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Tick “Crib” to apply the stricter crib flush rule.","cribbage-calculator",[17,27,58,65],{"heading":18,"list":19,"after":25},"How the calculator counts",[20,21,22,23,24],"Fifteens: every different combination of two to five cards adding to 15 scores 2. Picture cards count 10, Aces 1.","Pairs: 2 for every pair, which makes three of a kind 6 and four of a kind 12.","Runs: only the longest run length scores, once for each way of making it.","Flush: 4 for four hand cards of one suit, 5 if the starter matches. A crib needs all five.","His nobs: 1 for the Jack in hand that matches the starter’s suit.",[26],"His heels, the 2 points the dealer gets when the starter itself is a Jack, is pegged at the cut rather than in the show, so it never appears in a hand total.",{"heading":28,"table":29},"Hands worth trying",{"head":30,"rows":34},[31,32,33],"Hand","Starter","Score",[35,39,43,47,51,54],[36,37,38],"5♥ 5♦ 5♣ J♠","5♠","29 — the best possible hand",[40,41,42],"5♥ 5♦ 5♣ 5♠","K♥","28",[44,45,46],"4♥ 4♦ 5♣ 5♠","6♥","24",[48,49,50],"3♥ 3♦ 3♣ 4♠","5♥","21",[52,49,53],"10♥ J♥ Q♥ K♥","18",[55,56,57],"5♣ 5♦ 6♥ 7♠","8♣","12",{"heading":59,"list":60},"Why your count and the calculator disagree",[61,62,63,64],"A missed fifteen made of three or four cards, such as 2 + 3 + 4 + 6. Two-card fifteens jump out at you; the long ones hide.","Counting a run of four as two runs of three, or forgetting the second run a duplicate card creates.","Claiming a flush with three hand cards and the starter, which scores nothing.","Counting nobs for a Jack that does not match the starter’s suit.",{"heading":66,"paragraphs":67},"Use it to choose your discards",[68],"You are dealt six cards and keep four. Try each four-card keep you are weighing against a few likely starters, beginning with a ten-card: sixteen of the 52 cards count 10, so that is the starter you will see most often. Then remember whose crib it is. As dealer, the two cards you throw away still score for you; as non-dealer, every five or pair you throw in is a gift to your opponent.",[70,73,76,79],{"q":71,"a":72},"Does the calculator count pegging points?","No. It counts the show: a hand or the crib together with the starter. Pegging depends on the order the cards are played in, which no calculator can know in advance.",{"q":74,"a":75},"What does the Crib option change?","Only the flush. A hand scores a flush with four cards of one suit; the crib needs all four cards and the starter to match.",{"q":77,"a":78},"Why can’t I enter the same card twice?","Because a standard deck has only one of each card, so a hand with a duplicate cannot happen outside a magic trick. The calculator asks you to change one of them.",{"q":80,"a":81},"Is there a hand worth 19?","No. 19 is one of the totals no cribbage hand can make, which is exactly why players say “nineteen” when a hand is worth nothing at all.",[83,86,89],{"path":84,"kicker":85},"\u002Fcribbage\u002Fscoring","Cribbage Scoring",{"path":87,"kicker":88},"\u002Fcribbage\u002Fbest-hands","Best Cribbage Hands",{"path":90,"kicker":91},"\u002Fcribbage\u002F3-player","Three-Handed Cribbage",{"example":93,"sources":94,"related":105},null,[95,100],{"url":96,"title":97,"publisher":98,"note":99,"language":4},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cribbage.org\u002FNewSite\u002Frules\u002Frulebook_2025.pdf","Cribbage Tournament Rules (2025 edition)","American Cribbage Congress","The points for each combination in a hand or crib, the four-card flush counting only in the hand, nobs, and his heels being pegged at the cut.",{"url":101,"title":102,"publisher":103,"note":104,"language":4},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pagat.com\u002Fadders\u002Fcrib6.html","Six Card Cribbage","Pagat, John McLeod","The crib flush needing all five cards, a run of four scoring 4 rather than two runs of three, and nineteen being an impossible count.",[106,109,111],{"path":84,"title":107,"english":108},"Cribbage Scoring: How to Count a Hand, With a Scoring Chart",false,{"path":87,"title":110,"english":108},"Best Cribbage Hands: The 29 Hand and Other Top Scores",{"path":112,"title":113,"english":108},"\u002Fcribbage","Cribbage Rules for 2 Players: Scoring and Play"]