Point Scoring
- In a 2-person game, non-dealer can theoretically score the first 18 points on a deal: the first 7 cards played are in the order 2,A,3,5,4,7,6, and dealer's last card is 4 or larger for "go". Non-dealer scores for runs of 3, 5, and 7, plus 2 for fifteen and one for "go". Dealer would get 1 point for last.
- In a 2-person game, dealer can theoretically shutout his opponent while scoring 55 points. Play would proceed as shown:
| Alice | holds 9TQK | cut card 4 |
T | Q | 9 | K | Hand: 9TQK + 4 for 0 | Total: 0 |
| discards 56 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 25 | ||||
| Bob | holds 5566 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | Hand: 5566 + 4 for 24 | Total: 55 | |
| discards 56 | 15 for 2 | 31 for 2 | 15 for 2 | 30; 1 for last | Crib: 5566 + 4 for 24 |
- Combining the two above facts, it is mathematically possible to take a 73-1 lead without any rule violation.
Note that both hands involve incredibly poor strategic decisions and it is virtually certain they would never occur in actual play.
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