The only hand that will score a 29 consists of all four 5s and the Jack of nobs. Show
The scoring of this hand is nicely broken down in this Cribbage Corner post:
29: The Perfect Cribbage HandThe highest possible hand at Cribbage is 29 points (shown above). It comprises all four 5s and the Jack of nobs. It is extremely rare to score a 29 hand in cribbage. In tournament play there is usually a special award for a 29 hand, whether it be cash or merely glory. How to score the 29 hand Your 29 hand storiesWe love to hear your stories about 29 hands or other interesting cribbage experiences! See the Your Stories page, or
contact us with your own story. What are the odds of getting a 29 hand in cribbage?See the Odds of a 29 hand in cribbage page to find out the exact odds of scoring this perfect hand. A 29 hand and a 28 in the same gameAdam Wigdahl writes:
We put this question to Professor Plum, our wizened statistics guru. Professor Plum:
Adam’s own workings suggest that the likelihood of actually being able to score a 28 and a 29 (as opposed to being dealt them) is about 1 in 10 million (often the last hands of a game are not scored as one player has gone out). But how surprised should we be about such an occurrence? If we consider only officially sanctioned tournament play in the United States, there is a tournament somewhere almost every day, so let us say 365 tournaments a year of about 30 games each. So we would expect to see about one 29 hand a year in tournament play. I don’t have the actual figures, but that sounds about right. But a 29 and the 28 in the same game are a thousand times as improbable, so we would expect this to occur in tournaments about once every 1,000 years. It is impossible to know how many games of cribbage are played every day, between friends and families and pubgoers. But there must be thousands of times as many unofficial games as there are tournament games. So we could estimate that a 29+28 combination occurs somewhere in the world maybe about once a year. A 149 gameShawn Salo writes:
I never heard of it happening before, but perhaps you have? Let us know! Comment Below! Cribbage perfect hand or best hand of 29I get emails about the perfect cribbage hand. Here is a perfect cribbage hand and the points. You may just switch the jack and the matching 5 of the cut to get the 4 possible perfect cribbage best hands. If the cut does not match the jack or you have a 10 value card instead of the jack, then you have 28 points only instead of the best cribbage hand. Your hand is
and the cut is to match The count is : () () () () () () () () 8 times 15 for 2 = 16 points
() () () () () () 6 pairs for 2 = 12 points () 1 for the matching jack = 1 point Total -> 16+12+1= 29 points Good luck on getting a perfect cribbage best hand. You can try it on the cribbage hand points calculator. Description and rules What are 4 fives worth in Cribbage?This hand is worth 20 points. With the 4 5's you score 12 points since there are 6 different pair combinations. Then you can score another 8 points since there are 4 ways to make 15 using the fives.
What does the 29 cribbage board mean?Another common variation is based on features of the highest-scoring cribbage hand. The board takes the form of the number 29 (the highest possible score), with the pegging rows following the contour of the numbers "2" and "9".
How do you count hands in cribbage?Scoring has two distinct phases: the play, sometimes known as pegging, and the show, often known as counting. After the play, the non-dealer counts his hand, then the dealer counts his hand, and finally the dealer counts the crib, taking any points in the crib as his own.
Why is cribbage 29 important?A run of three, with two different cards duplicated, counts 16. A PERFECT 29! The highest possible score for combinations in a single Cribbage deal is 29, and it may occur only once in a Cribbage fan's lifetime -in fact, experts say that a 29 is probably as rare as a hole-in-one in golf.
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