Scoring Pegging comes in three major styles, fifteens,
combinations of cards,
and Jacks.
Once a hand is counted a player has the chance to mug.
Important to note:
The card cut from the deck after the Go is added to each players hand and the crib when counting.
Fifteens
This means cards that add up to fifteen, such as:
- five and ten
- eight and seven
- nine and six
- one, five, and nine
- seven, six, and one
the player is rewarded two points, each combinattions of two cards is worth two points.
You can use cards multiple times as long as you don't count two cards together twice as an example:
If you have a five, and three face cards in your hand and the cut card is a face card or ten then you get eight points from four sets of fifteen.
Traditionally this is counted out loud like fifteen-two, fifteen-four, fifteen-six etc. for each group of fifteen.
Combinations
Sets of numbers
For two of the same number cards the player gets two points, for three cards six points and for four, twelve points.
Runs
Here if cards count up, like ace:- 2, 3, 4(minimum 3 cards)
- 10, jack, queen, king
the player is rewarded one point per card in the run.
If you have something like an ace, 2, 3, 3, 4 it is called a double run:
the player recieves one point for each card in both run of 1, 2, 3, 4 totalling eight points for the two runs then two points for the pair. This also counts for triple runs as a run is simple three cards in a row.
Flushes
A flush is when all the cards in a players hand are the same suit, this is worth four points. A fifth point is rewarded if the cut card is the same suit.Other Important Scoring Information
Jacks
If a Jack is cut then when counting the crib an extra point is added. If the player has a jack in their hand or crib and it is the same suit as the cut card then they add an extra point to that hand or crib.Mugging
Mugging is not recommened for beginners. When playing mugging after a counts there hand or crib if they missed any points their opponent has the chance tomug.To do this the opponent counts the hand and if the player missed any points the opponent is rewarded them.