Live Cribbage

With the temperatures dipping into the mid 40s in Central Florida, 38 players started in the main event for the Santa Claus Special cribbage tournament in Kissimmee, Florida over the pre-Chrimstas weekend. This is the 3rd running of the one day tournament, and with the northerners in for the winter, it usually has a good mix of players. This is also the second tournament of the season for tournament directors Ray and Nancy Wanke, who are now running four Central Florida cribbage tournaments this season. Read more »

As many of you who play other card games know, you can pull many tricks and approaches from other card games and apply them to cribbage. Poker seems to lend itself especially well to other games, and cribbage is no exception. There's a concept in poker called "Levels of Thinking." It has to do with how deeply you are analysing the situation. There are generally three accepted levels of thinking; let's look through each of them. Read more »

As someone who's played poker on a somewhat serious level, I'm always interested in seeing the parallels between poker and cribbage appear. One of my favorite connections is what poker players call "tells". While these don't work for the internet game for the most part, in live cribbage, recognizing these tells can give you an extra edge over most of your opponents. Read more »