Cribbage rules

Flushes are some of the most exciting card combinations because they tend to earn you major points in popular card games. While that’s just as true for a game of cribbage, there are some special rules for flushes in this classic game.

What makes a flush? A flush is when a player’s hand consists of only cards in the same suit. 

1.

Flushes Only Count in the Show.

Flushes don’t count during pegging. Instead, each player scores flushes in his or her own hand during the show. 

2.

Royal flush in cribbage

A Flush in Your Hand Can Be Four Cards.

In order to score points for a flush in your hand, all four cards have to be the same suit. If you have three cards of the same suit, but the fourth card doesn’t match, it won’t count as a flush, even if the top card (or start card) matches. 

Basically, you can only add the start card to a flush if you already have a four-card flush.

3.

Cribs Can Only Flush With Five Cards.

While you can count a four-card flush in your hand, the crib has slightly different rules. In order to make points,

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