Settings
22:15 Pip Counting
23:05 Other Learning Methods
24:00 Getting More People to Play Backgammon
25:00 Tournaments
28:00 First Tournament Win
28:30 Side Events
29:00 Backgammon Stories
34:50 Tournaments in 2023
35:30 Getting More People Playing
37:55 Position from a Recent Match
39:15 Woolsey's Law
39:38 O'Hagan's Law
42:28 Position Analysis
44:40 Market Loser Definition
46:19 Opponent's Next Roll as a Market Loser
47:00 XG Analysis
48:40 Playing after Double / Take
49:20 How to Take a Lesson from John
51:38 Conclusions