Full Name: Peter A. Carcieri  

Date of birth: April 17, 1960

Birth Place: Providence, Rhode Island

Current City of Residence: Cincinnati, Ohio

Marital Status: Single

Occupation: Technology Support Specialist

How I Started playing Backgammon: Circa 1996 I was playing gin rummy online and my opponent challenged me to a game of backgammon, after that I was hooked.

Backgammon Nickname: PAC417

Current Skill level: Intermediate

Number of years playing Backgammon live: 8 years

Favorite Tournament Venue: Las Vegas

Favorite Backgammon books: Vision Laughs at Counting by Danny Kleinman and Advanced Backgammon (Positional Play) by Bill Robertie

Favorite Music: Blues

Favorite Films: The Godfather, The Producers (1968), Catch-22 & The Disorderly Orderly

Favorite Food: Blueberry Pie

Other Interests & Hobbies: music (guitarist), inline skating (for exercise)

Person I'd like most to meet: Adolph Hitler (to pick his brain and get answers to my questions, I do not want to meet him out of adoration)

Favorite Celebrity: Joe Namath

If I could change anything in the Backgammon world, I would... count doubles as face value (for example 4-4 would equal 8 pips not 16). Does anyone know why or since when did a double roll result in the value of the roll being doubled, was there a time when a doublet was played at face value?