January 22, 2021
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Total votes: 260 |
Brain_ded_Boi | What do you think I should do? |
Rosemarie44 1820 votes Joined: March 2016 |
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Hold all the sevens for 12 easy points! The crib is killed for a run as we hold all the sevens. Like the starter card! |
james500 2777 votes Joined: June 2013 |
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Cuts of an Ace, 2,5,6,8 or 9 will increase my hand value, and have me dealing from a pretty decent position in the next hand.
Two other 7s and an 8 out of circulation, so 7-7 to my opponent may be less damaging that usual. |
bbaer1 2879 votes Joined: February 2011 |
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Happier with this cut since we threw 6-8, although I wouldn’t cry if an Ace was cut. |
mrob2199 587 votes Joined: February 2009 |
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Keep the 12 with the safe discard of 68-an ace would be a perfect cut for us but we will take the 8 as well |
dec 5171 votes Joined: April 2008 |
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To keep a chance for twenty four and give up at least six possibly does not seem like a fair trade off. dec |
polynumeral 3503 votes Joined: December 2008 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Friday 5:04 AM
The only other card to help would have been the ace so nice cut.
I know my goal was to hold high and attack to reach that first checkpoint. Considering that I should have held thrown the 6 and a different suited 7. However since I knew the location of 4 x 7's throwing the 6 8 ( I felt before any through analysis) was the best opportunity to negate their first crib advantage. |
Eolus619 268 votes Joined: June 2020 |
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playing offense ..toss the 6-8....keeping 12 points which starts me out two points above Pone average. on my way to Par hole 18......holding the sevens drives the expected average dealer crib down from 5.86 ( Schell) to 3.9 if Liam Brown numbers are to be believed. With an 8 cut I will deal first above 18. |
zeke76 862 votes Joined: August 2018 |
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What would we do if it was our crib? |
zeke76 862 votes Joined: August 2018 |
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Eolus619 268 votes Joined: June 2020 |
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hello...if Liam Brown valuations for total a average points ..hand + crib...are to be believed then throwing a pair of sevens is the answer |
glmccuskey 3342 votes Joined: April 2011 |
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Playing from 0-0 as non dealer I want the added cuts for 16 to 24 points. Can’t believe I’m the Lone Ranger. |
Gougie00 4558 votes Joined: March 2008 |
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Believe it or not, this is a defensive move. The only cards that will help 6-8 are a 7 and A.
Oh, yeah, Lead a 7 ... |
mfetchCT425 774 votes Joined: February 2009 |
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Keeping the quads today. 6-8 not nearly as dangerous with us holding all the 7s. We still have a shot for that pretty 24 with the ace cut, but I won’t complain with the a 20 hand, lol. |
scottcrib 502 votes Joined: August 2019 |
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Wanted more chances for helpful cuts, as referenced by James above. |
wasa 1891 votes Joined: November 2014 |
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Debated keeping all 7s but as James said, keeping 7s means only A or 8 helps (and I have one of the 8s) so 7 cuts. Keeping 6-7-7-8 means AAAA222255556668889999 helps (22 cuts vs 7) and I'm cutting for 24 (yes, ace cut with 7777 is also 24 but the 8 cut with 7777 is "only" 20) |
Jazzselke 1728 votes Joined: March 2009 |
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Thought a long time on this hand and still not convinced of a clear-cut answer. This is a good example of choosing either DeLynn's theory (hold 6778), or a moderated approach (hold 7777). |
SallyAnn3 273 votes Joined: March 2020 |
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Already a dozen, with the 6-8 not a danger for a huge crib. |
usacoder 549 votes Joined: August 2019 |
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I took keeping the foursome. My algo indicates that it is best to toss a seven with the eight into the crib. Tossing 7-8 gets a 24.28 score whilst 6-8 gets 21.80
Gr8 show card. BTW tossing 6-7 only gets an average score of 13.83. |
usacoder 549 votes Joined: August 2019 |
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No. Since we're the dealer - the total score mentioned above includes average pegging moves, average hand score, and average crib scores. All are based on random show-card and random peg play against a random hand for the opponent. |
JRCeagle78 1026 votes Joined: June 2016 |
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This is the first time, in a long while, that I have been able to discard the 6-8 into the opponents crib, without getting bitten in the backside by the dealer's crib.
I'd toss 6-7 if it was my crib. I'll lead a 7 and push the dealer into a defensive mode with the first play. |
jmath714 889 votes Joined: January 2012 |
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15% of the time (7/46), I’m going to hit a 6 or 9 cut that is a game breaker on first street.
This hold is about optimizing our cards and position. |
RubyTuesday 670 votes Joined: January 2019 |
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RubyTuesday 670 votes Joined: January 2019 |
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I threw 6 7 which gives me 12 points. 6 7 to dealer seemed better than 6 8 but I’d failed to consider that I had all the 7s. |
Ras2829 4020 votes Joined: November 2008 |
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Gotta go with the majority as 6-8 provides the smaller crib score although discarding 6-7 is very close. Will led the 7D. Don't expect much pegging action with me holding the four key connectors among the middle cards. A 7 lead might draw an Ace in response if dealer playing small cards. |
jmudge 141 votes Joined: July 2020 |
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Lucky 7s! |
Coeurdelion 4475 votes Joined: October 2007 |
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Three possibilities, I think, 7-7-7-7 (8-6), 7-7-7-8 (6-7) and 6-7-7-8 (7-7):
7-7-7-7: 12pts - 5½pts (Schell: 5.86) = +6½pts 7-7-7-8: 12pts - 6ts (Schell: 6.42) = +6pts 6-7-7-8: 12pts - 6¾pts (Schell: 7.14) = +5½pts Potential: 7-7-7-7: Improves with AAAA, 888 = 7 cuts = 7/46 = 15.2% up to 20/24pts with all cuts. 7-7-7-8: Improves with AAAA, 666, 888, 9999 = 14 cuts = 14/46 = 30.4% up to 18/20/21pts with all cuts. 6-7-7-8: Improves with AAAA, 2222, 5555, 666, 888, 9999 = 22 cuts = 22/46 = 47.8% up to 14/16/20/24pts with all cuts. Position: As First Pone I'll play Offense and try to exceed or reach 18pts, 1st street positional hole. Pegging: Playing Offense I think 6-7-7-8 will peg best. Summary: 7-7-7-7 has the best starting value by ½pt. over 7-7-7-8. Holding four 7s also the negative delta for the 6-8 will be considerable, of the order 4x0.1667pt=0.6667pt. So I think 7-7-7-7 will be best and I'll throw the 6-8. |
HalscribCLX 4225 votes Joined: February 2008 |
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At 0-0* playing an Offense strategy for the pegging the dynamic expected averages and Win/Loss %s are:
________________Our Offense___Hand__Pegs__Crib___Total____W9 %____W10 % 7-7-7-7____13.57+0.89+(-3.76)=10.70____37.4____36.7 7-7-7-8____14.41+1.17+(-4.96)=10.62____42.0____38.1 6-7-7-8____14.52+1.17+(-5.57)=10.12____42.4____36.6 Offense_______L9 %____L10 % 7-7-7-7________33.9____40.1 7-7-7-8________37.4____39.6 6-7-7-8________40.0____41.3 7-7-7-7 is best for expected averages by 0.08pt. and although it is only third best for Win %s it is appreciably lowest for Loss %s. So I'll select 6-8 to discard. After the 8 cut I'll, of course, lead a 7 and play Defense: Lead________________Dealer's Pegging Pts. 7_________________________(-2.16) |