The winning final score can range from 101 to 121 (the points needed to win a game of regular cribbage) according to the player's preference. The points from the four deals are added up into a final total for the entire game. Since each deal uses a fourth of the entire deck, a game of Cribbage Solitaire is composed of four such deals. The cards used are then discarded and a new set of 13 cards are dealt. Points are added from the two hands and from the crib and given a running total. one that is the starter gives two points to the entire tally for the deal. His Heels - A jack in 'his heels,' i.e.one that has the same suit as the starter, scores a point. If so, it is scored five points otherwise, only the other combinations formed in the crib are tallied. A flush on the crib (four cards of the same suit) only scores however if the starter is of the same suit as the four cards in the crib. Flush - If the four cards on the hand is of the same suit, it is scored four points, plus an additional point if the starter is of the very same suit as those in the hand.Runs - Three or more consecutive cards (regardless of suit) is scored three to five points depending on the number of cards on that run.A pair royal, or three of a kind, scores six points since three cards of the same rank can form three pairs, while a double pair royal, or four of a kind, scores twelve points since four cards of the same rank can form six pairs.

Pairs - each pair in a hand/the crib is scored two points each pair.

Fifteens - Given that face cards are valued at ten and aces at one, a combination of two or more cards that add up to fifteen are scored two points each 'fifteen.'.

Hands are scored like in actual cribbage and the combinations below may occur more than once in just one hand: Points are scored according to how the hand/crib is combined with the starter. The starter combines with the crib and the two hands to each form a five-card cribbage hand, much the same way as the community cards in Texas Hold 'Em Poker. A thirteenth card, the starter, is then dealt. The player then looks at the second hand and contributes two more cards from that hand to the crib.

The player looks at the first hand and discards two cards to contribute to an area known as the crib. It is based on the game of five-card cribbage, also known as the 'old game,' and is one of many solitaire card games based on those played by at least two players, best known of which is Poker Solitaire.įirst, twelve cards are dealt into two hands as if there are two players. Home :: Solitaire games Cribbage SolitaireĬribbage Solitaire (also known as Cribbage Patience) is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards.

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