A076121 Complete list of possible cribbage hands.

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29

Offset: 0

Author

Andrew Niedermaier, Jul 21 2003

Keywords

• nonn
• fini
• full

Comments

A 19-point cribbage hand is impossible, whereas 23 is possible: 5 5 J J (5) with knobs, for example. The single best cribbage hand is 5 5 5 J (5), where the cut card - the (5) - is the same suit as the Jack held. It is worth 29 points.

Links

• An interested game-theoretic approach at computing "average" cribbage hand values can be found here.
• American Cribbage Congress Website.