- What is the crib in cribbage?
- A second hand made of the two cards each player throws away after the deal. It belongs to the dealer and is counted last, so the dealer throws cards that help it and the other player throws cards that will not.
- How do you count fifteens?
- Every different combination of cards in your hand and the starter that adds up to 15 scores 2. Court cards count 10, so a five with a king and a five with a queen are two fifteens — and the same card can be used in as many combinations as it fits.
- What is the highest possible hand in cribbage?
- 29: three fives and the jack of the fourth suit in the hand, with the fourth five turned up as the starter. It holds eight fifteens for 16, six pairs among the fives for 12, and his nobs for 1.
- What are his heels and his nobs?
- His heels is the starter turning up a jack, which gives the dealer 2 points at once. His nobs is holding the jack of the starter's suit, which is worth 1 in the show.
- What does go mean in cribbage?
- It is what you say in the play when every card you have left would take the count past 31. Your opponent keeps playing while they can, and whoever lays the last card before the count starts again scores 1 — or 2 for reaching exactly 31.
- Does a flush count in the crib?
- Only if all five cards are the same suit, starter included. In a hand, four cards of one suit score 4, and 5 if the starter matches.
- Can a run go round the corner, like king-ace-two?
- No. Aces are low in cribbage, so ace-two-three is a run and queen-king-ace is not.
- How many points is a game of cribbage?
- 121 — twice round a standard board. A player who wins before the other has reached 91 has skunked them, which is traditionally worth a double game.