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'.