Miracles on 4th Street: A Quiz Book for Cribbage Fanatics [Paperback]

Dan Barlow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2004

You're playing in the last hand of the last game of the tournament. The World Championship of cribbage is on the line. Can you handle the pressure? We give you the position and your cards. You decide the play.

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Barlow's cribbage books are easily the most readable of those in print today." -- Cribbage Forum

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A book for those who take their cribbage seriously. More than 100 problems to solve.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Aardwolf Pr (June 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970622597
• ISBN-13: 978-0970622594
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #358,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #13 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Entertainment > Puzzles & Games > Card Games > Bridge

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Incredible Book, March 5, 2005

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Jerry Wynne (Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miracles on 4th Street: A Quiz Book for Cribbage Fanatics (Paperback)

It's often said that there's a lot of luck in cribbage, and of course there is, but this book demonstrates more than any other I've seen how much skill is involved. And it's completely interactive--and fun. Given the position and your cards, you decide the best play. Then you read the solution and explanation. If this book doesn't improve your game you aren't trying hard enough.

Also recommended: Winning Cribbage Tips, Cribbage for Experts

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't fall asleep on Fourth Street, September 24, 2007

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Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Miracles on 4th Street: A Quiz Book for Cribbage Fanatics (Paperback)

If you like to play cribbage, you will remember many times when you were set to take a game, heading down Fourth Street, screaming ahead of your opponent and confident of a win. Then, one hand and you find yourself in the "dead hole" (or as the Brits have it, the "stink hole") and your opponent pegs past you for a win, smiling a superior smile at your folly.

The strategy for discarding to the crib and for pegging changes as you get to the end; winning is everything. Who gets to count first, pegging points become more important. This slim book of quizzes will sharpen your play by giving you a number of hands and asking you choices to make--which card to throw, which to play when and the percentages. While cribbage is a game of chance, you can improve your odds by a few points pegged here and there and by careful strategy at the endgame, which for me is the hardest part of the game. Nice little book, easy to use and gets the job done.