Yesterday's results

*** This hand was suggested by Crusader77
29-15*  ?
38%
38%
34%
34%
23%
23%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
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Total votes: 300
tevdodd

Joined: May 2021 (459 votes)

Thursday 4:09 AM
Max hold as it improves with all cuts to 11+ putting us to 40+ without reliance on a favorable cut.

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Score: 121 to 105
Different Discards
1. 4-Q (I concede this should've been A-Q)
5. 8-Q 68-56*
Djgoat says: Same on 1 but went 8-3 on 5
fentesk says: I got to win with a hand grade of 20! It was the last hand, but still satisfying.
Rosemarie44

Joined: March 2016 (2371 votes)

Thursday 4:13 AM
I like to Flush. Not giving away too much to dealer, too.
mrob2199

Joined: February 2009 (1804 votes)

Thursday 4:17 AM
Flush all day today-it’s a doggone good hand no matter how you hold it but this configuration improves to at least 11 with every cut- and the peril of the 68 discard is highly diluted with the middle cards we are already holding
dec

Joined: April 2008 (7081 votes)

Thursday 4:51 AM
This is the best keep if you want best chance to increase the lead here. dec
Yldren

Joined: November 2025 (7 votes)

Thursday 6:13 AM
Not too much to think about on my first day able to comment. Learned to play about 4 weeks ago, now, and I've been enjoying reading all of the comments here as I've gotten into the game. Looking forward to joining the conversations!
scottcrib says: Welcome to the site!
Eolus619 says: Morning & welcome ..one of the great cribbage educational treasures that exists are the videos of a class held ( at his GR club) by a founding member of DCH and who is also a Cribbage Hall of Fame member ..the late “Ras” Rasmussen..each class/part is a ten minute video about an aspect of the game …have a look see..you can take it ten minutes at a time or binge the entire collection in a few hours https://vashoncribbage.weebly.com/strategy.html
GeminiDream says: Welcome!
domandcarol

Joined: August 2023 (298 votes)

Thursday 6:21 AM
It’s time to flush
Djgoat

Joined: December 2023 (422 votes)

Thursday 6:22 AM
I'm on board!

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4th Dec 2025
🏆Score: 121 to 106
🌋SP: 1745
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Tall Troy

Joined: July 2025 (48 votes)

Thursday 6:50 AM
Holding the flush, the comments are every cut improves to 11. I've kept 6678 so I'm starting with 10. The app tends to favor flushes over runs.
Eolus619 says: Morning..this link builds on what fentesk & Inushtuk1 said yesterday in answer to your plus/minus question..the originator of this method is Michael Schell ..he uses it to determine whether he should be playing offense of defense ..open the link and scroll down to Board Position Strategy which contains his expanded explanation http://www.cribbageforum.com/Mailbag5.htm
Assman

Joined: May 2024 (591 votes)

Thursday 6:51 AM
Ditto
Jazzselke

Joined: March 2009 (2968 votes)

Thursday 7:26 AM
Diluted...very good Rob. Like that better than Negative Delta. Trying to lure us into a vocabulary contest again.
Inushtuk1

Joined: July 2016 (1937 votes)

