Cribbage 29 hand and Cribbage statistics

Cribbage 29 hand

The highest score is 29 (555J in hand with the starter 5 of the same suit as the Jack - for "One For His Nob").
The odds of getting a 29 Cribbage hand are 1 in 216,580.

Cribbage 28 hand

The second highest score is 28 (any of 10,J,Q,K and 5555 in hand and starter excepting the above 29 hand)
The odds of getting a 28 Cribbage hand are 1 in 15,028.

Cribbage 24 hand

The next highest is 24 (A7777, 33339, 36666, 44447, 44556, 44566, 45566, 67788, 77889).

Impossible cribbage hands

Scores of 27, 26, 25 and 19 are impossible in hand point totals in Cribbage. There is no combination of 5 cards that will produce a score of such number of points. Sometimes if a Cribbage player scores 0 points in their hand they will claim they have a "19 hand."

Cribbage hands

There are 12,994,800 possible cribbage hands, including the cut card. The average score is calculated as 4.77 points mathematically. In the real hand statistics this number of points is higher, since cribbage players have some control over their hands through the discard

Dealer and Pone average hands

The average hand for the dealer who needs to think about scoring of his own crib is lower than the average hand for pone. According to the real Cribbage hand statistics they are about 7.95 points for dealer and about 8.10 points for pone.

Crib

According to the real Cribbage cribs statistics the average crib score is about 4,65

The highest dealer score for a hand and a crib

The highest score (excluding pegging) for a dealer is 53. The starter must be a 5, and one hand must have J555 while the other has 4466. The first being a 29 (With the right Jack) and the second being 24.

Pegging minimal points

The dealer will always peg at least one point during the pegging stage. If pone is able to play at each turn then dealer must score at least one for "last", if not, then dealer scores at least one for "go".

Average pegging

It is generally known that the dealer outpegs the pone during the average hand. According to Cribbage games statistics the dealer pegs an average of 3.5 points per hand, while pone pegs an average of only 2.1 points.

Average sum points

The dealer can expect to score about 16 points on each hand (including crib and pegging), and pone can expect to score approximately 10 points (including pegging).

Pegging maximal score

Dealer can score 26 points. Dealer holds 4,4,4,7, pone holds 4,8,10,K, and the starter is a jack. The sequence of play is 8, 7, 4, 4, "go", 4, "go", 4; K, 10. Dealer scores 2 for his heels, 2 for fifteen, 2 for pair, 6 for pair royal, 12 for double pair royal, and 2 for 31. Pone scores 1 for last.

Pone can score 18 points. The first 7 cards played are in the order 2,A,3,5,4,7,6, and dealer's last card is 4 or larger for "go". Pone scores for runs of 3, 5, and 7, plus 2 for fifteen and one for "go".

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