Cribbage Tips

The following cribbage lessons were from a 10-week class that I took at the Chehalis Cribbage Club.

The instructor was Cribbage Master RAS Rasmussen.

RAS really knows his stuff! Check out these lessons below!

Video: RAS Class 1 - History of Cribbage

Chart 1

Lesson 1-1.PDF History of John Suckling

Poety of Sir John Suckling

Video: RAS Class 1 - Pt 3 - Game of Chance or Skill?

Chart 1

Lesson1-2.pdf Cribbage: Game of Chance or Skill?

This video: RAS Class 1 - Pt 4 - Hand Recognition

Chart 3

Lesson1-3.pdf How to speed your card counting #1

Lesson1-4.pdf Hand recognition and counting

Lesson1-5.pdf Double and Triple Runs

Lesson1-6.pdf A process for counting difficult hands

Lesson1-7.pdf Why do triplets score "three" points?

This video: RAS Class 1 - Pt 5 - Special Hands

Chart 4

Lesson1-4.pdf Hand recognition and counting

This video: RAS Class 1 - Pt 6 - 24 Point Hands

Chart 5

Lesson1-4.pdf Hand recognition and counting

Lesson1-6.pdf A process for counting difficult hands

This video: RAS Class 1 - Pt 7 - Processes for Counting Difficult Hands

goes with Chart 6

Lesson1-6.pdf A process for counting difficult hands

Lesson1-7.pdf Why do triplets score "three" points?

This video: RAS Class 1 - Pt 8 - Double Run Hypnosis

(no chart)

Lesson1-7A.pdf Double Run Hypnosis Page 1

This video: RAS Class 1 - Pt 9 - Remember to FLUSH

goes with Chart 8

Lesson1-7A.pdf Double Run Hypnosis Page 2

This video: RAS Class 1 - Pt 10 - Which Cards Should I Hold

(no chart)

Lesson1-7.pdf Why do triplets score "three" points? SEE PAGE 2

This video: RAS Class 1 - Pt 11 - More on Hand Recognition

goes with Chart 7

Lesson1-6.pdf A process for counting difficult hands

This video: RAS Class 1 - Pt 12 - Key Connectors

(no chart)

Lesson: Key Connectors

This video: RAS Class 1 - Pt 13 - Testing Outcomes

(no chart)

Lesson: Testing Outcomes

Lessons/Lesson1-8.pdf Hand recognition and counting - Lesson #1

Fifteen-Twos

Lessons/Lesson1-9.pdf Counting problems - an exercise

This video: RAS Class Week 2 - Part 1 A Review of Week 1

Goes with these charts: Chart 8 & Chart 10

This video: RAS Class Week 2 - Part 4 Discarding a 7 8 to your own crib

Goes with this chart: Chart 12

This video: RAS Class Week 2 - Part 05A - Top Ten Discards to your crib

Goes with this chart: Chart 12

and this lesson: Lesson2-1.pdf Effective discarding to own crib - Lesson #2 - Page 2

This video: RAS Class Week 2 - Part 5B More Top Discards to Your Crib

Goes with this lesson: Lesson2-1.pdf Effective discarding to own crib - Lesson #2 - Page 2

This video: RAS Class Week 2 - Part 6A Sacrifice Limits 1

Goes with this chart: Chart 11

This video: RAS Class Week 2 - Part 6B Sacrifice Limits

Goes with this chart: Chart 11

This video: RAS Class Week 2 - Part 7 Two Rules Cover Nearly All

Goes with this chart: Chart 13

and this lesson: Lesson2-1.pdf Effective discarding to own crib - Lesson #2 - Page 2

This video: RAS Class Week 2 - Part 8 Big Hand Rule Examples

Goes with this chart: Chart 14

and this lesson: Lesson2-1.pdf Effective discarding to own crib - Lesson #2 - Page 2

This video: RAS Class Week 2 - Part 9 Tossing Pairs

Goes with this lesson: Lesson2-3.pdf Discarding selection to own crib

This video: RAS Class Week 2 - Part 10 Odds and Ends

Goes with this chart: Chart 15

and these lessons: Lesson2-4.pdf Examples of Small Hand Rule and Big Hand Rule

Lesson2-9 Discarding to Own Crib - Review

Lesson2-11.pdf Discarding Effectiveness Own Crib (supplement)

