Eolus619 says: JQT..although we are playing as n/der, perhaps it is still a good place to remind less experienced players about your dealer discard “cousins” which can start with zero and earn 5+ in crib.. 3/4..6/7..J/Q..Pone sending them is the equivalent of dealer sending them..today it happens it is still the best discard choice and one would hope 6/7 does not turn into 5+.

Inushtuk1 says: 7 out of every 8 tries you get away with it I remember.

JQT says: My favorite Pone Discard in Cribbage is Toss (2 3) . . . because . . . just imagine how good my HAND MUST BE . . . (5 5 5 5), (4 5 6 6), (7 7 7 8) . . . if I am willing to give away a Deuce and a Trey! 😝 🌟 💥

Djgoat says: Ditto!

Eolus619 says: hello Penguin50…welcome..encourage you to keep posting ..24 point cribs..it certainly can happen 💥

Penguin50 says: Thanks for response. It just goes to show anything can happen in a game.

JQT says: Cribbage is a probabilistic endeavor, so the Correct Discard is "Correct" even if something "bad" may occasionally happen. If we determine a specific discard idea is indeed best at a given score, such as Toss (6 7) in this puzzle today, then it's best to make that same discard the next time we encounter that same score and those same cards. The program shows that Toss (J J), for example, will cost you 2.44 Points (a HUGE amount, as we often debate TENTHS of a point!) each time in your Expected Average, and thus there is NEVER a time when switching your idea on a whim will be correct. Players who "switch" to another discard idea will either be immediately disappointed when their inferior choice fails to yield any positive results (and this will be the better of two possible outcomes!), or; they will be temporarily rewarded when their inferior choice does have a momentary payoff due to the random nature of the Cut Card, but this is the worse of the two possible outcomes. It's worse because mathematically, this player will do worse in the long run by not picking the statistically-higher choice(s), and yet since a temporary reward does and will occasionally and occur, they are now being rewarded for "guessing" or straying from making a statistically-better choice, and in addition to a lower payoff amount, this will almost always cause such a player to take more chances in the future, thus further diminishing their net positive results. Being "rewarded" momentarily for inferior decisions firmly places such players on a path of luck and speculation, and begins to erode the logical and mathematical skill element from their game. 🐪