Thursday 3:11 AM

Trailing by 8, I need to connect. Sacrificing the 99 for a chance for a 16. Settling for the 12. Lead the 3.

Thursday 3:30 AM

With opp +1 and up the board, the priority is holding him/her back. That said, we need 7 pegs on this hand to put ourselves in position to potentially find success in doing so. This hold gets help from 10/13 ranks including all face cards. Additionally, 8/13 ranks bring us to 8+ pts surpassing that positional hole. Also, this is a optimal pegging hand as pone with 3 low cards with known pairs and an "out" card.

Scrimmage went bad this morning. Definitely should've waited to play it. Some good lessons in the pegging of hands 7 and 8.

Thursday 3:35 AM

I can't toss a pair of nines to dealer and I will settle for 8 points today. With a jack cut, dealer gets two points right off he bat!

Thursday 4:11 AM

I think the 2-2-3-3 is too powerful to throw away. Many cuts gets us 12 or more and a bunch garner at least 8. Opponent already in position here, so I think it’s worth being aggressive and trying to turn the tables.

Thursday 4:18 AM

First major game decision. With luck might even gain positional advantage. dec

Thursday 4:31 AM

This is one of a very few hands where starting with 4 points is better than starting with 8. Mixed feelings about the cut. We are now in position for our next Deal; however our opponent is now +3 instead of +1. Lead a 3; if paired there is no escape; we will have to trip. Btw; (9-9) has a fairly significantly higher average than (2-2) to the opponent's Crib (Ras), but far fewer large Cribs as opposed to (2-2).

Thursday 4:48 AM

Thursday 5:20 AM

8 safe points will only get us to where the pone is already. As Mike stated above, "the 2-2-3-3 is too powerful to throw away".

Thursday 5:46 AM

We are Pone, Seven Holes 'shy' of the Second Street Par Hole 44, while the Dealer is already One Hole beyond this same target.

We could hold (3 3 9 9) for Eight Points, but 50% of what helps this hand grow includes "same" cards, since (33, 6666, 99) are the only helpers, and meanwhile, Toss (2 2) would likely energize the Opponent's Crib, in spite of some Negative Delta.

The position calls for some immediate action, and (2 2 3 3) can provide this most readily, as it will produce Eight Points or more after Thirty-Six Cuts (AAAA, 22, 33, 4444, 7777, 8888, TTTT, JJJJ, QQQQ, KKKK), which is 36/46 equals 0.783 and this will occur about 78% of the time.

Let's Toss (9 9) today, and get back into this game! After the Jack Cut, we have a Dozen Points; lead a Trey.

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Thursday 5:54 AM

I wanted to toss the 9s but the potential of a 10 card was too great to pass up.

Close one today!

Cribbage Pro Scrimmage
7th Aug 2025
🏆Score: 121 to 119
🌋SP: 1430
📅Streak: 223

Thursday 6:00 AM

I like keeping the points I know, rather than going for the big hand(unless really desperate). Also, with pairs of 2s and 3s already out, feeling a little safer with tossing the 2s.

Thursday 6:05 AM

Too much potential with this hand to pass up. One disastrous cut: a 6.

Thursday 6:49 AM

Hmmmmmm. I guess I need to study more...

Thursday 6:52 AM

This puzzle / score forces a major decision as to playing O or D. The problem with tossing pairs across the board is 11/13 average over six points in the crib. I need points …so seeing no Xs & holding two treys …9-9 gets tossed. A six cut would have deep sixed me❗️

Thursday 7:02 AM

Nice one, James500. Sooooo many great cuts await...

Thursday 8:39 AM

Oh well, 9's are hard to hit. Maybe he/she missed.

Thursday 9:30 AM

Positionally, we are both slightly ahead of our par holes (34-44*). So, do we pitch 2-2 and keep max points; defend with a 2-9 pitch (please keep both 3's for the 15-2); risk it all with a 9-9 pitch, which needs a reasonable cut card? Probably depends on your risk/reward philosophy. I will keep the best pegger. Nice cut.

Thursday 9:42 AM

Even with a perfect cut I would be dealing short. So defense and off it is.

Thursday 10:03 AM

The majority of the people feel that a bird in the had is worth two in the bush, we are behind, and the best way of not staying that way is to gamble a little

Thursday 10:53 AM

If I had held the 2233, I GUARANTEE the J would not have been cut!!!

Thursday 1:55 PM

At 37-45* playing an Offense strategy for the pegging the dynamic expected averages and Win/Loss %s are:

________________Our
Offense___Hand__Pegs_Crib____Total___W6 %____W7 %
2-2-3-3____10.17+2.78+(-6.26)=6.69____35.7____32.0
2D-3-3-9____7.91+1.78+(-4.18)=5.51____27.3____32.1
3-3-9-9_____9.13+0.91+(-5.70)=4.34____26.2____29.3

Offense______L6 %____L7 %
2-2-3-3_______55.1____52.2
2D-3-3-9______47.1____51.8
3-3-9-9_______50.7____55.7

2-2-3-3 is best for expected averages by 1.18pts. and is very much best for Win %s. However, it is very much the worst for Loss %s but as I'm recommending an Offense strategy I'll select the 9-9 to discard.

After the J cut I'll lead a 3 and play Offense:

Lead__________Our Pegging Points
3____________________3.33
2____________________3.03