Mid thirties Erik makes a living playing Backgammon in the local park. He is about to get thrown out of his residence, when a young girl approaches him in the park. She changes his life, while he tries to fight the demons from his past.

When Lucian and his girlfriend Elizabeth arrive at their friend Andrew's isolated mansion to spend the weekend, they discover that Andrew's older sister, Miranda, and her artist boyfriend, Gerald, are already there. Miranda and Gerald quickly upset everyone with their antics, causing Andrew and Elizabeth to retire for the night. Gerald then talks Lucian into a marathon session of alcohol-fueled poker, during which Gerald loses all of his "possessions" to Lucian, including Miranda herself. Miranda and Gerald have a violent argument, and she throws him out of the house. Lucian and Miranda talk late into the night and end up falling asleep in the same bed. Lucian awakens the next day to find that Andrew and Elizabeth have left, leaving him alone in the house with Miranda. Though torn between his devotion to Elizabeth and his attraction to Miranda, Lucian decides to stay at the house for the remainder of the weekend. As the mutual attraction between them grows, so does their unease over ...

When Lucian and his girlfriend Elizabeth arrive at their friend Andrew's isolated mansion to spend the weekend, they discover that Andrew's older sister, Miranda, and her artist boyfriend, Gerald, are already there. Miranda and Gerald quickly upset everyone with their antics, causing Andrew and Elizabeth to retire for the night. Gerald then talks Lucian into a marathon session of alcohol-fueled poker, during which Gerald loses all of his "possessions" to Lucian, including Miranda herself. Miranda and Gerald have a violent argument, and she throws him out of the house. Lucian and Miranda talk late into the night and end up falling asleep in the same bed. Lucian awakens the next day to find that Andrew and Elizabeth have left, leaving him alone in the house with Miranda. Though torn between his devotion to Elizabeth and his attraction to Miranda, Lucian decides to stay at the house for the remainder of the weekend. As the mutual attraction between them grows, so does their unease over ...

The show follows a number of Professional Gamblers as they try to become the 2005 world champion Backgammon player.

World Series of Backgammon (WSOB) captures the match-play action and jeopardy around the world's leading big money backgammon events on the WSOB tour.

The World Series of Backgammon with the biggest money events in the world.

Join the new WSOB presentation team, dual discipline champion, Gus Hansen, also competing in the Series, legend of the circuit John Clark and vivacious backgammon novice Jessie Cantrell, for match commentary at all three live events, meet the characters involved and watch the jeopardy unfold. The entire tour is broadcast on Eurosport 1 and 2 and other major broadcasters starting with a Preview Show in November.