Lesson 2 Discarding Pairs

Lessons/Lesson2-0Exercise.pdf Effective discarding to own crib

Lessons/Lesson2-2.pdf Discarding tips #6

Lessons/Lesson2-4.pdf Individual discard averages - own crib

Lessons/Lesson2-6.pdf Discarding tips #3

Lessons/Lesson2-7.pdf Discarding tips #5

This video: RAS Class Week 3 - Part 1A Review of Big Hand Rule

goes with this chart: Chart 11

This video: RAS Class Week 3 - Part 1B Review of Small Hand Rule

goes with this chart: Chart 11

This video: RAS Class Week 3 - Part 2 Advice of Others

goes with this chart: Chart 16

This video: RAS Class Week 3 - Part 3 Discards To Pone's Crib

goes with this chart: Chart 16

This video: RAS Class Week 3 - Part 5 Best Discards to Pone

goes with this chart: Chart 16

This video: RAS Class Week 3 - Part 6 Safer Discards to Pone

goes with these charts: Chart 16 and Chart 17

This video: RAS Class Week 3 - Part 8 Reviews Class Materials goes with these lessons:

Lesson 3-3 Discard Averages and Percentages

Lesson 3-4 More discard averages and percentages

Lesson3-6.pdf Tip #2 K-6 or Q-9 to opponent?

Lesson3-7A.pdf Tip #4 K-9 or K-10 to opponent?

Lesson3-8.pdf Discarding tip #1 8-8 to crib

Lesson 3-9 Discard Averages (to Pone and Crib) for all 91 Discard Possibilities

Lesson3-11.pdf Discarding effectiveness to Pone - supplement

This video: RAS Class Week 3 - Part 9 Discard Problems

goes with this lesson: Lesson3-11.pdf Discarding effectiveness to Pone - supplement

This video: RAS Class Week 3 - Part 10 Pegging Runs

Goes with this chart: Chart 18

and this lesson: Lesson4-00A.pdf Runs in pegging

This video: RAS Class Week 3 - Part 11 Pegging Basics

goes with this chart: Chart 18

This video: RAS Class Week 3 - Part 12 Pegging Basics continued

goes with this chart: Chart 18

Lessons/Lesson3-00.pdf Review of Lessons 1-3

Lesson 3-1 Discarding effectiveness to Pone (same at 3-2)

Lessons/Lesson3-2.pdf Discarding effectiveness to Pone - Lesson

Lessons/Lesson3-10.pdf Discarding tips by RAS

Lesson 3-10 Page 2 Discard Frequencies

This video: RAS Class Week 4 - Part 1 Pegging Strategy

Goes with this chart: Chart 18

and this lesson: Lesson4-1.pdf Basic Pegging Techniques #4 Effective strategies

This video: RAS Class Week 4 - Part 2 The Initial Lead

Goes with this chart: Chart 19

and this lesson: Lesson4-4.pdf The Initial Lead - First card played

This video: RAS Class Week 4 - Part 3 Leading with a 5 6 7 or 8

Goes with this chart: Chart 19

and this lesson: Lesson4-4.pdf The Initial Lead - First card played

This video: RAS Class Week 4 - Part 4 Leading with a NINE

Goes with this chart: Chart 20

and this lesson: Lesson4-4.pdf The Initial Lead - First card played

This video: RAS Class Week 4 - Part 5 Initial Lead with 10 J Q or K

Goes with these charts: Chart 20 and Chart 21

and this lesson: Lesson4-4.pdf The Initial Lead - First card played

This video: RAS Class Week 4 Part 06 Pegging - Response to Leads

goes with this lesson: Lesson4-5.pdf Dealer response to opening lead - supplement

This video: RAS Class Week 4 Part 07 Pegging - Keep Count Even & What's Missing?

Goes with this chart: Chart 20

and this lesson: Lesson4-6.pdf Effective Pegging - Lesson #4

This video: RAS Class Week 4 - Part 08 Pegging - Hold 15s, Pairs, Cards in Sequence to End

Goes with this chart: Chart 20B

This video: RAS Class Week 4 - Part 9 Advanced Pegging

Goes with this chart: Chart 22

and this lesson: Lesson4-12.pdf Offensive Pegging / Defensive Pegging

This video: RAS Class Week 4 Part 10 More Advanced Pegging

Goes with this chart: Chart 22 and Chart 23

and this lesson: Lesson4-12.pdf Offensive Pegging / Defensive Pegging

Lesson4-2.pdf Pegging Pointers #10 (same as 4-13)

Lesson4-3.pdf Pegging Pointers #4 (Dan Barlow)

Lesson4-7.pdf Pegging Pointers #1 (Dan Barlow)

Lesson4-8.pdf Pegging Pointers #6

Lesson4-9.pdf Pegging Pointers #6

Lesson4-10.pdf Pegging Pointers #9

Lesson4-11.pdf Pegging Pointers #5 (Dan Barlow)

Lesson4-11A.pdf Pegging Pointers #4 (Dan Barlow)

