Highest Card Hands
Cribbage 29 Hand!
The highest possible cribbage hand score is 29 points -- three Fives and a Jack in hand with the starter card (or cut card) being a Five of the same suit as the Jack - for 'One For His Nobs'.
The chances of getting this highest possible 29 Cribbage hand are 1 in 216,580!
Cribbage 28 Hand
- The highest possible straight flush, and the best hand in poker, is an ace high straight flush, also known as a royal flush. A “ royal flush” consists of a straight from ten to the ace with all five cards of the same suit. A royal flush is exceptionally rare and is therefore the most coveted hand in poker.
- Highest card in straight or flush decides. If you have the same hand as an opponent, for example a straight, it matters what the highest card in the straight is. So a straight that goes from 10 to an Ace beats a straight that goes from 9 to a King. The same goes for all other hands where the hands are of the same kind. Your high cards finish.
This 2nd highest scoring cribbage hand can happen with any combination of Ten or Jack or Queen or King for a cut card combined with four Fives in hand except the above 29 hand
The chances of getting this 28 Cribbage hand are 1 in 15,028.
Ties are broken by the highest ranked card in the hand except 3 is used for a 3, 2, Ace straight flush. Three of a Kind Three cards of the same rank. These charts show the average winning percentage (its equity) of every Hold’em hand at showdown. To find a specific hand’s ranking look it up by its largest card. Unless noted, unpaired cards are unsuited. Suited cards add an average winning percentage of 3-4%. Average Winning Percentage (out of.
The highest possible cribbage hand score is 29 points - three Fives and a Jack in hand with the starter card (or cut card) being a Five of the same suit as the Jack - for 'One For His Nobs'.
Cribbage 24 Hand
The 3rd highest cribbage hand is 24 Examples include: Ace with four Sevens, Nine with four Threes, etc.
Impossible Cribbage Hand Scores
It is impossible to get point scores of 27, 26, 25 and 19 for a cribbage hand. There is no possible combination of 5 cards that will produce the above point totals. In over-the-board cribbage, sometimes a Cribbage player will score zero points for their hand if they claim that they have a '19 hand'.
Cribbage Hands' Stats
There are 12,994,800 possible cribbage hands if the cut card variations are included. Mathematically, the average hand score is calculated as 4.77 points. In the real hand statistics, however, the average hand point score is higher as cribbage players excersize control over their hands when they discard.
Dealer and Pone Average Hands
As the dealer tries to maximize the score in both the hand and the crib, the average hand for the dealer is lower than the average hand for pone. Statistics show that real Dealer's hands averages 7.95 points and the Pone's hand: 8.10 points.
Crib
Statistics show that average crib score in Cribbage averages 4.65 points.
Highest Dealers Score for a Hand and a Crib
The highest possible Dealer's score (excluding the pegging stage) for a dealer is 53 points. The starter must be a 5, and one hand must have J555 while the other has 4466. The first being a 29 (with the Jack of the correct suit) and the second being 24.
Minimal Points for Pegging
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
Statistically, the dealer outpegs the pone during the average hand. On average, the dealer pegs 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, on average, 10 points (including pegging).
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Maximum Scores During Pegging
Dealer can score up to 26 points. Dealer holds 4,4,4,7, pone holds 4,8,10,K, and the cut card 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 up to 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'.
3 Card Poker Hand Ranking
Below is the ranking of hands as used in the casino table game of Three Card Poker. Here are a few quick notes on the game:
- Cards are drawn from a standard 52 card deck without replacement.
- Rankings are listed from highest to lowest.
- When a hand qualifies for two ranks the highest is used.
- Suits are not used to break ties.
1. Straight Flush
Three cards in sequence of the same suit.
An Ace can count as either high or low - e.g. A K Q or 3 2 A
Ties are broken by the highest ranked card in the hand except 3 is used for a 3, 2, Ace straight flush.
2. Three of a Kind
Three cards of the same rank.
Ties are broken by the rank of the three cards.
3. Straight
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Three cards in sequence.
Ties are broken by the highest ranked card in the hand except 3 is used for a 3, 2, Ace straight.
4. Flush
Three cards of the same suit.
Ties are broken by rank of the highest card, if still tied by the rank of the second highest card and if still tied by rank of the third highest card.
5. Pair
Two cards of the same rank and a third card of different rank.
Ties are broken by rank of the paired cards and if still tied by rank of the unpaired card.
Cards Best Hands
6. Nothing
Three cards of different rank and suit, not in sequence - i.e. not any of the above ranked hands.
Ties are broken by rank of the highest card, if still tied by the rank of the second highest card and if still tied by rank of the third highest card.
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