My other game was cribbage. I learned to play it from my Dad when I was very young. I played doubles with my great-grandpa, my grandpa and my dad. The National Cribbage Championships were held back in the '70's in Raleigh, NC. It was organized by a gentleman named Nick Pond who was the Sports Editor at WRAL TV in Raleigh. I think it was the 1978 ACC basketball tournament in Greensboro during a break between sessions that I challenged Nick to a match of cribbage. We were in the "press lounge" and he had just played someone else and beat them. I was photo editor of the NCSU newspaper at the time and had casually met him before, but here is this kid challenging him. He said sure. We played best two out of three and I beat him two straight. He said I was the best player he had ever met under the age of forty and on the spot invited me to play in the World Championships that Summer which was held at the Velvet Cloak Inn in Raleigh. I ended up having to turn him down because I didn't have the money or time to travel back there because I was earning summer money for school while working at Louisiana Downs in Bossier City.

Ok AG I’m not googling cribbage , explain


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And Louisiana downs omg 1982 I went there to watch a horse called blind man run an ole uncles horse the dirt was red like blood on that track I were in awe u worked there awesome


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Ok AG I’m not googling cribbage , explain


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It is a card game. There are several ways to score and you use a board that totals 120 points. There is quite a bit of strategy involved because you have to discard cards to the other player's "crib" which is an extra hand and and to your own when you have it. Dealer gets the extra crib hand. Six cards are dealt in two person play. Four cards are kept, two thrown away to form that third four card hand. The non-dealer then cuts the deck and the dealer turns the top card. That card becomes the fifth card in all three hands. But, before counting points in the hands you play a back and forth round laying down cards trying to form pairs, runs, totals of 15, totals of 31, or the last card that can be played without going over 31 using your opponent's play. This is called pegging. Hands score off of combinations that total 15, pairs, runs, and all of one suit. You can also get one point if the turn card is the same suit as a Jack in your hand. Any point missed counting by your opponent you can claim for your own.

I learned how to read what other players had and how they played, much like poker. It can be a gambling game, as well, with a fixed amount per point which can add up especially if you get "skunked" (beat by 30 or more points counts double) or "double skunked" (60 or more).

Holy moly I’m out on that how bout some boray


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Ah, yes! Bourré! I used to play that in a couple of bars in Shreveport/Bossier area around '82. I won enough one night to buy a $700 car I needed when my piece of crap died. That is a cutthroat game. Match the pot if you don't win a trick. Another game better played against drunk or rich players. Preferably both. They finally made it illegal to play in bars here. Playing dollar ante I won $800 in one hand after the pot had built. I also won a diamond men's ring from a jeweler friend that played. So much fun. I love the game.

I smell a shark!


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