Cribbage Discards (3rd Edition), Paperback/Anthony Myers

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Winning at the game of cribbage - is it skill, or is it luck? In cribbage, the statistical advantage goes to the player who understands and applies sound strategy, and the first opportunity to apply strategy - before any cards are played out - is at the discard. With over 400 pages and over 275, 000 discard options analyzed, this book offers a complete list of every possible six-card Cribbage hand - 18, 395 hands in total - and the mathematically best discard option (for both dealer and opponent) for each. Spanning the entire range of hands from A-A-A-A-2-2 to Q-Q-K-K-K-K, this book presents every hand in order for ease of look-up. Simply put your six cards in order of card value, from smallest to largest, and flip to the page of the book that shows your hand. Holding 5-5-6-6-9-9 and unsure which cards to toss to your opponent's crib? Look up this hand (pg. 314, hand #15651) or any other six-card combination, and quickly discover which two cards represent the best toss. Keep this easy-to-use book next to the crib board to help remove the guesswork and make those tricky in-game choices easier, use it as a learning tool, or as a fun guide to see how your discarding instincts align with the math. (You may be surprised ) New to 3rd Edition: Expanded introduction and appendix