In your hand, if you have two 2’s, that’s a pair and it’s worth two points.Ī King and a Queen don’t count as a pair even though they are both worth a numerical value of 10.
Pairs or matches are any time the face value of the card is the same. Remember, face cards are all worth 10 and Aces are worth 1. It doesn’t count this way during the play. So if the pone or other players starts with a 10 and you play a 5 for 15 total, you get two points.īut if the other player plays a 10 for 18 total and you play a 5 after that for 23, then you don’t get the points even though 10+5 equals 15. Whether this happens with a 10 and a 5 or an Ace-2-4-8 doesn’t matter.Īs long as we get up to 15 points, it’s worth two points.ĭuring the play (or pegging), the 15 needs to be hit during the counting up. In cribbage, any time you can add points up to 15 points with any number of cards, you get two points. Or if you prefer video, here’s my YouTube video on the topic: Fifteens Download Cheat Sheet PDF Cribbage Scoring Explained In Briefįor a bit more details into scoring a quick cheat sheet can’t cover, here are some thoughts that may help you.
