Cribbage - Pone maximal pegging

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Many sites and cribbage articles state, that pone maximal pegging is 18. A cribbage player Kyle Graham showed, that it is incorrect and Pone can score more - 22 points. Here are examples of cribbage Pone hands:

Pone’s hand: A A 3 3
Dealer’s hand: A 3 3 (NA) – the last card does not matter

Pone	Dealer	Pone Points	Dealer Points
A	A	0	2
A	3	6	0
3	3	2	6
3	(NA)	14 (12 pts for 4 the in the sequence of pairs and 2 pts for making 15)	6

Total Pone pegging: 6+2+14 = 22 pts

If you were to substitute the 3s in each player’s hand, a 4, 5, or 6 would make 20 pts. Using a 7 would make 22 points as well because the pone would score 2 pts for making 31 instead of 15. In addition, you could substitute other cards for the A as well, so long as all cards, with the exception of the dealer’s last card equal 31 or less. In any case, using these sequences, pone scores at least 20 points, and 22 points when making either 15 or 31.

Another way to score 22 points:
Pone’s hand: A A 7 7
Dealer’s hand: A 7 7 (NA) – the last card does not matter

Pone	Dealer	Pone Points	Dealer Points
A	A	0	2
A	7	6	0
7	7	2	6
7	(NA)	14 (12 pts for 4 the in the sequence of pairs and 2 pts for making 31)	6

Total Pone pegging: 6+2+14 = 22 pts

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