Thursday 3:19 AM

5-6 was the other option I considered.
Every cut except a 2 helps this hand.
K-? is a reasonably common Pone discard. J-Q stands ready to take advantage of this.

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🏆Score: 121 to 110
🌋SP: 1615
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1. 6-K
2. Q-Q
3. A-6
4. A-A, (flush?)
5. 3-8
6. 2-10h
7. 10-K
8. A-Q
9. 7-J, (didn't matter too much).

Thursday 3:21 AM

Thursday 3:24 AM

(A 4 5 6) might peg the best, but I still like to hold (A 4 J Q) in this frequently seen arrangement on this site. Most ideas yield Nine Points in our Hand after any X Card comes up, so it's all about what we wish to have in our Crib. 🍦

Let's Toss (5 6) today, just to show that it CAN be done, although Toss (J Q) and even Toss (A J) can do well, too. Among the Top Five ideas, only Toss (A 4) is a real mistake here, as it's the weakest way to get a "Five" into our Crib. 🍨

After the Ten of Diamonds Cut Card, we now have Nine Points in our Hand, with prospects for a good Crib. 🍧

Thursday 3:35 AM

Proactive here lets go for the triple play here. dec

Thursday 3:37 AM

I’m going to keep my touching connector x cards together-a picture cut could realistically net us a 9 hand ,8 crib with excellent pegging potential to boot as well

Thursday 3:40 AM

Looking for a big payday.

Thursday 3:50 AM

Hope we hear from Hal today, curious to see the numbers vs J-Q.

Cribbage Pro Scrimmage
Score: 121 to 110
SP: 1665

1. 6-K
2. Q-Q
3. A-6
4. A-9 44*-37
5. 3-8
6. 2-8 67*-63
7. 2-7 87-71*
8. A-Q
9. 6-7

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Thursday 3:56 AM

Shipping off the JQ; A456 is great for pegging as both the dealer and non-dealer. However, if the face-cards were i.e. 10K or QK, would opt for the 56.

Thursday 5:20 AM

Playing for pegging potential with the A456 and lots of cuts that will help that hand. Also feeling good about the touching picture cards to the crib. A lot of cuts, including pictures, could make up for being a little behind positionally.

Thursday 6:21 AM

I prefer this hold in this position.

Thursday 6:36 AM

What the Jazz man said...

Thursday 6:38 AM

2 card cut insurance here. I'd keep the peggers earlier in the game; but not at this critical board position. I want to be sure to start with at least 7. Defense to the lead.

Thursday 6:56 AM

Considered other discards but decided I liked keeping connected cards connected.

Thursday 7:12 AM

Hello and thanks to all for the comments. I discarded 5-6 when I played this hand. I have read the reasons for keeping A-4-5-6 and see the merit in that approach. An interesting piece of evidence from Ras..of the 20 most frequent dealer discards, a 5 appears only twice..5/K @ #13 and 5/J @ #16. This seems to be a solid reason why 33 of the 46 lowest average n/der discards involve a F/T.

Thursday 9:37 AM

If we were not short of position (70), I would pitch J-Q. A-J offers a little more oomph. Considered 5-6, but that leaves such a poor pegger (and I am a pegger).

Thursday 11:41 AM

At 66*-61 playing an Optimal strategy for the pegging (cautious offense) the dynamic expected averages and Win/Loss %s are:

_______________Net
Optimal___Hand_Pegs_Crib_Total____W4 %____W5 %
A-4-5-6____8.85+1.63+4.63=15.11____34.6____47.2
4-5-6-Q____9.72+1.52+3.34=14.58____32.3____50.8
4-5-6-J____9.98+1.48+3.04=14.50____33.1____51.4
A-4-J-Q____6.70+0.50+6.40=13.60____31.0____51.5
5-6-J-Q____6.93+0.91+5.22=13.07____27.5____45.7

Optimal_______L4 %____L5 %
A-4-5-6________21.9____37.8
4-5-6-Q________17.6____34.7
4-5-6-J________17.6____34.2
A-4-J-Q________16.0____33.8
5-6-J-Q________18.5____38.4

A-4-5-6 is best for expected averages by 0.53pt. and although it is not best for Win %s and lowest for Loss % as we're only half way through the game I'll select the J-Q to discard.

After the 10 cut I'll play Offense to the lead.

Thursday 12:22 PM

Definitely wasn't breaking up the 3 card run - got my Kabangy cut!

Thursday 8:58 PM

Lovely turn up... Hit both the hand and crib! Will play cautiously optimistic!

Thursday 9:25 PM

I like it this way today.