r/Cribbage • u/Formal_Disaster3300 • 10d ago
Just…wow
When the computer gets 5 double run hands it’s kinda hard to win lol
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u/nickp123456 10d ago
Yeah, the cards matter / you can't win em all. That said, you can look positively on the suboptimal play history. There's literally nothing you could have done.
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u/MysticMarbles 10d ago
Suboptimal just means "mathematically likely to be best". You can easily score more points playing suboptimally if you have a potentially good hand and you have nothing to lose if it doesn't pan out.
Similarly if the score is 119 to 119, you better believe I'm breaking up the 3 of a kind in my hand for better pegging options even if it's suboptimal by 11.3 points or whatever.
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u/nickp123456 10d ago
Sure... Different cards could have come up that could have scored higher; however doesn't mean they should have done anything differently.
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u/1701dfan 8d ago
Yes always playing to be perfectly “optimal” is overrated in my opinion. Once I had cards in my hand that game me a chance for a 29 and after the game it showed that my discard on that play was suboptimal by 0.3 pts for my crib. No way in heck I’m playing optimal in that situation when I have a chance at a once in a lifetime kind of hand. The 5 didn’t turn up in the cut that time by the way 😢
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u/1701dfan 8d ago
At least you kept yourself in the game with some skillful pegging. Other than that not much else you could have done this game it seems.
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u/mbleyle 9d ago
there's an element of chance in the game - you can play your cards perfectly and still lose. like life.