The dealer's opponent now collects all the cards and shuffles the deck. The dealer also gets any points scored from the Crib plus the cut card. After the dealer has scored their hand, they then reveal the four cards in the Crib. The cut card from Stage 1 is also included when counting your points. Starting with the dealer's opponent, both players show their hands and count the points they have scored. This continues until all cards from both players' hands have been played. That always seems to take forever compared to a two person game, but remember two people are combining their points to try to reach 121, so overall, you will play less hands in a game of four person cribbage. Once the other player also cannot play any more cards, the players start again from 0.

If it is a player's turn to place a card, but they cannot do so without totalling higher than 31, they pass. While playing out your cards, you will score points if you total 15 or 31 exactly in your counts, if pairs are played (or three-of-a-kind, or four-of-a-kind), or if there is a run of three or more cards. Players use this stage to gain points in a few ways. The value of the cards is totalled as you play them. Then, the dealer's opponent cuts the deck, leaving the cut card shown on top.īeginning with the dealer's opponent, players alternate laying out cards one at a time.

Based on how many points they can score, they keep their best four cards and discard two cards into the Crib. The dealer deals six cards to each player. Whoever gets the first crib also deals first. Whoever has the card with the lowest value gets the first Crib. To begin a game with 2 players, each player cuts the deck.

How is the game cribbage played