Cribbage Flush In The Crib
You can also get a 5 card flush for your crib, if all the cards in the crib and the starter are of the same suit. Skunks and Double Skunks A skunk is when a player wins by over 30 points, his opponent has less than 91 points when the game is over. A double skunk is when a player wins by over 60 points, the opponent has less than 61 points.
- A flush in cribbage is 4 or more cards all of the same suit (for example, four diamonds). If you hold 4 cards of the same suit in your hand, you score 4. If the turn-up card is also the same suit, you score 5. However, in the crib, only a 5-card flush will count (the 4 cards in the crib and the turn-up card must all be the same suit).
- In the above example, note that the J toss is statistically correct even though it means risking a crib flush. Your chance of giving up this rarest of cribbage scores is about 1 in 140 when you toss two cards of the same suit. This represents an added risk of approximately.036 points.
Two cards from each player set aside for the dealer.
Board with pegs and 121 numbered holes used to keep score in a cribbage game.
The card flipped over by the dealer after the opponent cuts the deck at the start of each round. The players use the cut card when scoring their hands. Sometimes called the Starter Card.
When the loser scores 60 points or they are said to be double-skunked. In match play, this is the equivalent of losing 4 games.
Common expression used by players when counting the points in their hand. For example, “fifteen-two, fifteen-four, and a pair is six”.
Four cards of the same suit in the hand or crib. In the hand, scores four points. Scores an additional point if the cut card is also the same suit. In the crib, scores five points but only if the cut card is of the same suit.
The final hole, hole number 121, on the cribbage board.
A player says “go” when they can’t play a card without exceeding a total count of 31. The opponent scores a point on a go.
The cards dealt to each player.
When the cut card is a Jack, the dealer scores “two for His Heels”.
Jack of the same suit as the cut card, either in the hand or crib. The player scores “one for His Nobs”.
What Counts As A Flush In Cribbage
See Skunked.
A series of games. For example, players may play a best of seven match.
An impossible score in the hand or crib. For this reason, players often joke that they have “nineteen” when they have a zero-score hand.
Two cards of the same rank.
Three cards of the same suit. Three-of-a-kind.
To score 121 points or more and win the game.
The dealer’s opponent is called the pone.
Three or more cards in sequence. For example, 4-5-6 is a three card run. Scores one point per card. Also called a Straight.
When the loser scores only 61 to 90 points the are said to be skunked. In match play, this is the equivalent of losing 2 games.
See Cut Card
See Run
Another term for three cards of the same suit. Three-of-a-kind.
Expression routinely said by player who makes the count 31 and in so doing scores 2 points.
Highest possible hand score. Comprised of four 5s and His Nobs.
The chart below lists score totals for most hard-to-count cribbage hands. The highest possible hand score is 29. It is impossible to score 19, 25, 26 or 27 in a cribbage hand.
11223=16
11677=12
11678=13
11778=12
12333=15
1444T=12
144N4=13
17777=24
22229=20
23444=17
22334=16
23334=17
26677=12
26778=16
33336=20
33339=24
33345=21
33366=18
33445=20
33455=20
33666=20
33669=14
34444=20
34445=17
34455=16
36666=24
44447=24
44477=20
44566=24
44777=14
45566=24
45666=21
55546=23
555TT=22
555NJ=23
5555T=28
55TNQ=18
55TJQ=17
55NJJ=21
5N555=29
66999=20
69999=20
66778=20
67899=16
77711=20
77789=21
77786=21
77788=20
78888=20
77889=24
78899=20
N=His Nobs, T=Ten, J=Jack, Q=Queen
What Makes A Flush In Cribbage
(His Nobs is the Jack of the same suit as the cut card, either in the hand or in the crib.)
Question:
I got a hand with 4 5’s and an ace. How is it scored?
Answer:
This hand is worth 20 points. With the 4 5’s you score 12 points since there are 6 different pair combinations. Then you can score another 8 points since there are 4 ways to make 15 using the fives.
Question:
How do you score 4,5,6,6, with 5 as the cut card?
Answer:
I believe the hand is scored as follows:
4,5,6=15 for 2
4,5,6=15 for 4
4, 5, 6=15 for 6
4,5,6=15 for 8
Double Double run (45566)=16 for a total of 24 points
This is how you score the Double Double run (3 cards consecutive with two pairs):
456 for 3
456 for 6
456 for 9
456 for 12
55 pair for 14
66 pair for 16
For a visual explanation of how points are scored, watch the video below.