Cribbage Pairs

Description

Cribbage is a popular card game, a favourite of working men’s clubs and pubs, has been credited to the colourful Sir John Suckling (1609-1642), known as the “the greatest gamester”. Cribbage is a points-scoring game in which cards count their pip value with aces scoring one point and all court cards scoring ten points. The game is played with a standard pack without jokers. A peg board is used to keep score, the winning team being the first to reach or pass 121 points in Cribbage pairs.

For the basic rules of two-player cribbage (with adaption for pairs play below), please refer to: https://bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/cribbage.

Tournament Format
Players Per Table – 4
Rounds – 5, with 2 games per round (with starting player reversed). [Subject to change, based on number of entries].

Clarifications:

– 5 cards dealt per player.
– Each player contributes 1 card to the crib instead of 2.
– Partners sit diagonally opposite each other. The seating order clockwise is: Home Player 1 (H1), Away Player 1 (A1), Home Player 2 (H2), Away Player 2 (A2), so that players alternate between teams throughout play.
– Players contribute to a combined score for their team.
– Each game played to 121 points.
– Games cannot end in a tie. Therefore, each match result will be one of the following: 2-0, 1-1, 0-2.
– Each game won is worth 1 tournament point.
– Skunks do not earn any additional points.
– Muggins is not played.
– No clocks. Players are asked to keep the tempo up to ensure time for all rounds to be played.
– No communication between players.
– Partners are decided by the entrants (not random), if you do not have a partner we will allocate you a partner (where possible). 
– Standard MSO tie-break rules apply.