Backgammon Rules - Automatic doubles
When automatic doubles are used, any re-rolls that players must make at the very start of a game (when each player rolls one die) have the side-effect of causing a double. Thus, a 3-3 roll, followed by a re-roll of 5-5, followed by a re-roll of 1-4 that begins the game in earnest, will cause the game to be played from the start with 4-times normal stakes. The doubling cube stays in the middle, with both players having access to it. The Jacoby Rule is still in effect.
Automatic doubles are common in money games (upon agreement). They are never used in match play.
Known variant - all same but 6-6 triples rather than doubles stakes.
If you want to learn more about backgammon rules, you can read more articles about backgammon :
- Backgammon Rules - The doubling cube
- Backgammon Rules - Beavers
- Backgammon Rules - Raccoons
- Backgammon Rules - Jacoby Rule
- Backgammon Rules - Crawford Rule
- Backgammon Rules - Automatic doubles