Process for conducting backgammon tournaments

A process for conducting a backgammon tournament, comprising the steps of:

• registering two or more tournament players;
• assigning one or more tournament chips to each of the tournament players;
• setting a chip value for each point scored in a game of backgammon;
• pairing tournament players in groups of two;
• playing a round of the tournament consisting of games of backgammon involving each group of tournament players;
• calculating a chip point total score for each game based upon duration of time, number of games played, number of tournament players remaining, number of rounds played, or doubling cube value;
• adding to the tournament chips of a winning player in each game the lesser of the chip point total score of the game or the tournament chips of a losing player in the game;
• subtracting from the tournament chips of the losing player in each game the chip point total score of the game;
• eliminating a tournament player if his or her chip total falls to a predetermined number of tournament chips;
• and
• repeating the steps of setting, pairing, playing, calculating, adding, subtracting, and eliminating until only one tournament player remains.

A process for conducting a backgammon tournament, comprising the steps of:

• registering two or more tournament players;
• collecting money from tournament players to register in the tournament;
• placing the money into a prize pool;
• assigning one or more tournament chips to each of the tournament players;
• setting a chip value for each point scored in a game of backgammon;
• pairing tournament players in groups of two;
• playing a round of the tournament consisting of games of backgammon involving each group of tournament players;
• calculating a chip point total score for each game based upon duration of time, number of games played, number of tournament players remaining, number of rounds played, or doubling cube value;
• adding to the tournament chips of a winning player in each game the lesser of the chip point total score of the game or the tournament chips of a losing player in the game;
• subtracting from the tournament chips of the losing player in each game the chip point total score of the game;
• eliminating a tournament player if his or her chip total falls to zero;
• repeating the steps of setting, pairing, playing, calculating, adding, subtracting, and eliminating until only one tournament player remains;
• and
• paying a tournament player a portion of the prize pool depending on whether a tournament player is eliminated and in which round the tournament player is eliminated.