Thursday 3:21 AM

This is not exactly what we were looking for at this juncture of the game-obviously we would love to limit the pone to no pegging points and force him to get a 12 hand to beat us-the A289 keep is the best for that aspiration but it could very well leave us short of going out as we need 10 points-we should be able to maneuver around the opening lead with the knowledge of the cut card-I would be very reticent about matching any card

Thursday 3:33 AM

A yuck sandwich. I kept the low cards to play Dodge with. The pone may have sold out tossing 2 face cards as well and I could have 8 in the crib. Play off to everything

Thursday 4:04 AM

Might be able to peg defensively it the opponent has eight or so in their hand. Banking they kept some mid cards and deposited faces to crib. Reticent? Vocabulary teacher please? dec

Thursday 4:26 AM

From a defensive standpoint I would prefer to keep A389 for the Magic 11, as stipulated by Rob (I see he is trying to revive the vocabulary contest). However, we also need points, which is better accomplished by throwing the 89, also promulgated by the gentleman from Massachusetts. Hopefully the pone's hand is as bad as ours.

Thursday 4:42 AM

I went with this, but it looks like the only thing we have with any toss is hope.

Thursday 5:01 AM

Every cut helps somewhere.
Q/K - A eleven might be useful in the pegging.

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28th Aug 2025
🏆Score: 121 to 99
🌋SP: 1920
📅Streak: 73
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** My discards **

1. 0-0*, 2-6
2. *8-19, 8-9
3. 43!-25*, Jd-3 (3-7 to keep the double run?)
4. *56-45, J-K
5. 74-52*, 8-Qh (8-10 seemed unnecessarily risky)
6. *81-68, Js-3
7. 92-75*, 3-8
8. *101-95, 6-9

Thursday 5:17 AM

As depicted above by a few, would rather hold A-2-8-9 for pegging defense (magic 11), but do not like the weak Q-K in our crib and we need points ourselves. With this hold we do have low and high card security and will look to dodge and weave around nondealer’s cards.

Was very sorry to hear about Ras’s passing. A true ambassador to the game of cribbage. He left behind a great wealth of cribbage knowledge for all of us to treasure. And on top of all that, a fantastic human being. RIP Ras.

Thursday 5:36 AM

RIP Ras. I got my first 29 hand against him and almost lost that game! And the odd part is that when I got it against him .....he had never had a 29 hand!

As for today's hand, I am going to channel Ras for a moment and think in terms of defense and surviving just long enough to make a move in the next hand.

As for the Rob vocabulary contest, I would say that Rob has an almost apocryphal quality about him at times. But then with his Bean-Town patois, he reaches the common man like me.

One thing is truly certain......both Ras & Rob will challenge your cerebral cortex and cognitive abilities.

Thursday 6:20 AM

Scott I didn’t think I would see apocryphal today either!!!very sagacious!

Thursday 6:24 AM

A lot going on here for dealer BUT for n/der as well….does s/he already have 12 points? ..if not can pegging get it done ?..if not is a balk the best route ? So ..from Ras’s list of the lowest average 46 n/der balks ..i realize we have already seen a Q & K ..however fyi..of the first 22 lowest average discards ..the lowest six include a K or Q…and then in the lowest 22 ..19 include a Q or K..so as is often the case ..in Ras I Trust..Q-K gets tossed from this & i keep the touching cards ..have to play for a favorable cut..sorry about that Ras..but easy to do since 13/13 help either hand or crib ..hold n/der to zero pegging points and extend the game to me then counting first..🤞

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Thursday 6:24 AM

R.I.P. Ras 😢

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🏆Score: 121 to 98
🌋SP: 1985
📅Streak: 244

Thursday 6:52 AM

Never met RAS, but his impact is obvious very deeply felt, especially in our DCH community.

I don't feel strongly about this discard today. Throwing away the better defensive pegger seems unwise, but I'm doing it anyways. Both discards will hit the cut card, somewhere. So worst case scenario we start next hand at 114.

Wordle 1,531 3/6*

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Thursday 7:22 AM

The only good thing about these cards is we are Dealer. Imagine being dealt this mitt as Pone. The (8-9) goes, as Pone will often toss an(X-mid-card), or (10-K); both of which enhances our Crib.

So sorry to hear of Ras's passing, even though I have been half expecting it for sometime now. Ten years ago when I started here, he always took the time to promptly answer all my email questions. RIP Ras.

Thursday 10:11 AM

At 111*-109 playing an Optimal strategy for the pegging (cautious offense) the dynamic expected averages and Win/Loss %s are:

_______________Net
Optimal___Hand_Pegs_Crib_Total___W1 %____W2 %
A-2-Q-K____2.35+0.80+5.01=8.16____41.5____63.1
A-2-8-9____2.70+1.48+3.40=7.57____31.5____53.6
8-9-Q-K____2.00+0.52+4.26=6.78____31.6____55.9

Optimal______L1 %____L2 %
A-2-Q-K_______28.0____25.0
A-2-8-9_______34.7____35.3
8-9-Q-K_______32.4____33.1

A-2-Q-K is best for expected averages by 0.59pt. and is very much best for Win %s and lowest for Loss %s. So I'll select the 8-9 to discard.

After the 6 cut I'll play a SAFE strategy to the lead.

Thursday 12:55 PM

Well, DCH has turned from cribbage to vocabulary and Wordle lessens. Who said cribbage isn't diverse.