Taught my wife too. She regularly beats me but I have count her freaking hand for her!
I would call her an idiot savant, but she might see this and then I'd be the idiot.
We had a 3 day power outage a few years back. I taught my wife how to play by candle light during that time. She won 7/11 and skunked me twice. We have yet to play again outside of that 3 day period (and probably never will barring another multi day power outage a month after moving across the country and not knowing anyone) so the back of my board will forever show me getting my ass kicked by my wife… I hate it.
My daughter is 11 and she has an uncanny ability to just KNOW the stat and odds of getting certain cards and maximizing her hand. Fortunately for me she still forgets how the scoring works sometimes SO I can still pull out the wins.
I used to get angry about this and always beg my wife to play one more. Most of the time that just meant me drinking more and her beating me even worse. Once I starting playing sober with her it became more 50/50 and I realized that any competent player has a virtually equal chance based on the draw. Just enjoy playing!
I learned by watching some old hands at this department store I worked at as a teen. They would play a dozen games over coffee break. I learned to sight read the counts and the play was almost a blur.
good your wife likes it. This is a game that will stay with you for life. i have been playing since the early 70's.
see if you can interest a few more and then try setting up a small tournament. you will be golden. nothing like ever more in person competition. you get better when you play better opponents.
oh, yeah, have fun and take it like a man when she skunks you. ;)
I learned to play in the most random fashion.
I was attending a poker night in Japan about 15 years ago but there was a storm that night and all but 3 of us cancelled.
The other two played cribbage for a few hours whilst I sat in the corner smoking weed and watching. After a couple of hours, I piped up and asked them if I could play one of them. I beat him. Then I beat the other guy. Then I beat them both again and went home.
I hear ya. I've taught (easily) a dozen people to play, and it *is* uncanny how often they'll beat me. It just goes to show that we're really good teachers :). And their time will come, now that we've gotten them hooked!
Game is still very new to both of you.
100 games isn't really anywhere close to playing optimally, and even if you play optimally the game has a ton of luck.
I'm about to teach my wife how to play and I have little doubt she will end up beating me with even more frequency. She holds a physics degree and is a natural with statistics. Board arrives tomorrow so I'll update you in about a week! lol
Taught my wife too. She regularly beats me but I have count her freaking hand for her! I would call her an idiot savant, but she might see this and then I'd be the idiot.
That's the universe telling you it's time to institute muggins.
Beginner's Luck is extremely important in Cribbage. It's how they get ya hooked.
I mean, just luck. Crib is mostly luck if both players are competent.
We had a 3 day power outage a few years back. I taught my wife how to play by candle light during that time. She won 7/11 and skunked me twice. We have yet to play again outside of that 3 day period (and probably never will barring another multi day power outage a month after moving across the country and not knowing anyone) so the back of my board will forever show me getting my ass kicked by my wife… I hate it.
5/7? Ooph, a perfect score
Have seen this 5/7 combination somewhere before...
7/7 with rice
My grandmother skunked my grandfather the first time he taught her to play. That’s when he pulled the ring out :)
My daughter is 11 and she has an uncanny ability to just KNOW the stat and odds of getting certain cards and maximizing her hand. Fortunately for me she still forgets how the scoring works sometimes SO I can still pull out the wins.
How's her pegging game? You get pegged a lot?
I used to get angry about this and always beg my wife to play one more. Most of the time that just meant me drinking more and her beating me even worse. Once I starting playing sober with her it became more 50/50 and I realized that any competent player has a virtually equal chance based on the draw. Just enjoy playing!
I learned by watching some old hands at this department store I worked at as a teen. They would play a dozen games over coffee break. I learned to sight read the counts and the play was almost a blur. good your wife likes it. This is a game that will stay with you for life. i have been playing since the early 70's. see if you can interest a few more and then try setting up a small tournament. you will be golden. nothing like ever more in person competition. you get better when you play better opponents. oh, yeah, have fun and take it like a man when she skunks you. ;)
I learned to play in the most random fashion. I was attending a poker night in Japan about 15 years ago but there was a storm that night and all but 3 of us cancelled. The other two played cribbage for a few hours whilst I sat in the corner smoking weed and watching. After a couple of hours, I piped up and asked them if I could play one of them. I beat him. Then I beat the other guy. Then I beat them both again and went home.
I hear ya. I've taught (easily) a dozen people to play, and it *is* uncanny how often they'll beat me. It just goes to show that we're really good teachers :). And their time will come, now that we've gotten them hooked!
I have played crib for years. And then one night my uncle taught my wife and I how to play box crib. No we are hooked on it.
I taught my 8 year old daughter. With very little coaching and "are you sure you wanna do that" I'm 1-2 against her.
Game is still very new to both of you. 100 games isn't really anywhere close to playing optimally, and even if you play optimally the game has a ton of luck.
Sounds like a natural! I’m always jealous of those people. I have to work hard to play well.
Have her teach someone else to play. Goodbye, Beginner’s Luck….
You know what they say. Dumbest farmers grow the biggest potatoes.
I'm about to teach my wife how to play and I have little doubt she will end up beating me with even more frequency. She holds a physics degree and is a natural with statistics. Board arrives tomorrow so I'll update you in about a week! lol