Lesson4-13.pdf Pegging Pointers #10 (same as 4-2)

Lesson4-14.pdf Pegging Pointers #4 (Dan Barlow)

This video: RAS Class Week 5 - Part 01 Keep Points or Don't Keep Points

Goes with this lesson: Keep_Points_or_Don't_Keep_Points.pdf

This video: RAS Class Week 5 - Part 02 Little Turkey Plays

Goes with this lesson: Lesson5-1.pdf Little Turkey Plays

This video: RAS Class Week 5 - Part 03 More Turkey Plays

Goes with this lesson: : Lesson5-1.pdf Little Turkey Plays

and this lesson: Lesson5-2.pdf Big Turkey Plays

This video: RAS Class Week 5 - Part 04 More Big Turkey Plays

Goes with this lesson: Lesson5-2.pdf Big Turkey Plays

This video: RAS Class Week 5 - Part 05 Hands with Pegging Potential

Goes with this chart: Chart 22

and this lesson: Lesson5-3.pdf Recognizing hands with pegging potential

This video: RAS Class Week 5 - Part 06 The BEST Hands for Pegging Potential

Goes with these charts: Chart 22 and Chart 24

and this lesson: Lesson5-3.pdf Recognizing hands with pegging potential

This video: RAS Class Week 5 - Part 07 FIVE Traps

Goes with this chart: Chart 23

and this lesson: Lesson5-5.pdf FIVE TRAP

This video: RAS Class Week 5 - Part 08 Magic Elevens

Goes with this chart: Chart 24

and this lesson: Lesson5-8.pdf Eleven from Heaven - Supplement Effective Pegging Lesson #4

and this lesson: Lesson5-9.pdf The Magic Eleven #2 (DeLynn Colvert)

This video: RAS Class Week 5 - Part 09 Sleeper Cards and TRAPS

Goes with this chart: Chart 26

and this lesson: Lesson5-9.pdf The Magic Eleven #2 (DeLynn Colvert)

and this lesson: Lesson5-10.pdf The JACK or Rattle Trap

Lesson5-4.pdf Trap pegging plays - supplement to #4

Lesson5-6and5-7.pdf The Pegging Traps #3 and #4

This video: RAS Class Week 6 - Part 01 Offensive and Defensive Pegging for Non-Dealer

Goes with this chart: Chart 29

and this lesson: Lesson 6.PDF Offensive and Defensive Pegging for Non-Dealer

This video: RAS Class Week 6 - Part 02 End of Game Pegging for Non-Dealer

Goes with this chart: Chart 28

and this lesson: Lesson6-2.pdf End game pegging

This video: RAS Class Week 6 - Part 03 More End of Game Pegging for Non-Dealer

Goes with this lesson: : Lesson6-2.pdf End game pegging

This video: RAS Class Week 6 - Part 04 End of Game Pegging for Dealer

Goes with this chart: Chart 29

and this lesson: Lesson6-2.pdf End game pegging

This video: RAS Class Week 6 - Part 05 Card Values for End of Game Pegging

Goes with this chart: Chart 30

This video: RAS Class Week 6 - Part 06 Cribbage Psychology

Goes with this chart: Chart 31

and this lesson: Lesson6-8.pdf Cribbage psychology and Logic

This video: RAS Class Week 6 - Part 07 More Cribbage Psychology

Goes with this chart: Chart 31

This video: RAS Class Week 6 - Part 08 Percentage Plays in Pegging

Goes with this chart: Chart 31

This video: RAS Class Week 6 - Part 09 Percentage Plays with Four Card Runs

Goes with this chart: Chart 32

This video: RAS Class Week 6 - Part 10 Do I 15 or Pair

Goes with this chart: Chart 32

Lesson6-3.pdf End game pegging - Card values

Lesson6-4.pdf Pegging Pointers #8 (Dan Barlow) End game problems

Lesson6-5.pdf Enticing the Play - end game Defensive Pegging

Lesson6-6.pdf Enticing the Play - end game #2 Offensive Pegging

Lesson6-7.pdf Pegging Pointers #15 (Dan Barlow)

Lesson6-9.pdf LOGIC (Delynn Colvert)

Lesson6-10.pdf Applying Logic

Lesson6-11.pdf The percentage play

Lesson6-12.pdf The percentage play - The 4-card run

Lesson6-13.pdf End game pegging - example

This video: RAS Class Week 7 - Part 01 The Math Behind the Game

goes with this chart: Chart 33

and this lesson: Lesson7-2.pdf WHAT'S THE ODDS? #17 (DeLynn Colbert)

and this lesson: Lesson7-4.pdf Dealer Hand Analysis - Typical 1000 hands

This video: RAS Class Week 7 - Part 02 The Theory of 26

Goes with these charts: Chart 33 and Chart 34

and this lesson: Lesson7-6.pdf Cribbage hand analysis - typical 1000 hands

This video: RAS Class Week 7 - Part 03 Dealer's PAR Holes

Goes with this chart: Chart 35

and this lesson: Lesson7-5.pdf Dealer Hand Analysis (incl. pegging and crib) - typical 1000 hands

