tc@amd70.UUCP (Tom Crawford) (04/03/84)
How would you score the following cribbage hand? 7H 7S 8H 9D 6C Tom Crawford ...amd70!tc
notes@zeppo.UUCP (04/04/84)
#R:amd70:-449500:zeppo:7200001:000:239 zeppo!mmc Apr 3 16:53:00 1984 > How would you score the following cribbage hand? > > 7H 7S 8H 9D 6C > > Tom Crawford > ...amd70!tc pair of 7s 2 15 7H-8H 2 15 7S-8H 2 15 9D-6C 2 run 6-7H-8-9 4 run 7-7S-8-9 4 ------------------ total 16
jay@rochester.UUCP (Jay Weber) (04/04/84)
7H,8H - 15 for 2 (2), 7S,8H - 15 for 2 (4), 9D,6C - 15 for 2 (6), 7H,7S - pair for 2 (8), 6C,7H,8H,9D - run for 4 (12), 6C,7S,8H,9D - run for 4 (16). Total = 16 Jay Weber jay@rochester.arpa ..!seismo!rochester!jay
halle1@houxz.UUCP (J.HALLE) (04/06/84)
Lot's of mistakes in the article this is a followup to. Here are corrections:
Further tricky hands:
Hand Name Value
2 2 3 4 x double run of three 8
Could be more, depending on the value of x
2 2 3 3 4 double-double run of three 14
The value is 16, not 14. 4*3 + 2*2
2 2 2 3 4 triple run of three 18
The value is 15, not 18. 3*3 for the runs + 6 for the triple (3 pairs)
All of which points out, cribbage is a game won or lost because
of double runs. (A little luck don't hurt none either!)
Double runs help, but careful discarding and accurate play are more important.
Luck really has little to do with it. (But it don't hurt.)
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* QUESTION *
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What is the best possible cribbage hand? No fair looking it
up in Hoyle's...even I could do that!
It depends on who is dealer. If you are dealer, four 5's in hand with a Jack
turned up. If you are not dealer, three 5's and the Jack of the fourth suit
in hand, the other 5 turned up.
Believe it or not, I have seen this hand. I nearly won by getting four 6's
and a 3 (24 points) when on the next hand my opponent got the 29er to win.
Chip Rosenthal, Intel/Santa Clara
{pur-ee,hplabs,ucbvax!amd70,ogcvax!omsvax}!intelca!t4test!{chip,news}daf@ihu1g.UUCP (Dewey Frech) (04/07/84)
. I must disagree with an earlier posting: >Further tricky hands: > > Hand Name Value > 2 2 3 4 x double run of three 8 > 2 2 3 3 4 double-double run of three 14 > 2 2 2 3 4 triple run of three 18 The problem is the a double double run of three is 16, and a triple run of three is 15. Not 14 and 18 as posted. Dewey Frech ..!ihnp4!ihu1g!daf AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville IL
lynch@wivax.UUCP (Robert Lynch) (04/07/84)
<@#$%^&*( <take that line eater>
The best cribbage hand possible is receiving three fives and a J in your
hand and the 5 of the J's suit as the starter. (ex. JS,5C,5D,5H [5S])
Combination Points
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J with all of the fives 8
15's generated by the fives 8
Six pairs made with the fives 12
Jack matching the starter's suit 1
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Total= 29
28 can also be generated by receiving four fives in your hand and any
face card or 10 as the starter.
