/ Editor / 11 December 2007 / Leave a comment

POKER News has an interview with Sky Poker's Kara Scott, presenter of The Open.

Says Kara: "My introduction to poker was actually through backgammon. The channel Pokerzone commissioned a TV series on professional backgammon play which I was hosting and from there asked me to try my hand at a Poker show (Poker Night Live) and I became hooked!"

Poker and backgammon?

Says she: "The games are quite similar in that there are betting elements to both (if you're properly using the doubling cube in Backgammon, that is) which can raise the stakes and the pressure as well. Odds are very important in backgammon and it can be a good lesson in how to deal with 'bad beats.' If you play backgammon for long enough, you'll see the worst possible beats with far longer odds happen again and again. It's a good lesson in accepting variance."

Do you agree? Or is backgammon a far less risky option..?

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Tags: Backgammon, Poker