March 11, 2019

*** This hand was suggested by PRSstrummer on ecribbage.com
0-0*  ?
79%
10%
3%
3%
1%
0%
0%
0%
Total votes: 162
dec
6359 votes

Joined: April 2008
 
 
 
Monday 3:05 AM
7-9 instead of 6-9. One of the better pegging hands to have as a non dealer. Potential points for a dozen here. Three lead. dec
Rosemarie44
2052 votes

Joined: March 2016
 
 
 
Monday 3:09 AM
This hand increases with every cut for a maximum of 12. There is no real safe discard and still keep a decent hand.
zeke76
1397 votes

Joined: August 2018
 
 
 
Monday 4:44 AM
7-9 discard. 6-9 and 6-7 too dicey.
Gougie00
5731 votes

Joined: March 2008
 
 
 
Monday 5:03 AM
I hope the dealer didnt have any 8s. Lead the 3 to prevent a 5 reply. Try to peg.
james500
3924 votes

Joined: June 2013
 
 
 
Monday 5:41 AM
An apprehensive 7-9, but I'd rather that than 6-7 or 3-4.
Maybe 15/2 and 31/2 with 3-2-6?
mfetchCT425
1400 votes

Joined: February 2009
 
 
 
Monday 5:45 AM
Agree with above analysis. Love this hand as n/d. Lead the 3.
horus93
1282 votes

Joined: December 2017
 
 
 
Monday 6:11 AM
Should be 100%
horus93 says: And starting with 9 points with a good pegging hand I\'d play offense, lead the 3 into the magic 5/magic 11. Probably a solid 1 in 4 chance of making 4 points in pegging alone.
Cribsurfer
766 votes

Joined: September 2016
 
 
 
Monday 7:13 AM
Keep 2-3-4-6, lead the 3. Good hand to peg a few and lots of cuts to improve
wasa
3019 votes

Joined: November 2014
 
 
 
Monday 7:21 AM
As per yesterday, all posters (as of my typing this) chose the same discard. Yesterday, HAL and RAS said we did not choose the optimal discard. I trust today we're "correct".
Jazzselke
2587 votes

Joined: March 2009
 
 
 
Monday 8:13 AM
In a heartbeat. According to DeLynn 23469 the most miscounted hand in cribbage. In my observation another contender is 34578.
Gougie00 says: AA678 is often counted as 11 by newbies.
Ras2829 says: Hi Gougie00: Know some folks who count it from 9-11 and have played 50 years. \"Ya know you folks can\'t be right about there bein\' no 19. All you got to have is 18 with the right Jack!\" This quote is from an old fellow clad in bib overalls, chewing on a straw who had played a lifetime and he was over 80.
dgergens
938 votes

Joined: January 2018
 
 
 
Monday 9:18 AM
Wow, story of my life. Ok, so the 7 is of no use whatsoever. I hate giving that to the dealer. But once that decision was made, I just couldn't bring myself to give 'em the 9 also. I've burned by the 7,8 too many times. I was willing to give up 1 point (and CHANCE for double run) as insurance against a 7,8 in the crib. Cut worked out.
Gougie00 says: Most of the rest of us want to keep that 234 together just in case a 234 is cut. Unless you knew a 9 was going to be the starter. If you know stuff like that beforehand, let\'s go to the horse races.
JRCeagle78
1054 votes

Joined: June 2016
 
 
 
Monday 10:00 AM
I like my pegging chances with this hand. I don't particularly like the 7-9 but it may be the best I can do. The 6-7 is far to risky. The 3 card "magic eleven" may work out to my advantage during the play
joekayak
1873 votes

Joined: May 2016
 
 
 
Monday 11:01 AM
2-3-4-6 pegs extremely well especially against a dealers X-X-X-X or x-x-x-5 hand. Every cut helps this hand. This early, I hold my breath and chuck 7-9 to dealer crib.
Ras2829
5155 votes

Joined: November 2008
 
 
 
Monday 1:07 PM
The 2-3-4-6 is one of the finest n/d pegging hands. There are only a few such opportunities to peg for non-dealer. If you would like to know what they are and how to present them in the pegging game, E-mail raswino29@outlook.com. It's off., off., off., lead the trey and you'll often score 15-2 with the deuce and the 31-2 with the 6. Anytime n/d can score four unanswered pegs against the dealer, that is very rewarding. Once in a while dealer will get cute and drop the five spot on your 3 lead. Take the run for three by playing the four spot. Dealer makes this choice most often when doesn't want to make the count 13 when seeing the trey lead. Don't sweat dealer dropping a card for run (seldom happens) as you've got cards either side (2/6). And we're stating the hand with nine points and taking all we can get in the pegging game. Take all nine as this is one of most common 7-point hands scored in cribbage. Another nine-point hand for which 7 points is often scored is 2-4-5-6-9. Look for those hands that have 3 15-2's.
Ras2829 says: BTW the second best lead from these four cards is the 6 spot as it keeps the 2-3-4 intact. Playing an offense pegging strategy would always lead the trey though.
LoneStarPegger
811 votes

Joined: January 2008
 
 
 
Monday 1:14 PM
Ditto, RAS!
Coeurdelion
5595 votes

Joined: October 2007
 
 
 
Monday 2:15 PM
I think it must be best to keep 5pts and throw the gapper - 2-3-4-6 (7-9):

2-3-4-6: 5pts - 5¼pts (Schell: 5.26) = -¼pt

Potential:

2-3-4-6: Improves with AAAA, 222, 333, 444, 5555, 666, 777, 8888, 999 + 16xXs = 46 cuts = 46/46 = 100.0% up to 9/11/12pts with 222, 333, 444, 5555, 666, 999 = 19 cuts.

Position:

As First Pone we'll play Offense and try to reach first positional hole of 18pts.

Pegging:

This hand will peg very well with a 3-card magic eleven and 3 small cards.

Summary:

No real alternative to this hand as we certainly don't want to throw the touching 6-7 so 7-9 it is.
HalscribCLX
5318 votes

Joined: February 2008
 
 
 
Monday 2:30 PM
At 0-0* playing an Offense strategy for the pegging the dynamic expected averages and Win/Loss %s are:

_______________Our
Offense___Hand_Pegs__Crib___Total___W9 %____W10 %
2-3-4-6___8.46+2.26+(-4.91)=5.81____29.7____26.5
2-3-4-9___8.11+2.20+(-5.90)=4.41____28.5____23.7
2-3-6-7___5.46+2.09+(-4.32)=3.23____22.2____22.0

Offense_______L9 %____L10 %
2-3-4-6_______39.5____48.9
2-3-4-9_______42.1____51.8
2-3-6-7_______37.0____51.8

2-3-4-6 is best for expected averages by 1.40pts and is appreciably best for both Win %s and Loss %s. So I'll select 7-9 to discard.

After the 9 cut I'll lead the 3 and play Offense;

Lead___________Our Pegging Pts.
3___________________2.47
6___________________2.12
2___________________1.92
4___________________1.50