Bob Lynch
{decvax, linus}!wivax!lynch
leblanc@ucbvax.UUCP (Emile LeBlanc) (04/08/84)
x A double-double run has always been 16 the way I count it. Also a triple run is 15. (I could explain these if anyone desires). Emile LeBlanc (ucbvax!leblanc) (leblanc@Berkeley.ARPA)
dhb@rayssd.UUCP (04/13/84)
As a long time cribbage player (> 20 years) I have to disagreee with the scorings posted by Chip Rosenthal. A double-double run of three is 16 points, not 14, and a triple run of three is 15, not eighteen. Theses values are obtained as follows: double-double run of three: 2h 2c 3h 3c 4c 2h 3h 4c = 3 points 2h 3h 4c = 3 points 2c 3c 4c = 3 points 2c 3c 4c = 3 points 2c 2h = 2 points 3c 3h = 2 points total = 16 points triple run of three: 2c 2h 2s 3c 4c 2c 3c 4c = 3 points 2h 3c 4c = 3 points 2s 3c 4c = 3 points 2c 2h 2s = 6 points total = 15 points I don't know where Chip came up with his numbers, but the ones I have are the correct ones. As for the question about the best possible hand, I assumed that every serious player knew that the best possible hand was three fives and the jack of the fourth suit in the hand with the fourth five being cut, giving a total of twenty-nine points. -- Dave Brierley Raytheon Co.; Portsmouth RI; (401)-847-8000 x4073 ...!decvax!brunix!rayssd!dhb ...!allegra!rayssd!dhb ...!linus!rayssd!dhb
marka@uo-vax1.UUCP (04/16/84)
Off the top of my head I get:
5H 5C 5S JD 5D
for 6 pair = 12;
4 5/J 15's = 8;
4 5-5-5 15's = 8;
JD<-->5D = 1;
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29
Correct???
mark aitken
{hp-pcd,tektronix,hpcvra}!uoregon!markadonnelly@uiuccsb.UUCP (04/25/84)
#R:amd70:-449500:uiuccsb:7700003:000:139 uiuccsb!donnelly Apr 25 10:50:00 1984 Don't you get 2 points for turning up the Jack on the cut when you deal? I would guess the best hand to be == 30 Hand: 5 5 5 5 turnup: J
toma@fluke.UUCP (Tom Anderson) (04/26/84)
never mind.
rob@ctvax.UUCP (04/26/84)
#R:amd70:-449500:ctvax:35000002:000:812
ctvax!rob Apr 26 10:34:00 1984
"Two for his heels" (i.e. dealer scores two for turning up a jack on the
cut) is not considered part of the score for the hand.
Let's start something else, what's the fastest crib game you've played?
Years ago a friend and I played one in 9 minutes. That's twice round the
board (121 points to win), one deck, players pegging their own scores.
I know it was nine minutes, because we had a clock-watching ogre for a
boss who didn't like us playing cards at lunch-time. We started at
12:51 and finished on time and went back to being good little
programmers.
Speed cribbage is a silly idea, but give it a try sometime you're
feeling jaded.
"They'll get my crib board when they peel my cold dead fingers off
the pegs."
Rob Spray
uucp: ... {decvax!cornell!|ucbvax!nbires!|{allegra|ihnp4}!convex!}ctvax!robmalcolm@utcsrgv.UUCP (Malcolm MacPhail) (04/27/84)
If you turn up a J you do get the 2 points, but the 2 points are considered as 'pegging points' not as part of your hand. The best possible hand is 29 points as already mentioned. From my place /\ [] Malcolm
lab@qubix.UUCP (Q-Bick) (04/27/84)
His Heels is scored before play, and thus is not part of "the hand."
BTW, a Saratoga Slick followup on 4bsd cribbage and four-flushes:
I finally found Earl Cohen at mordor and verified it works in the
non-full-screen version (4.1 and 4.1c). It is buggy only in the 4.2
visual version. Are you listening, Ken Arnold?
--
The Ice Floe of Larry Bickford
{decvax,ihnp4,ucbvax}!{decwrl,sun}!qubix!lab
decwrl!qubix!lab@Berkeley.ARPAgleason@asgmka.DEC (Daryl Gleason, MKO1-2/G37, 264-2545) (04/28/84)
In response to "decwrl!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiuccsb! donnelly", yes, you do get 2 points for turning up a Jack on the cut when you deal (granted that your opponent has cut the cards for you!). The best possible hand in cribbage is 29. *** Daryl and Kristy Gleason ***