'fifteen-two, fifteen-four, fifteen-six, fifteen-eight and a double pair royal for twelve makes a total of twenty' Of course, if you cut a ten-point card to go with that, that gives you another. In a two-player game of cribbage, a player scores one match point for winning a game. Their opponent will start as dealer in the next game. If a player lurches (British) or skunks (US) their opponent (reaches 121 points before their opponent scores 91 points), that player wins two match points for that game. 2 points are scored for a pair in cribbage, and 6 for a pair royal - that is, three cards of the same rank. This can be considered as 3 different pairs worth 2 points each. Similarly, double pair royal (four of a kind) scores 12 as there are 6 ways of picking two cards from four. You begin to see why mathematicians love this game.

The cribbage game points

Learn to count the cribbage game point so you can play cribbage well.

These cribbage points will determine the cards to keep and discard when playing the cribbage game.

Counting the points and keeping the best cards takes time. There is no magic tricks.

Keeping a combination of 3 sequencial cards will usually be good if you get a pair of one of those 3 cards for the cut.

How Many Points To Win A Cribbage Game

Points of the cribbage game ?

Go = 1
Pair = 2
3 cards the same (3 pairs) = 6
4 cards the same (6 pairs) = 12
Run of 3 cards and more = 1 point per card
Any cards combination making 15 = 2
Jack of the same kind as the starter card= 1
All 4 cards of the hand are the same kind (excluding starter)* = 4
All 5 cards of the hand are the same kind (including starter) = 5

* Some players will count only the 5 card flush for the crib hand.

Easy to remember cribbage hand points

This type of cribbage game hand is made of a straight and a pair.
It will automatically give 8 points to the cribbage hand (not including the cut).
You may just add the 15 and other points to it.

runs (,) and (,) -> 6
Pair (,) -> 2

How Many Points To Win Cribbage

See also:
Instruction manual - Cribbage game rules
Free cribbage download - Features of the cribbage card game
FAQ on the cribbage software

How Many Points To Win A Cribbage Game

Description and rules
Go - The runs - The jack
Using the board and pegs - Card game points
Cards to keep - Cribbage hand example
Cribbage perfect hand or 29