Match Series
My PR distribution — 162 matches (Ø 8.61)
Want to play a match series with me? I currently play on DailyGammon and on Heroes – either works.
I had a nice series like this a long time ago, back in the FIBS days, with a friend. I'd like to bring the concept back to life here.
The idea behind it
The better someone plays, the higher their chances of winning against a weaker opponent. The reverse holds too: when your opponent is stronger, a shorter match gives you better chances, because fewer rolls are made and luck plays a bigger role.
That's the lever a match series uses: the length of the next match adjusts to the result, so both players always have roughly equal winning chances – no matter how different their playing strength.
How it works
We start with a 9-point match. After every match we analyze it – I use BGBlitz, but feel free to use another program if you prefer.
The length of the next match depends on the result:
- If the winner had the better PR, the next match is two points shorter (the winner should have a tougher time).
- If the winner had the worse PR, the next match is two points longer.
The series ends when the next match length would go beyond the limits:
- If you win a 21-point match with the worse PR, the next match would have to go up to 23 – that's the cap.
- If you win a 1-point match with the better PR, the next match would have to go down to -1 – not possible either.
In all other cases the series continues, even after a 21- or 1-point match.
Background: Originally, the steering value wasn't PR but the DailyGammon rating. For players of similar strength that didn't say much, so I switched to the PR-based variant.
A short explanation of PR and Luck can be found in the DailyGammon forum.
Interested? Drop me a short mail at hape42 or send me a message on DailyGammon or Heroes – on both servers I'm known as hape42.
Match series
Active series (11)
| Opponent | Started | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pendragon | November 2023 | 1_Pendragon |
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| 15 Matches · 9 W / 6 L · Ø PR 9.85 vs 17.51 · Ø Luck -9.55 | |||
| darkhelmet | January 2026 | 4_darkhelmet |
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| 7 Matches · 4 W / 3 L · Ø PR 9.41 vs 14.10 · Ø Luck -0.35 | |||
| magic one | April 2026 | 1_magic one |
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| 1 Matches · 0 W / 1 L · Ø PR 10.46 vs 10.97 · Ø Luck -51.42 | |||
| Bgblitz | April 2026 | 3_Bgblitz |
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| 23 Matches · 11 W / 12 L · Ø PR 6.69 vs 0.87 · Ø Luck +17.88 | |||
| igloo | April 2026 | 1_igloo |
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| 3 Matches · 3 W / 0 L · Ø PR 12.85 vs 23.76 · Ø Luck +16.52 | |||
| Chestersmiles | May 2026 | 1_Chestersmiles |
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| 2 Matches · 2 W / 0 L · Ø PR 8.63 vs 75.08 · Ø Luck +11.46 | |||
| J1moyer | June 2026 | 2_J1moyer |
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| erichktn | June 2026 | 1_erichktn |
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| 4 Matches · 2 W / 2 L · Ø PR 6.36 vs 17.09 · Ø Luck -36.95 | |||
| Quastel | July 2026 | 1_Quastel |
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| 1 Matches · 1 W / 0 L · Ø PR 10.15 vs 6.72 · Ø Luck +54.31 | |||
| basplund | July 2026 | 3_basplund |
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| – | |||
| 2yellow4u | July 2026 | 1_2yellow4u |
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Finished series (8)
| Opponent | Started | Finished | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basplund | May 2026 | July 2026 | 2_basplund |
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| 11 Matches · 8 W / 3 L · Ø PR 5.46 vs 13.55 · Ø Luck +4.89 | ||||
| J1moyer | August 2024 | June 2026 | 1_J1moyer |
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| 13 Matches · 9 W / 4 L · Ø PR 6.59 vs 11.70 · Ø Luck +3.26 | ||||
| basplund | August 2024 | May 2026 | 1_basplund |
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| 11 Matches · 7 W / 4 L · Ø PR 10.62 vs 15.10 · Ø Luck +4.39 | ||||
| Bgblitz | January 2024 | April 2026 | 1_Bgblitz |
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| 19 Matches · 7 W / 12 L · Ø PR 7.25 vs 1.01 · Ø Luck -6.71 | ||||
| Bgblitz | April 2026 | April 2026 | 2_Bgblitz |
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| 7 Matches · 1 W / 6 L · Ø PR 5.03 vs 0.88 · Ø Luck -26.53 | ||||
| darkhelmet | May 2024 | January 2026 | 3_darkhelmet |
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| 19 Matches · 12 W / 7 L · Ø PR 10.71 vs 11.53 · Ø Luck +11.92 | ||||
| darkhelmet | January 2024 | May 2024 | 2_darkhelmet |
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| 13 Matches · 9 W / 4 L · Ø PR 13.05 vs 13.47 · Ø Luck +11.74 | ||||
| darkhelmet | September 2023 | January 2024 | 1_darkhelmet |
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| 13 Matches · 9 W / 4 L · Ø PR 10.24 vs 13.19 · Ø Luck +14.01 | ||||