Friday 4:05 AM

Obviously this is a horrendous deal to start the game-I’ll throw my 2 best cards in the crib and hope the cut helps somewhere-I have a funny feeling Ras is going to go with the 3368 for pegging purposes but I would be sick if I held that and cut a 2- which voila!!!! happened today

Friday 4:26 AM

This is such a poor start I don't think there is a right or wrong way to go. This was a nice cut though!

Friday 4:45 AM

I’m just shocked I didn’t cut the king!

Friday 5:07 AM

I’m keeping the 33 and hoping the 68 mix well in the crib.

Friday 5:12 AM

Pick the menu group A,B, or C ? . I will choose B. dec

Friday 5:17 AM

I might learn something today. I tossed the 6-8 hoping for some help. The 2 starter makes me look smart, and I will take all the help I can get.

Friday 5:55 AM

I just think that the pair of threes go together with the ten cards. I can't see tossing T-Q in my crib. No one is giving me a jack!

Friday 6:16 AM

I strongly prefer to keep pegging cards when dealt a poor hand, but I understand that might not be the correct mentality the first hand of the game as Dealer (where you tend to want to defend). Second choice is the 6-8 for its better hand plus crib melding potential.

Friday 6:28 AM

Small cards more pegging…I hope!

Friday 7:02 AM

I must admit to being a bit befuddled with this Ras puzzle. I would not have time in a game to do this ..but I took the time to evaluate three discards..10/Q..6/8..3/3…only the 3/3 makes Ras’s list of the 30 most productive dealer discards. The 10/Q actually makes his lowest average balking discards for n/der..so you know it will be even lower in average when the dealer sends it to own crib. The 6/8 is in the ten most frequent dealer discards & averages 4.7…🤔….so 3-3-10-Q gets cut help ..hand or crib ..from 11/13 ranks ..it’s pegging value is suspect since it contains 10/Q..but I talked myself in to holding that keep with excellent cut help and the potential for an average crib. Ready to learn…

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Friday 7:04 AM

Triple-gapper and pair to the crib. Hopefully better hands to come.

Friday 7:10 AM

When in doubt keep two small cards and two high cards, and the mid-cards in the Crib.

Friday 7:37 AM

Friday 7:48 AM

I'm in the toss-the-middle-cards crowd today. I don't want to toss T-Q, as my opponent is less likely to give me a J. I am not a fan of pairs to my crib (other than 5-5) so I'd rather keep the 3-3.

Friday 7:52 AM

Briefly considered discarding the (3 3) as one of the best pairs to throw into your own crib, but it leaves a too unpalatable "0" gapped hand with no cards of high pegging value. So I had to go with the (6 8). Am I glad I did after the deuce cut, or did I miss a 16-pt crib?

Friday 8:26 AM

Today I got stuck by the cut! Tomorrow I might have even looked smart, but not today....definitely not today.

Friday 8:37 AM

Just yuck!

Friday 9:06 AM

After Toss (6 8), I think we have Optimized the Pegging as well as reached a balance between having a good chance for growth in our Hand as well as a chance to grow our Crib. 🌉

Friday 10:27 AM

As has been said, we're unlikely to receive a Jack or a 5 from our opponent, so T-Q may be a little lonely in the crib.

Friday 1:07 PM

6 8 to my crib in hope of a pair of 7s. Hopefully it will give a few points to add to those in my hand with that very nice turn up.

Friday 8:57 PM

Choosing defense as dealer of first hand in game, the pegging cards are NOT the best approach with these six cards. The 10-Q to own crib is a real "dog" of a discard averaging a mere 3.166. That puts that choice in the tank. The 3-3 to crib has the highest potential value of any two cards among these six. That gets knocked completely out of the water as the remaining four cards (6-8-10-Q) barely break a two-point average in hand score. That leaves the 6-8 So holding 3-3-10-Q has such superior numbers for hand+crib that there is no contest this day. Just appears so! Since choosing defense, pegs scored by opponent are a minus and 6-8, 3-3, and 10-Q all lost slightly more than 2.0 pegs. So, pegging value is not a consideration with these cards. Play off the lead although would pair a trey if led.