June 14, 2019

*** This hand was suggested by Ras2829
24*-26  ?
36%
36%
20%
4%
2%
1%
Total votes: 175
Rosemarie44
2052 votes

Joined: March 2016
 
 
 
Friday 3:16 AM
Going with expected averages and tossing 4-Q to my crib. Hand starts at 4 points and has a maximum of 16 points. Thirteen cuts gives the hand 10 12, or 16 points (5555, 77 AAA, 8888).
mrob2199
1433 votes

Joined: February 2009
 
 
 
Friday 3:32 AM
With a garbage hand like this I prefer to hedge my bets and throw 2 in the crib with 2 in my hand rather than the 4 points of A-6-7-7-If I cut an 8 I’ll be thrilled anyway so I’m playing for the crib and looking for a 6 or 8 point output
dec
6356 votes

Joined: April 2008
 
 
 
Friday 4:07 AM
Balance for me also. That eight cut in hindsight would make me sad too. dec
zeke76
1394 votes

Joined: August 2018
 
 
 
Friday 4:14 AM
A4.
zeke76 says: Brown averages: A4:10.2 66: 9.8 67: 9.2 Q4: 8.9 AQ: 8.4
james500 says: Hiya Zeke, hope you're well. I don't know if it's a typo on here, or whether you selected a wrong card on the other site, but there's no 6-6 discard option. 7-7 maybe?
zeke76 says: Selected the wrong card on the other site, which of course completely changes the results (I should have know-Rosemarie isn't wrong about expected averages): Q4: 10.6 77: 10.2 A4: 10.1 Q6: 9.4
Gougie00
5728 votes

Joined: March 2008
 
 
 
Friday 5:03 AM
I'll try it this way. I was thinking an 8 would the the starter and I wanted to maximize.

There is a shot to trap a 5 if I hold that 6-7 together.

glmccuskey
4099 votes

Joined: April 2011
 
 
 
Friday 5:10 AM
Wanted to keep the 6-7-7 together and I like A-4 in the crib. Offense to the lead.
james500
3921 votes

Joined: June 2013
 
 
 
Friday 6:28 AM
I'll keep the Ace in my hand.
Andy (muesli64)
2223 votes

Joined: August 2009
 
 
 
Friday 7:57 AM
I chose to throw 4-Q. Keeping the ace in hand for a 7 or 8 cut! Just a guess!
RubyTuesday
911 votes

Joined: January 2019
 
 
 
Friday 8:01 AM
I wanted to throw A 4 to my crib but decided to throw Q 4 in the hope I’d get more points in play.
wasa
3016 votes

Joined: November 2014
 
 
 
Friday 10:24 AM
As others said, keep the 6-7-7 together. Then decision over A-4 vs 4-Q. Kept the A to work with my 7-7.
dgergens
938 votes

Joined: January 2018
 
 
 
Friday 10:46 AM
Once I decided to keep the 6,7,7 together, I decided A,4 in the crib would be worth more than the 2 pts sacrificed. And certainly worth more than 4,Q in the crib.
dgergens says: Looking forward to the numbers. I may have to revisit/refine my thought process when deciding to gamble on the crib vs keep the bird in the hand.
joekayak
1873 votes

Joined: May 2016
 
 
 
Friday 12:30 PM
Really close. I like the arguments both ways. Balance the crib and hand by throwing Ace-4 or keep the 4 in hand by throwing Q-4. I will be very interested in just how close this is when the computer comes on board.
joekayak says: That should read ...keep the 4 POINTS in hand....
horus93
1281 votes

Joined: December 2017
 
 
 
Friday 1:21 PM
I'll cop to NOT particularly liking A-4 in the crib.
Ras2829 says: Hi horus93: Very good pegging hand includes 2-card 11,3 card 11, and a "sweet sixteen". The pegging potential ought to be enough to offset other scoring potentials with other choices. More later.
Rosemarie44 says: There you go again -bragging about your pegging abilities!
joekayak says: Interesting. Ace-4-6-X can easily lead to 4 pegging points but all the rest of us seem to want to keep 6-7-7 together with a fourth card either the Q or the Ace. A-4-6 does not necessarily lead to 4 pegging points and I wonder how the potential of 6-7-7 in hand compares to the pegging potential of A-4-6.
LoneStarPegger
811 votes

Joined: January 2008
 
 
 
Friday 3:29 PM
Thanks for the excellent discussion! I'm working on my ability to spot pegging hands that are potentially more valuable than the counting points.
Ras2829
5151 votes

Joined: November 2008
 
 
 
Saturday 1:16 AM
If you noted my reply to horus93 post, you had a good idea where I was heading. Am playing off., off., off. (all those off. are offense) and play on the lead. Based on my scant empirical evidence holding the A-4-6-Q has considerably better offensive pegging potential than holding A-6-7-7. And the potential crib score of 7-7 is miles apart from the lowly 4-Q. The 7-7 averages 5.873 (1,372) 13/91 and 4-Q 3.635 (438) 77/91. True the potential hand score of holding A-6-7-7 is greater; it just cannot make up for the deficits in potential pegging and crib scores. Had hoped that HalscribCLX would have weighed in by now so you could see the numbers. Appreciate as usual the level of participation. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. See ya on the morrow.