Today's results so far

*** This hand was suggested by Inushtuk1
108-100*  ?
24%
24%
23%
23%
19%
19%
13%
13%
9%
9%
5%
5%
2%
2%
1%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Total votes: 250
Inushtuk1(K-7) or (K-10)?
tevdodd

Joined: May 2021 (462 votes)

Sunday 4:52 AM
K-T vs K-9 for me. Already forgot which I did, but I think K-T is the proper toss here, give ourselves maximum flexibility in the full stop defensive pegging here.

Cribbage Pro Daily Scrimmage
Score: 121 to 114
Differentials
2. K-K 15*-17
3. T-Q 26-24*
6. A-J *BOTCH*

For people wanting to take the suggestion to make your own shortlist. Go to the Top-50 leaderboard, there are 3 drop down menus, select the middle one, and "customize". Maybe a few DCH members would be willing to drop their names in the comments.
dec says: is this "scrimmage" a takeoff of Hal program duplicate cribbage matches ? dec
fentesk says: Hi Dec, I don't know the duplicate matches well enough to compare, but I'd guess it is. The Cribbage Pro Daily Scrimmage gives exactly the same hands to all players and computer. They are clearly not random, some selection must be done as many give bunched pegging hands and huge scores. While the developer strongly states the base program uses random card draws, there is no way the Scrimmage selections are random draws/cuts. A player can play the same daily set as many times as they want, which I would guess is the intent of the game where you treat it like a puzzle to solve. Mostly those of us posting about it here focus on "first attempt" to see how well we can do on a single blind play. From the leaderboards it's also clear there are people that go into the "first play" with knowledge of the cards.
Gougie00

Joined: March 2008 (6329 votes)

Sunday 5:00 AM
Yuck. I tossed KQ just incase of an 8 cut. My only hope is the dealer has a clunker hand as well.
Rosemarie44

Joined: March 2016 (2374 votes)

Sunday 5:05 AM
What an awful hand! Toss the lowly 10-K to opponent.
dec

Joined: April 2008 (7083 votes)

Sunday 5:18 AM
And I quote... you s*** as a dealer. dec
dec says: just venting j/k. Hope its a four for us and four and zero and one to one in the pegging. dec
Jazzselke

Joined: March 2009 (2972 votes)

Sunday 6:06 AM
The maximum we can cut to is 6 points, which places us at Hole 114 plus pegs. So I will opt for total defense with dealer 21 points out.
Djgoat

Joined: December 2023 (425 votes)

Sunday 6:36 AM
K-7 seems a tougher hit for their crib and I've been burnt by K-10 too many times.

Stink holed me today 🤬
Cribbage Pro Scrimmage
7th Dec 2025
💔Score: 120 to 121
🌟SP: 520
📅Streak: 6
https://www.cribbagepro.net/scrimmage/694/8363472/1
Sgt Pegger says: Yeah, there's always some clown ruining that 10/K toss....lol I agree with your choice but alas we might be in the minority ....today.
HfxKen says: I'm with you On the K-7. There quite a few cards that can improve this hold and In trying to toss boat anchors to the crib
domandcarol

Joined: August 2023 (300 votes)

Sunday 7:23 AM
Throwing wide on the crib. Hope to catch a run on the cut…hope gone
BennieO

Joined: August 2025 (113 votes)

Sunday 7:23 AM
K-9 vs. K-10. Landed on K-9 because a five in their crib will land one 15/2 instead of two 15/2s. Playing heavyset defense aiming to go out on the next deal.

Cribbage Pro Scrimmage
7th Dec 2025
🏆Score: 121 to 114
🌋SP: 1525
📅Streak: 356
https://www.cribbagepro.net/scrimmage/694/7389935/1
Sgt Pegger

Joined: July 2017 (834 votes)

Sunday 7:43 AM
I think most will agree that the King at least has to go to the pone's crib. What goes with it will be reasoned back and forth and justified 10 ways to Sunday.....oh look....it's Sunday!
Assman

Joined: May 2024 (595 votes)

Sunday 7:52 AM
No chance I’m throwing the 3 into the crib for my opponent. What if a 2 comes out? I thought about TK and 9Q but that removes the only touchers from the hand. I figured that QK is safe enough here.
usacoder

Joined: August 2019 (1181 votes)

Sunday 8:20 AM
It's lonely at the bottom. But I score this the best at 12.7. Whilst the next best is the 7-9 toss at 12.0. Followed by the 3-7 toss at 11.9.
fentesk says: I think you may be running this with us as dealer; we're giving up two to opponent's crib today.
Nanotruck

Joined: May 2025 (121 votes)

Sunday 8:22 AM
This is what happens when someone plays solitaire with my cribbage deck.
Hay3mak3r

Joined: May 2024 (44 votes)

Sunday 9:24 AM
Cribbage Pro Scrimmage
7th Dec 2025
🏆Score: 121 to 110
🌋SP: 1715
🗓️Streak: 2

I threw the KQ. Looking for the 8 and more opportunity to peg.
HalscribCLX

Joined: February 2008 (5856 votes)

Sunday 10:17 AM
At 108-100* 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 %
3-9-10-Q___2.13+(-1.30)+(-4.24)=(-3.42)___0.0____27.1
3-7-9-Q____1.78+(-1.24)+(-3.96)=(-3.42)___0.0____26.6
3-9-10-K___2.04+(-1.28)+(-4.36)=(-3.60)___0.0____26.3
3-7-10-Q___1.83+(-1.46)+(-4.08)=(-3.71)___0.0____27.1
3-9-Q-K____1.78+(-1.24)+(-4.40)=(-3.85)___0.0____26.1
3-7-9-10___2.13+(-1.28)+(-4.79)=(-3.94)___0.1____23.7
3-7-10-K___1.57+(-1.50)+(-4.12)=(-4.05)___0.0____26.7

Optimal______L1 %___L2 %
3-9-10-Q______9.0____66.4
3-7-9-Q_______9.7____66.2
3-9-10-K______9.2____67.1
3-7-10-Q______8.1____66.1
3-9-Q-K_______9.5____66.9
3-7-9-10_____13.6____69.0
3-7-10-K______8.2____66.2

3-9-10-Q and 3-7-9-Q are joint best for expected averages. However, 3-9-10-Q is best for Win %s and third lowest for Loss %s. So, I'll select the 7-K to discard.

After the 2 cut I'll lead the 10 and play Defense:

Lead___________Dealer's Pegging Points_____Loss %
3______________________(-2.51)______________1.6
10_____________________(-2.79)______________1.2
Q______________________(-2.98)______________1.2
9______________________(-3.12)______________1.3

Although the 3 lead is lowest for Dealer's Pegging Points the 10 lead is lower for Loss %s.
SallyAnn3

Joined: March 2020 (1377 votes)

Sunday 12:46 PM
Well hey! No island :)