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Total votes: 214 |
james500 3916 votes Joined: June 2013 |
    Thursday 3:05 AM
Plenty of helpful cuts. K8 may cause Dealer to come up short if I do too.
3 lead from 335 eleven. |
Rosemarie44 2052 votes Joined: March 2016 |
    Thursday 3:35 AM
I don't think we can afford to toss a pair of 8's to dealer at this position. Secondly we just don't have a good enough hand to work with as it appears we might come up short as James says. Rosemarie44 says: Yes, we have to play to win - holding 335K would be the best hold, however short it might be. Rosemarie44 says: Odds of the dealer scoring 17 points is 2 to 1. Odds of the non-dealer scoring 10 points is even. Colvert , "Playing Winning Cribbage". |
mrob2199 1428 votes Joined: February 2009 |
    Thursday 4:13 AM
All or nothing throw today-the 2,3,5,or 7 cut get us to 119 and we can plot our course to 2 peg points from there mrob2199 says: The king also gets us to 8-the other pictures get us to 6 Ras2829 says: Hi mrob2199: You've sold me! |
zeke76 1389 votes Joined: August 2018 |
    Thursday 4:46 AM
Also went with the Hail Mary. |
Andy (muesli64) 2223 votes Joined: August 2009 |
    Thursday 4:58 AM
Go for it. The balance is fine but with us. |
glmccuskey 4094 votes Joined: April 2011 |
    Thursday 5:00 AM
Can’t see a reason for defense. |
dec 6351 votes Joined: April 2008 |
    Thursday 5:05 AM
since d is out of the window , King lead? dec |
Gougie00 5723 votes Joined: March 2008 |
    Thursday 5:11 AM
Chalk up a loss. I needed a 2,4 or 7. The dealer probably won't help you by pairing the three. Lead the king and try to mix it up.
Pleasant morning in Northern Massachusetts. Rosemarie44 says: Mostly cloudy turning to mostly sunny and 59 degrees in Maine. |
mfetchCT425 1394 votes Joined: February 2009 |
    Thursday 6:06 AM
With opponent only 17 away with pegs and two counts, I gotta go aggressive here. The 3-card magic 11 may get us some needed pegs. With the awful cut will lead the K. |
jmudge 701 votes Joined: July 2020 |
    Thursday 6:19 AM
Same thoughts as Rosemary and James. |
dgergens 938 votes Joined: January 2018 |
    Thursday 6:45 AM
Interesting diellema. We don't get to score first next hand, so either we win or we stay in the game one more round and hope to peg out. If we take 4 pts, we give dealer crib points (with high potential), we are virtually guaranteed to lose if we don't win this hand. If we take 2 points, we may slow down dealer, enough to stay in the game on more time, but will we even be close enough to the end to peg out next deal? What are the chances we would get the average 10 points if we hold 3358? You're gambling on a favorable cut either strategy, 335K has more possible favorable cuts getting us closer to 10 points. |
RubyTuesday 908 votes Joined: January 2019 |
    Thursday 6:54 AM
Rosemary, James and jmudge explain why I threw K 8 to dealer. |
wasa 3012 votes Joined: November 2014 |
    Thursday 6:56 AM
Darn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! Leading the K |
MiketheExpert 1115 votes Joined: April 2021 |
    Thursday 7:32 AM
I kept 3,3,5,8. I don't think you can afford to toss the par of 8's. This is helped by any many cuts, the only cut that does not help this hand is a 6. Play to peg and score to get out if possible, however there is a good chance you get the deal on the next hand, so as soon as you realize you can't (with this cut), you have to play defense and hope to hole out on the next hand. Ras2829 says: Hi MiketheExpert: Always good to hear a new voice in the crowd. Welcome aboard and enjoy the ride! |
SallyAnn3 903 votes Joined: March 2020 |
    Thursday 8:23 AM
NIKE! Just DO it. My only hope here |
Coeurdelion 5589 votes Joined: October 2007 |
    Thursday 1:56 PM
We need 10pts to go out so I think we should keep the 3-card magic eleven 3-3-5 for the pegging and the K for 4pts. That will give us 2222, 33, 4444, 555, 7777, KKK = 20 cuts to score 8pts or more and needing to peg 2pts if we hold 8pts. So I'll risk the 8-8 throw. |
HalscribCLX 5312 votes Joined: February 2008 |
    Thursday 1:57 PM
At 111-104* in this end of game position the Win/Loss %s are the most important factor. So I'll play Offense and the Win/Loss %s are:
Offense_____Win1 %___Loss1 %____Win2 %____Loss2 % 3-3-5-K_____44.2______42.1______53.0_______35.5 5-8-8-K_____21.8______44.2______33.4_______53.7 3-3-5-8_____18.9______28.4______29.3_______61.4 3-5-8-K_____11.7______32.7______26.7_______63.3 3-5-8-8_____17.1______32.1______25.6_______64.7 3-3-8-8_____16.2______51.4______18.6_______69.1 3-3-5-K has by far the highest chances of Winning so I'll select 8-8 to discard. After the A cut I'll lead the 3D and play Offense: Lead_______Our Pegging Pts 3_______________2.02 K_______________1.79 5_______________1.36 |
cribbagepogo 3249 votes Joined: October 2007 |
    Thursday 2:10 PM
K 8spade and K 8 heart the same. Add the two and about equal. Don't want to help so much. |
Ras2829 5146 votes Joined: November 2008 |
    Thursday 2:27 PM
With opponent having first count next deal, am thinking offense from the git-go. Lead the 3d and take any pegs offered. After the lousy cut, need to get down the board aggressively. Two pegs will put me at hole 117 for my next deal with pegging advantage. Still a tough show to chalk up a win as dealer of this hand is very likely to be at the end of the board (120). Even so - don't despair. Play for the win. wasa says: Hi RAS. I assume you feel there is a better chance to triple a 3 vs playing the two 3s on top of each other. Needing points, I was planning on leading the K, play my 5 next if practical, and pairing my own 3 at the end in my perfect world. Ras2829 says: Hi wasa: Don't really think there is a chance to triple the treys by leading from them, though I increase my chances to advance the count to 28 if dealer plays a 10-X card with the play of my remining trey for 31-2. Very difficult for n/d to get the treys in back to back for 31-4 and most easy for dealer to do so if holding 3-3-5. That 3-3-5 magic 11 has more magic for dealer. Think that is reflected in Hal's peg points above. Ras2829 says: Of course if dealer plays a X-point card on my trey lead, dealer would opt for a King if holding such. N/D might then get the four pegs that would (pair a King and score 31-2) otherwise evade me if playing for back-to-back 3-3 for 31-4. wasa says: Thanks! |