# Have you or the person you're playing with ever scored 29 in cribbage? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** board-card-word-game\ **Created:** [January 28, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663 "2021-01-28T02:23:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/1 "2021-01-28T02:23:05Z")
My dad taught me to play cribbage 50 yrs ago. I played a lot in college, and I still play regularly. I’ve never seen a 29 point hand. Has anyone actually seen one? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/2 "2021-01-28T02:28:39Z")
Nope. Not in cribbage solitaire, either. ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/3 "2021-01-28T02:29:40Z")
What is cribbage solitaire? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/4 "2021-01-28T02:36:10Z")
Simple. You get six cards, deliver 2 to the two card crib. You decide what to discard and you count both your hand and crib. More here. Idea is to go all the way around. I’ve never managed [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qU8Tl34fNB8/maxresdefault.jpg "How To Play Cribbage Solitaire") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU8Tl34fNB8) ---
**Author:** ![Beesnest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@Beesnest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beesnest)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/5 "2021-01-28T04:27:12Z")
What cards would you need ? A double double run with 7 8 9? I have only seen 20 that I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Shagunathor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Shagunathor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagunathor)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/6 "2021-01-28T04:34:19Z")
You’d need all fives and nobs. I’ve seen a few 24 point hands in my time. And way too many “19” point hands. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/7 "2021-01-28T05:29:06Z")
My dad claims he saw a 29 point hand once. He didn’t have it and neither did his opponent, but someone at a nearby game had it. My dad once got a 28 point hand, though. Not against me. I’ve never seen one. Highest I’ve ever gotten is 24. Highest ever played against me is a 24 as well. (I.e. double double run of 4 5 6 in any combination of those cards, or 6 7 8 or 7 8 9 with the 7s and 8s being paired). I once got four 5s and some card less than a 10. 20 points is nice and all, but still… ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/8 "2021-01-28T13:15:07Z")
Best cribbage hand I’ve ever seen was 24 points. But one time, I came within one 9 of a perfect pinochle hand. That was pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/9 "2021-01-28T13:22:56Z")
I’ve seen 28 point hands a few times. I don’t think I’ve ever seen 29. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/10 "2021-01-28T13:42:51Z")
The very first time I played Spades, I was dealt a hand of all spades. Even so, I still despise that game. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/11 "2021-01-28T16:14:45Z")
Never have. I’ve had 24s. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/12 "2021-01-28T21:41:48Z")
Never! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/13 "2021-01-29T14:55:52Z")
Plenty of 24s. Since 25, 26, and 27 are impossible, it feels like rarefied air to make the leap to 28 or 29. ---
**Author:** ![stuccosuperstar2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/14 "2021-02-04T10:35:26Z")
I play online all the time the best I ever had was 21. Ideally the average hand for the dealer is 16, and for hand only is 10. ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-or-the-person-youre-playing-with-ever-scored-29-in-cribbage/931663/15 "2021-02-04T23:54:02Z")
I play with some buddies fairly often. I see 24 hands every ten deals or so. I’ve had a 28 hand. In years of talking to people who play cribbage, I’ve never met anyone who had a 29 hand.