Thursday 7:33 AM
I'm with Tall troy here. Maybe I'll learn something again today. The cut gives me 12, putting me at 41. I will play Offense, and lead the 8. If Dealer takes the (15-2); and I think s/he will, being out of position, I will take the (21-3). Now I am dealing at least at 44 next Deal. I seriously doubt that my (5-9) will put her/him at 60 after this Deal. There is serious negative delta with the (5-9) as well with the cards I have retained.
ryman554 says: What's a negative delta? the 59 in this instance is probably much better for the villian than the 68 in their crib. See mrobs comment, above.
fentesk says: Negative delta considers how much a crib toss's average (static) value - what you'll find recorded in discard tables - might be reduced by because you hold some of the cards that improve that toss. If you are holding 6s, 7s, and 9s, then there would be negative delta (reduction on average score) for a crib toss of 6-8 as you know those cards can't be cut or discarded by opponent. My recollection is that each card you hold that would directly improve a crib toss gives something like -0.16 (1/6th) of a point in negative delta (I may be off on that value, and I wouldn't be surprised if different people use different values).
ryman554 says: But I guess that the 59 negative delta is a ton less of a delta than the 68 given the cards we hold. I would much rather toss a 68 than 59 today. On the random hand I wouldn't be so sure.
fentesk says: I agree with your assessment today and made the same decision. Regarding today's negative delta comparison we can get an idea from the values posted by Halscrib. I don't know what base discard table the program uses, but let's take Schell as an example. To opponent's crib, Schell gives 5-9 a value of 6.15 and 6-8 a value of 5.86. Halscrib, which I understand factors in negative delta in some way gives those discards today values of 6.09 and 4.58 respectively. This would agree with your feel that for this hand there is greater negative delta compared to an average hand for 6-8 vs 5-9. I'm not comfortable declaring absolutely that this makes 6-8 the best choice today, but it helps demonstrate that negative delta can be significant in certain cases.
BennieO

Joined: August 2025 (110 votes)

Thursday 8:00 AM
Echoing the flush takers. I’ll lead 6.

Made a sleepy 2 point mistake in round 2. Let the computer pair my Jack. Could have easily been 121-103. Oh well.
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4th Dec 2025
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ryman554

Joined: January 2025 (289 votes)

Thursday 8:01 AM
Glad I spotted the flush. Best minimum hand (11), but perhaps not the highest scoring. I'm actually a little behind the dealer here after hand 1 so I want to solidify the early lead.

I usually hate tossing 68, but in this case, I've got a lot of the horror cards so it's significantly better than the 59.

That 5 cut turned this into a great pone hand. I see no need to give the dealer any points, so I'll try to peg defensively and probably lead the 6 and pair the 9 response.
SallyAnn3

Joined: March 2020 (1374 votes)

Thursday 8:08 AM
Mt mind is on getting out the door to pickleball and I totally missed the flush--that would have been my pick. Was too focussed on the middle cards mess lol
Sgt Pegger

Joined: July 2017 (831 votes)

Thursday 8:15 AM
Normally I would reach for the flush first, but I flipped a coin and this hold prevailed. I agree with you Dan, Rob can be wily maybe even guileful.
james500

Joined: June 2013 (4500 votes)

Thursday 8:47 AM
I think that the 6-8 and 5-9 options might be pretty close in Hal's evaluation.

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4th Dec 2025
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Stole the win today. If not for a couple of very nice hands, I'd have been soundly beaten.

1. 5-Q?
2. 7-7
3. 10-K
4. 3-3
5. 8-Q?
6. A-3
7. 3-Q
8. 5-Q
9. 7-8

Hand one was a risk. Hand five was desperation.
HalscribCLX

Joined: February 2008 (5853 votes)

Thursday 8:57 AM
At 29-15* playing a Defense strategy for the pegging the dynamic expected averages and Win/Loss %s are:

________________Dlr's
Defense___Hand__Pegs____Crib____Total___W7 %____W8 %
5-6H-7-9___12.15+(-2.96)+(-4.58)=4.61____47.0____67.4
6-6-7-8____13.00+(-2.87)+(-6.09)=4.04____48.9____66.6
5-6-6-7____11.78+(-3.22)+(-4.85)=3.71____46.3____65.8

Defense______L7 %____L8 %
5-6H-7-9______13.4____18.4
6-6-7-8_______14.5____19.1
5-6-6-7_______14.0____19.2

5-6H-7-9 is best for expected averages by 0.57pt. and although 6-6-7-8 is slightly best for Win %s, 5-6H-7-9 is lowest for Loss %s. So I'll select the 6D-8 to discard.

After the 5 cut I'll lead the 7 and play Offense:

Lead____________Our Pegging Points
7_______________________1.33
9_______________________1.27
5_______________________1.26
6_______________________1.18
guideontheside

Joined: July 2020 (786 votes)

Thursday 11:34 AM
My club pays very well for a straight flush, so I have to go for it!