Show 29: The Perfect Cribbage HandThe highest possible hand at Cribbage is 29 points (shown above). It comprises all four 5s and the Jack of nobs. It is extremely rare to score a 29 hand in cribbage. In tournament play there is usually a special award for a 29 hand, whether it be cash or merely glory. How to score the 29 hand Your 29 hand storiesWe love to hear your stories about 29 hands or other interesting cribbage experiences! See the
Your Stories page, or contact us with your own story. What are the odds of getting a 29 hand in cribbage?See the Odds of a 29 hand in cribbage page to find out the exact odds of scoring this perfect hand. A 29 hand and a 28 in the same gameAdam Wigdahl writes:
We put this question to Professor Plum, our wizened statistics guru. Professor Plum:
Adam’s own workings suggest that the likelihood of actually being able to score a 28 and a 29 (as opposed to being dealt them) is about 1 in 10 million (often the last hands of a game are not scored as one player has gone out). But how surprised should we be about such an occurrence? If we consider only officially sanctioned tournament play in the United States, there is a tournament somewhere almost every day, so let us say 365 tournaments a year of about 30 games each. So we would expect to see about one 29 hand a year in tournament play. I don’t have the actual figures, but that sounds about right. But a 29 and the 28 in the same game are a thousand times as improbable, so we would expect this to occur in tournaments about once every 1,000 years. It is impossible to know how many games of cribbage are played every day, between friends and families and pubgoers. But there must be thousands of times as many unofficial games as there are tournament games. So we could estimate that a 29+28 combination occurs somewhere in the world maybe about once a year. A 149 gameShawn Salo writes:
I never heard of it happening before, but perhaps you have? Let us know! Comment Below! 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". Cribbage 28 Hand 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 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). 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". What is the best cribbage hand possible?A perfect cribbage hand is 29 points, and it happens when a player holds three fives and a jack, then obtains the other five when the “cut” card is turned over. The final five must be the same suit as the jack.
What is the rarest hand in cribbage?The Best Cribbage Hand is 29
The illusive 29… It's often whispered about in veteran Cribbage circles. Some boast that they've been dealt this miraculous hand, but not all are to be believed. It is the rarest of all hands, awarding the highest possible amount of points.
What are the odds of a 29 hand in cribbage?They are much longer. Michael Schell again has the complete proof, but the short answer is 1 in 649,740. This is a result of only being dealt five cards, so there are much fewer “potential 29s” to choose from. The same odds apply to a four-handed game, or two-player five-card cribbage.
Why can't you get a 19 hand in cribbage?Possible scores are 0-18, 20-24, 28 and 29. Since 19 is the only score under 24 not possible players often shout "19 hand" when in fact they have 0 points. 28 Hand - Second rarest hand in cribbage.
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