Cribbage Pro Blog

Monday, May 24, 2021

Season 5 of Competitive Cribbage

Welcome to the Summer 2021 Season of Competitive Matchmaking for Cribbage Pro! Competitive Cribbage Spring 2021 has ended, and there was a lot of movement in the Top 50 this season. It looks like we had a lot of people using new strategies and everyone playing more often, with the most matches played in any season so far! At the same time, this season we have a lot of new faces in the Top 50 compared to last season. Don't forget to tell your cribbage friends about our competitive cribbage, and of course the chance to win the prizes, while seeing who the top players are!

As always, a sincere thank you to everyone who participated. You are the ones that make this so much fun to both play and spectate. A particular congratulations to the top finishers! In 1st place, we have "iPeg" (up from 6th last season). 2nd place is "cyrusg" (up from 100th last season, and pulled ahead at the end) and in 3rd we have "KenC456" (down from 2nd last season). Also, a few quick honorable mentions. First to our 4th place player "enaud58" who was also not in the Top 50 last season (up from 190th), then "VGKnights" who came up 6 places from last season to land in 5th, "lbolt58" who finished 6th and improved by 3, "flashmatt" finishing 7th while at 68th last season, and "Yompopo" improving 12 positions to finish 8th (just edging out "dkatz1877"). Many others had some significant improvements, so I could go on for a while (ok, one more, "Looie3nba" improving 15 positions to finish 13th), but see the full list below for the final Top 50 standings for last season.

As with past seasons, everyone who finished the season in the Top 50 ("Recent" list), have been awarded both a special in-game "board peg" as well as Cribbage Pro Gold that can be used in the Cribbage Pro Contests system and then redeemed for cash (awards must be used at least once in a Contest to be cashed out to USDC, see the full terms and conditions for details). The top finisher is awarded the "crown" board peg, and all others in the Top 50 are awarded a "star" board peg. These pegs are shown to everyone when playing in online multiplayer games, and they are permanent, so if you see your opponent has one of them you can know that they have earned it by finishing in the Top 50 in competitive play. We have increased the Cribbage Pro Gold awards for the lower ranks this time around, and so the new values are as follows (not cumulative):

4 Gold for Top 50 (double last season!)
7 Gold for Top 25 (+3 from last season)
10 Gold for Top 10
20 Gold for 3rd Place
30 Gold for 2nd Place
50 Gold for 1st Place
Remember to complete your 10 matches per week. See the FAQ for details. Play early, and play often!

Here was the final Top 50 for Spring/Season 4:

1	iPeg	26	hunterIT
2	cyrusg	27	31four14
3	KenC456	28	gsosin
4	enaud58	29	RedRickM
5	VGKnights	30	ernie313
6	lbolt58	31	tassie08
7	flashmatt	32	dcpastore
8	Yompopo	33	cribberoo
9	dkatz1877	34	nob4one
10	KJ2018	35	auck
11	RatKing	36	SharksFin
12	UberPooch	37	Moondog44
13	Looie3nba	38	cribfan44
14	2fast4you	39	WhyADuck
15	catslover	40	oddsmaker
16	Dpac	41	mgottit
17	duganbr	42	BrutusSt
18	Domerzag	43	herman605
19	pscohen	44	DertyFerd
20	Aureate	45	Trucha1
21	Br1Guy	46	jim1551
22	silentmax	47	wightness
23	BigD4Life	48	BahaShark
24	Roget	49	biyeme
25	CT398	50	Muldeezee

As a reference, the levels in Competitive Matchmaking are as follows:

Bronze - 1 - 1499 CR

Silver - 1500 - 1999 CR

Gold - 2000 - 2499 CR

Platinum - 2500 - 2999 CR

Diamond - 3000 - 3499 CR

Master - 3500 - 3999 CR

Grand-master - 4000+ CR

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Season 4 of Competitive Cribbage

Welcome to the Spring 2021 Season of Competitive Matchmaking for Cribbage Pro! Although spring here in the northern hemisphere doesn't officially start for a few more weeks, I think many have had enough of winter this year. Competitive Season 3 has ended, and the involvement of everyone once again exceeded our expectations. I keep saying this, but it is really a lot of fun to watch everyone compete for the top placements and I hope you all feel the same way. Spread the word to your friends about this competitive cribbage format, and get them to join in the fun to see who is really the top player! Once again, this season grew and there were more matches played this season than before, and even more players who participated. We also had the most Grand-Master finishers in any season so far, so maybe we will have to add a new tier in the future.

A big thank you to everyone who participated, and a special congratulations to the top finishers! In 1st place, we have "ThreeG" (up from 16th in last season). 2nd place is "KenC456" (new this season) and in 3rd we have "TC2" which is someone who is becoming a regular top 10 finisher! As our regular reminder to keep improving and fight your way to the top, we recommend reading through the cribbage strategy tips and the many related blog posts to sharpen up, and if you're serious about improving there are tons of great strategy books out there that you should really consider.

As with past seasons, everyone who finished the season in the Top 50 ("Recent" list), have been awarded both a special in-game "board peg" as well as Cribbage Pro Gold that can be used in the Cribbage Pro Contests system and then redeemed for cash (awards must be used at least once in a Contest to be cashed out to USDC, see the full terms and conditions for details). The top finisher is awarded the "crown" board peg, and all others in the Top 50 are awarded a "star" board peg. These pegs are shown to everyone when playing in online multiplayer games, and they are permanent, so if you see your opponent has one of them you can know that they have earned it by finishing in the Top 50 in competitive play. The Cribbage Pro Gold awards are as follows (not cumulative):

2 Gold for Top 50
4 Gold for Top 25
10 Gold for Top 10
20 Gold for 3rd Place
30 Gold for 2nd Place
50 Gold for 1st Place
Remember to complete your 10 matches per week. See the FAQ for details. Play early, and play often!

Here was the final Top 50 for Season 3:

1	ThreeG	26	yvanobc12
2	KenC456	27	Doksboy
3	TC2	28	Looie3nba
4	Gssj21	29	konadive
5	fisher17	30	nob4one
6	iPeg	31	Mharold
7	4KA	32	2fast4you
8	BigD4Life	33	jimmy15
9	lbolt58	34	MTBiggs
10	rattle15	35	MyLuckSux
11	VGKnights	36	180558
12	cribfan44	37	Domerzag
13	jmath714	38	Br1Guy
14	CT398	39	cbx1000z
15	calgary99	40	47don
16	jjonell	41	better69
17	Task	42	Dpac
18	dcpastore	43	jwr13
19	canucount	44	jmbird989
20	Yompopo	45	Aureate
21	gsosin	46	Duane1952
22	WhyADuck	47	Birddoggy
23	rocks19	48	sums11
24	LePone	49	Cribbfest
25	scout3	50	charron