scoring runs during play?
Submitted by Visitor on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 00:36
I am so confused about scoring a double run while pegging. Suppose the play goes 3-2-A. At that point the player playing the ace scores 3. If his opponent plays another Ace, does he score 4 for a run of 4 plus 2 for the pair?
What if the play goes this way 3-3-2-A. Does the player of the Ace count 3 or 4? What if tne next play is another A? What does that player count?
Can someone state the rule about scoring runs & pairs during play clearly enough that even an idiot like me can get it?
Re: scoring runs during play?
Don't worry, you're not the only one to be confused! I get a lot of emails asking about how to score runs and pairs in Cribbage.
I suggest remembering the following simple rule:
So in your first example, the 3-2-A run was already completed before the opponent played the Ace, so the Ace doesn't complete a new run, so it only scores for the pair.
In the second example, 3-3-2-A, the Ace completes a run of 3, so scores 3. A further Ace doesn't complete any runs, so it doesn't score.
Simple!
Re:Scoring Runs during play - Adding an Ace
Re: the 2nd example: While it's true that adding a 2nd Ace won't score a run, the added Ace will, however, still count as a 'Pair for 2'.
Runs in any order
Example
3-4-5-6 = 4pts
if a player adds a 3 for a 4-5-6-3 does this count as another run of 4?
Yes, it does - and if someone
Yes, it does - and if someone else was to play a 4 giving 5-6-3-4 they would score another 4 points.
just a ?
what if after the play of 5-6-3-4 I play a 5 is that also 4 points?
Answer to the '?' re: adding to runs
Yes. The last four cards (6-3-4-5) still form a run 4 cards long. Since the count (going back to the 1st example) is now 30 and the low card in the current run is a 3, no more additions to this run are possible, though an Ace could still be played for a '31 for 2'.
Can runs or pairs
Can runs or pairs "carry-over" after 31 is made or a go is made? Meaning, if the final cards played during a hand are 4, 4 and the total is 29 (and a go for 1), then a 4 is played. Does the pair of 4's previously laid allow this to be counted as royal pair or is the entire hand already down no longer counted?
No. Once "go" is scored, the
No. Once "go" is scored, the hand resets. You can no longer score off the previous cards.
thank's much! If I can ask
thank's much! If I can ask another question; Last night she drew a 6, 6, 5, 4 and the flip card was also a 4. No flush in it. We think this is a 24. Agree?
24 is correct. There is no
24 is correct. There is no combination of those cards that could yield a flush scfore.
I have the exact same
I have the exact same question can som eone pls answer, it is a huge family dispute
What is the question?
Since your comment was down at the bottom of a lot of questions, I am unsure of how to help you. Please send the question in again and I would be happy to answer it. Happy Peggings!
question about a run during play?
If I laid a 4, my husband laid a 3, my daughter-in-law laid a 5, she counted 3 points, then my son followed through with a 6 and counted 4 pts. I then laid a 2. so it was 4,3,5,6 and 2. Does that count or was there any mistakes throughout this play?
Looks Good!
Hope you took 5 points for the run of five there. Looks like you guys played it perfectly.
runs during hand
If the play goes 3-2-5-6-4, in that order, would the player who played the 4 get a run of 5??
Thanks:-)
Unbroken runs
Correct. Any 'unbroken' runs are worth one point per card, so the answer is yes, the player who played the 4 gets the five points.