Friday 3:17 AM

Pone is way behind and drawing to an inside straight is a losing proposition.

He can have the 3's.

Friday 3:38 AM

Friday 3:40 AM

Rule of 8 points. I would have tossed 3-3 if the other cards added to 8+. Hedged tossing the 9-J and somehow nailed the cut.

Friday 3:49 AM

If I needed a three point win I might entertain throwing the threes. But I will do a three point loss. I have my odds on lead probably do the three of clubs and see if I can bury the five in later pegging round. More about defense here then being fortunate. dec

Friday 4:10 AM

Going to keep the 7 points here and see if I can get a cut to extend the lead

Friday 4:25 AM

Game’s early and nice lead, seems like a time to take the risk. Keep 7 points and toss 3s

Friday 4:41 AM

Overthought this one this morning, didn't even see the obvious 7. Still, for the position, this hold is sound at this juncture, but I prefer to push up the board quite a bit more at this juncture, today I got bailed out with a great cut.

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Nothing overly special, gotta have a little courage Hand 1, but in this group I think we all know that.

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Friday 4:46 AM

Thanks to Bennie,James and Scott for your recommendations yesterday

Friday 5:03 AM

Pushing through.

Friday 5:26 AM

I guess I'll be different today. I don't mind island life 🏝️

I'm keeping the three card eleven. I rarely toss a pair of 3s. Playing a little defense here since I'm already in good position. Why not keep the J?

Friday 5:40 AM

Unsuited 3-9 from me. 5 lead.

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1. J-K
2. 3-K
3. 7-J
4. 2-3
5. 6-Q
6. 6-Q
7. 9-K
8. 3-6

K-9 in hand 7 could've been K-2 maybe? I'm satisfied with my other decisions.

Friday 5:58 AM

While not really time for defense I can see tossing the 3s and risking him getting a big crib.

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Friday 6:56 AM

If I had found a 'top ten' discard, I would have gone that way. I suppose the (3-9) is the best; but I'm not willing to start with three less points at this score. And (9-J), or (9-10) don't seem very safe to me. So I'm forced to toss the pair of key connectors; but I'm not happy about it. The 4 cut is of no help to me, and very worrisome to Dealer's
Crib. Switching to Defense now. Lead the 9. The 10 or J lead if (15-2)'d, leaves me with a very tough decision. Do I pair the 5 and give him a chance to trip me? If s/he doesn't; but has a small card run, I have the same problem. Look at my remaining cards after he plays the 5 for (15-2) and I pair it. I have to say GO. If I lead the 10 I'm breaking up my run. If I lead the J; well Dealer may have kept his J.

Friday 7:30 AM

I’ll take the risk here early in the game.

Friday 7:32 AM

It's early, and have enough cushion to worry less about the 3's.

Friday 7:40 AM

Have a decent lead and will try to avoid any big cribs here. Like the touching faces.

Friday 8:25 AM

I like our lead here and decided to use caution this time.

Friday 8:33 AM

Not excited about giving up 3 points in this position.

Friday 8:35 AM

Some days carry a different feel than others, and so I played differently from my original 3-9 defense. I look at this keep liking the double run possible (which we get from 4) and the 7 cut for two 15s. 9-J doesn’t carry that much strength to their crib. Having 3-3-5 makes the easy 3-card 11 for a relaxed play sequence from the 3 lead.

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Friday 1:57 PM

At 20-8* playing a Defense strategy for the pegging the dynamic expected averages and Win/Loss %s are:

_______________Dlr's
Defense___Hand_Pegs____Crib___Total______W7 %____W8 %
5-9-10-J___9.74+(-2.74)+(-6.41)= 0.59____15.1____45.6
3S-5-10-J__6.83+(-2.78)+(-4.36)=(-0.31)___11.1____40.5

Defense_________L7 %____L8 %
5-9-10-J_________6.4_____18.6
3S-5-10-J________5.4_____17.6

5-9-10-J is better for expected averages by 0.90pt. and is very much better for Win %s and although it is slightly worse for Loss %s I'll select the 3-3 to discard.

After the 4 cut I'll lead the 10 and play Defense:

Lead___________Dealer's Pegging Points
10_____________________(-2.25)
J______________________(-2.34)
9______________________(-2.62)
5______________________(-2.99)