PR (in cribbage)

 I beat my dad twice in Cribbage on Saturday.  I also got a 24 hand (4556, with 4 cut).  That is the highest hand I’ve ever gotten.  Dad has scored a perfect 29 once.

 

Maximum scores

• The highest score for one hand is 29: 555J in hand with the starter 5 of the same suit as the Jack (8 points for four J-5 combinations, 8 points for four 5-5-5 combinations, 12 points for pairs of 5s and one for the nob). There is also the “Dealer’s 30”, (28 for 5-5-5-5 in the hand and a Jack as the starter. The dealer would take 2 for cutting the Jack…to make 30.)
• The second highest score is 28 (hand and starter together comprise any ten-point card plus all four 5s, apart from the 29-point hand above).
• The third highest score is 24 (A7777, 33339, 36666, 44447, 44556, 44566, 45566, 67788 or 77889); 24 is the maximum score for any card combination without a 2 or a ten-card, except for the above examples with four 5s.