Yesterday's results

*** This hand was suggested by scottcrib
92*-84  ?
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Total votes: 279
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JQT

Joined: October 2008 (4308 votes)

Thursday 3:08 AM
Having dealt ourselves a Five-FLUSH while already on Fourth Street, we can Toss (5h Q), or we could even Toss (5 5)! 😍

But Keep (Ac 3c 4c 5c) allows us to retain a RUN, so let's Toss (5h Q) today. After the 7s Cut Card, we now have Eleven Points in our Hand, with prospects for a good Crib. 🧆
scottcrib

Joined: August 2019 (1861 votes)

Thursday 5:16 AM
Hope to see some of you in Virginia Beach this weekend.
Sgt Pegger says: Scotts' united on this one today!
Assman

Joined: May 2024 (221 votes)

Thursday 7:17 AM
I’m going for a hail mary. It’s December 5th. so I’m throwing both 5s to the crib!
MarktheShark

Joined: January 2024 (289 votes)

Thursday 7:40 AM
Without the flush posibility, A-Q is the easy winner. Keep the flush, pitching the 5H along with the ... A, 5 or Q? Close decision for me. Q is probably better for hand melds; A might be better for pegging; popular to pitch a pair of 5's into your own crib. We are slightly short of position but should be OK with the 7 cut and taking a few safe pegs.
MarktheShark says: We are 4 holes short of position, so we want to try to score 16+4=20 holes on this deal. The cut gave us 11 in hand plus at least 2 (and likely more) in the crib as well as at least 1 for pegging (for last card and we kept pegging cards). We should be close to our next par hole (112) after this deal, so no need to peg desperately ... just peg safely and keep Pone back. Hopefully, then a typical 8-10 holes as non-dealer should put us out.
wasa

Joined: November 2014 (3205 votes)

Thursday 7:50 AM
It pays to flush in many ways. I always like 5-5 to my crib, and at board position 92 I feel the 5-5 maximizes my chance to win.
Inushtuk1

Joined: July 2016 (1678 votes)

Thursday 9:15 AM
Almost went with the A-3-4-Q flush, tossing the 5's. But it misses with eight cuts,(6666,9999). A-3-4-5 flush improves with all 46 cuts. Take only safe pegs. Keep Pone short.
Eolus619 says: Hi MIke..would schell say this score is -2 /-2..or is it something else
MarktheShark says: Hi Mike. Let me try to answer that to make certain I understand it correctly. Mike will correct any error I make. XXXX Rule of 26 suggests the starting par holes were 96*-86 before these cards were dealt. (Some say 95* and use 17* at the beginning, but it is harder to score points this late in the game.) So, that would make this position -4/-2. If we cannot score 25 holes with our three hands, our opponent has a chance to win with first count.
MarktheShark says: Sorry, 25 + 4 = 29 holes with our three hands.
Eolus619 says: Mark..i made a mistake..i concur with you..dealer is -4
Inushtuk1 says: Hi gentlemen. I saw it as Dealer was +22, and Pone was -2. Plus 22 because Pone is short of 86. So we are +22 from 70. I never see it as both sides being short. If Pone is short then Dealer is + from the previous Par hole. JQT may say this is just a question of style. Just to confuse things, Hal has chosen Offense. Lol.
Sgt Pegger

Joined: July 2017 (490 votes)

Thursday 9:25 AM
This hold provides pegging potential and a way out if the pone gets froggy. Also, any cut but the 9, helps this hold and gives us a minimum of 14 combined points.
scottcrib says: 👍
Jazzselke

Joined: March 2009 (2729 votes)

Thursday 10:13 AM
Don't like AQ or A5 to the crib, so 5Q it is. Great puzzle Scott and good luck in Virginia Beach!
Gougie00

Joined: March 2008 (5962 votes)

Thursday 10:42 AM
Not getting cute. Lets see what the right answer is.
james500

Joined: June 2013 (4145 votes)

Thursday 10:56 AM
Nice puzzle.

This arrangement gives a decent enough hand, plus allows me to put a 5 card in my crib.
dec

Joined: April 2008 (6610 votes)

Thursday 11:56 AM
Piecework that is what I am calling this. Aggressive in the pegging and the crib and the main hand will add on with all cuts. dec
HalscribCLX

Joined: February 2008 (5520 votes)

Thursday 4:24 PM
At 92*-84 playing an Offense strategy for the pegging the dynamic averages and Win/Loss %s are:

________________Our
Offense___Hand__Pegs_Crib_Total____W1 %___W2 %
A-3-4-5C___11.17+3.78+6.43=21.38____1.6____60.1
A-3-4-Q_____8.83+3.41+8.57=20.81____2.1____54.9
3-4-5C-Q___12.04+3.48+5.29=20.81____0.3____56.7
A-4-5C-Q___11.20+3.54+5.75=20.49____0.7____56.1

Offense_______L1 %___L2 %
A-3-4-5C_______0.0____2.9
A-3-4-Q________0.0____2.6
3-4-5C-Q_______0.0____2.5
A-4-5C-Q_______0.9____2.5

A-3-4-5C is best for expected averages by 0.57pt. and is considerably best for Win %s and although it is not the lowest for Loss %s I'll still select 5H-Q to discard.

After the 7 cut I'll play Defense to the lead.
JQT says: And although HalscribCLX doesn't come right out and say it, it is however implied that "The Double RUN, the Dealer Discard which received MOST of the votes, could at best be in FIFTH PLACE today!"
Ras2829 says: Just an echo to JQT early in day and HalscribCLX at close. Didn't even look at keeping the double run. If you haven't read my article "Double Run Hypnosis" on www.cribbage.org, American Cribbage Congress website, you might want to do that at as there are many double runs which should be overlooked. Think there is a menu item (playing tips), click on that. Wrote that piece eons ago (perhaps as long as three decades). There are some fundamental truths about this game which remain forever the same.