This video: RAS Class Week 7 - Part 04 The Ninth Deal

goes with these lessons: Lesson7-7.pdf CRIBBAGE FOR THE EXPERT #10 (DeLynn Colvert)

Lesson7-8.pdf The Twenty Six Theory #11 con't (DeLynn Colvert)

Lesson7-9.pdf The Twenty Six Theory #12 con't (DeLynn Colvert)

Lesson7-10.pdf The Twenty Six Theory #13 con't (DeLynn Colvert)

This video: RAS Class Week 7 - Part 05 Position - John Chambers

Goes with this chart: Chart 36

This video: RAS Class Week 7 - Part 06 An Example Game - The First 3 Deals

goes with this chart: Chart 37

and these lessons: Lesson7-12.pdf Playing the Twenty-Six Theory - example (DeLynn Colvert)

Lesson7-13.pdf Defense or Offense - example

This video: RAS Class Week 7 - Part 07 An Example Game - Deals 4 5 & 6

goes with this chart: Chart 37

and these lessons: Lesson7-13.pdf Defense or Offense - example

Lesson7-14.pdf Defensive examples (DeLynn Colvert)

This video: RAS Class Week 7 - Part 08 An Example Game - Deals 7 8 & 9

goes with this chart: Chart 37

and these lessons: Lesson7-15.pdf Offensive and Defensive examples (DeLynn Colvert)

Lesson7-16.pdf The cribbage law of averages - example

Lesson7-11.pdf The 26 Theory (con't)

This video: RAS Class Week 8 - Part 01 Reviewing the Theory of 26

Goes with this chart: Chart 36

and this lesson: Lesson8-2.pdf Theory of 26 - Analysis of Self and Opponent

This video: RAS Class Week 8 - Part 02 The Distorted Theory of 26

Goes with this lesson: : Lesson8-3.pdf A Distorted Theory of 26

This video: RAS Class Week 8 - Part 03 Critical Position Zones

Goes with this chart: Chart 37

and this lesson: Lesson8-4.pdf From the Theory of 26 to Critical Position Zones

This video: RAS Class Week 8 - Part 04 More on Critical Position Zones

Goes with these charts: Chart 37 and Chart 38

and this lesson: Lesson8-5.pdf Suppose the Theory of 26 is really one of 25

This video: RAS Class Week 8 - Part 05 Suppose the Theory of 26 is Really one of 25

Goes with this chart: Chart 38

and this lesson: Lesson8-5.pdf Suppose the Theory of 26 is really one of 25

This video: RAS Class Week 8 - Part 06 The End of the Game

Goes with this lesson: : Lesson8-5.pdf Suppose the Theory of 26 is really one of 25

This video: RAS Class Week 8 - Part 08 Critical Position Zones in ACTION

Goes with this chart: Chart 38

and this lesson: Lesson8-6.pdf Playing position zones - supplemental to lesson 6

This video: RAS Class Week 8 - Part 09 Critical Position Zones in Action continued

Goes with this chart: Chart 38

and this lesson: Lesson8-6.pdf Playing position zones - supplemental to lesson 6

Lesson8-1.pdf Playing your position / Playing the Odds (the Chamber system)

LessonG.pdf WHAT'S THE ODDS?

Review Handout

Cribbage World Questions

Use CHART 6 with video: RAS Class Week 9 - Part 02 Reviewing Tips on Counting

Use CHART 12 with video: RAS Class Week 9 - Part 03 Review of Discarding to Own Crib

Use CHART 14 with video: RAS Class Week 9 - Part 04 Review of Sacrifice Limits and Key Connectors

Use CHART 14 with video: RAS Class Week 9 - Part 05 More Review on Discards to Own Crib

Use CHART 16 and CHART 17 with video: RAS Class Week 9 - Part 07 Review of Discarding to Opponent

Use CHART 28 CHART 26 CHART 27 CHART 30

with video: RAS Class Week 9 - Part 08 Review of Pegging Strategies

Use CHART 36 with video: RAS Class Week 9 - Part 09 Review of Positional Strategies

Use CHART 37 and CHART 38

with video: RAS Class Week 9 - Part 10 Review of the Theory of 26 and Critical Position Zones

RAS Class Week 9 - Part 01 Organized Cribbage Benefits When We Share Knowledge