February 11, 2020

*** This hand was suggested by ccjohnson
0-0*  ?
25%
25%
19%
19%
17%
17%
16%
16%
11%
11%
3%
3%
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
0%
0%
Total votes: 194
JQT

Joined: October 2008 (4525 votes)

Tuesday 3:29 AM
Those of you who know me know that I loathe that Keep (A 2 3 5) hand, so let's try what may even be safer today.
JQT says: I think Toss (A 9) might be my second choice, but why not start the game with at least a few points prior to the cut?!
JQT says: My heretofore loathsome feelings about Keep (A 2 3 5) as Pone in Cribbage have been therefore confirmed! Because after that 6 Card Cut, had I retained the often abysmal-pegging monstrosity known as Keep (A 2 3 5), I would most regrettably only be holding FIVE points, after having given away at least SIX points (do the math). And thus, I shall continue to disdain the 'likes' of Keep (A 2 3 5) with all my heart and soul.
dec

Joined: April 2008 (6866 votes)

Tuesday 3:38 AM
I have tried pegging with that A-2-3-5 as non dealer and have been miserable at it. So I will go with a balanced strat and go with prefered cuts of 2-3-4-7. Lead the three maybe trap a few points pegging. dec
mrob2199

Joined: February 2009 (1705 votes)

Tuesday 4:17 AM
Just a percentage play to keep the A-2-3-5-a 6 or 8 cut are the only ones that don’t get us to at least a 7 point hand-if the dealer has all pictures we will peg 4 on him-first hand is too early for the break everything up toss and too early for the risky 5-6 toss to keep the A-2-3-9-this is a happy medium-any low card or picture card-so basically two thirds of the deck-provides us with help without helping the 6-9 discard to the crib
thelawnet

Joined: January 2020 (262 votes)

Tuesday 4:21 AM
all cards give us at least 2 more points.

tossing 69 here or worse 56 seems like good ways to be playing catch up

our hand is not much good but maybe neither is pones

6 points after the cut is not so bad though
Jazzselke says: 8 point hand
james500

Joined: June 2013 (4354 votes)

Tuesday 5:12 AM
6-9 seems the least dangerous option without destroying my hand.

Plenty of cuts for 7+.

3(3)-X(13)-2(15/2)-X(25)-5(30)-go-A(31/2) in the pegging, maybe.
Jazzselke

Joined: March 2009 (2870 votes)

Tuesday 5:12 AM
Not too exciting, but at least pegging possibilities and all cuts help.
glmccuskey

Joined: April 2011 (4488 votes)

Tuesday 5:17 AM
Good chance for at least seven points and to early in the game to give up 5-6.
mfetchCT425

Joined: February 2009 (1638 votes)

Tuesday 5:32 AM
Like the more defensive toss vs 6-9 today. Although that would be my second choice. Every cut helps this hand so we will at least improve on the two starting points. I like the ace lead as dealer often responds with a 8 or 9, which we can get 15-2.
RubyTuesday

Joined: January 2019 (1196 votes)

Tuesday 5:36 AM
I didn’t want to throw a 5, 2 3 or 6 9 to dealer so threw 2 9 as a least worst (I hoped) option.
scottcrib

Joined: August 2019 (2079 votes)

Tuesday 5:46 AM
Since there are so many face cards still out there for the cut, I decided to keep both the 2-3 and the 5. The 6 cut works out just fine.
Gougie00

Joined: March 2008 (6180 votes)

Tuesday 6:36 AM
Hedging with the A356. Everything helps, and the dealer's crib probably won't go boom. Lead the 3?
wasa

Joined: November 2014 (3397 votes)

Tuesday 6:46 AM
Keep 2 points. All cuts give us more.
horus93

Joined: December 2017 (1330 votes)

Tuesday 7:05 AM
Nice puzzle. The first hand is positionally very interesting to me. How much does relative position matter 121 points out? How many risks should you take? Should you try to play "optimally"? Or should you make more extreme plays, offense or defense, while you have time to come back if your strategy doesn't pay off?

I have to admit I didn't even consider 2-9
Ras2829 says: Hi horus: Contrary to conventional wisdom, what happens on first street is quite important. Three games of 10 are settled on first street and the lagging player remains lagging from start to finish.
JQT says: You mean the holes on the Cribbage Board don't actually get closer together as we approach the Finish Line?! (nervous laughter ensues ; - )
Gougie00 says: You cannot win a game on 1st street, but you can lose one with stupid decisions.
dgergens

Joined: January 2018 (940 votes)

Tuesday 8:28 AM
Giving away 5,6 for a 5 pt hand is a non-started. This isn't really a defensive strategy so much as it is why bother (giving up 2 pts (6,9) so I can have 3 pts). So I did this.
joekayak

Joined: May 2016 (1877 votes)

Tuesday 11:07 AM
First hand. Lost the deal. OFF. toss 6-9. Damn the torpedoes. OOPS. One of the torpedoes hit.
Ras2829

Joined: November 2008 (5496 votes)

Tuesday 11:19 AM
Choosing off. off., off., holding A-3-5-6 is the way to go. One of two favored hands of two points, the other being A-3-4-7, these hands often score 8 points after the starter card is added. That's the case today here. If not holding these, would have held 2-3-5-6 for zero points and the best pegger among these six cards. Based on my scant empirical evidence the 6-9 is a poor choice. You could do worse with the 3-5. Anybody for that? Because of the higher scoring 6-9 (421) discard to opponent crib 6.204. That's slightly higher than HalscribCLX will show at 5.97 I think. In any case combined values are own pegs, hand score, less crib. The 2-9 (2,056) avg. 4.573 and the A-9 (1,604) is 4.340. In addition the A-3-5-6 or 2-3-5-6 have higher offensive pegging potential. So giving up the extra points in crib and giving up a few in the pegging cause the A-3-5-6 to be the better choice this day.