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The Destroyer issues a challenge to all
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Click here for Al Friend's response to The Destroyer's challenge!
What is Cribbage you ask?
Cribbage
(krĭb`ĭj):
Card game played by two persons with a deck of 52 cards and a scoring (pegging)
device known as a cribbage board. The board contains four rows of 30 holes each
(two rows for each player), plus additional holes, called game holes. Each
player gets two pegs to keep the score. Suckling,
Sir John, 1609–42, one of the English Cavalier poets,
was educated at Cambridge and Gray's Inn. An accomplished gallant, he was given
to all the extravagances of the court of Charles I. (1609–42) is
credited with inventing and naming the game. Each king (high card), queen, jack,
and ten represents a count of 10 points; each ace, a count of 1; each other
card, its index value. Each player receives six cards and lays away two face
down to form the crib. The stock is then cut by the pone (non dealer) to produce
the starter, which is turned up by the dealer; the starter is used to determine
the value of the players' hands. Cards are placed face up alternately, non
dealer first, in front of the player, who announces the total count. The object
of each series is to carry the total of the cards to 31 or as close as possible
without exceeding it. A player pegs 1 for laying down the last card in a series
before reaching 31, or he pegs 2 for adding a card that makes exactly 31. Points
also are scored for making the count 15 and for playing cards in sequence or in
pairs. When all the cards have been played, each player pegs additional points
for the pairs, sequences, and counts of 15 that can be arranged from the cards
in his hand and the starter; the dealer also pegs the score in the crib. Several
hands are played until the game is reached when one player pegs 61 points (once
around the board) or 121 points (twice around).
Tournament Details:To register, purchase your banquet ticket now and then send an e-mail to this year's tournament organizer, Al Friend, here. Don't forget, the earlier you register, the better your spot in the tournament!
Upon arrival, there will be a $20 entrance fee, 100% of which goes to the CAC Benevolent Fund.
Registration: Monday, June 9, 12:00 Noon - 5:00 PM
Tournament is single elimination, best of three falls.
Tournament will be held Tuesday, June 10 and Wednesday, June 11.
Come out and play against some of pro wrestling's greatest stars! Past players have included Al Friend, Ox Baker, Pat Patterson, Larry Hennig, J.J. Dillon, Paul Vachon, Maurice Vachon and many others!
That's right! This is your opportunity to learn cribbage from "Tough" Al Friend! Al will be offering two different cribbage classes so that all of you who have wanted to play but don't know how can go face-to-face, nose-to-nose, mano-a-mano against your favorite wrestlers!
Join Al on Monday, June 9th between 12:00 Noon and 3:00 PM or Tuesday between 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM and learn at the feet of our 2006 cribbage champion (a title that The Destroyer has never held, by the way)!
If you wish to participate in the classes, please bring a cribbage board and a deck of cards to make the instruction make more sense.
Join the fun! Play cribbage!
Maybe you too could take home an image of The Destroyer to scare away..... er,
hang on your wall!
Bob Orton challenges a Butcher while Dave Ohlert (aka Dave
Barron) tests his
skills against a Mad Dog (Vachon, that is).
Dick Beyer faces off against Riki Ataki for the right to
advance in the tournament. Photo from 2007.
A battle of the Managers as Percival A. "Al" Friend matches
managerial wits against James J. Dillon in 2007.
2004's tournament sees Al Friend face the fearsome challenge
of "Flying" Fred Curry as "The Ref With The Final Say" looks on.
Percival A. "Al" Friend squares off against Bill White in a
meeting of champions. Can you take them?
"Tough Al Friend" faces off against worthy opponent, Scotty
Zappa in the 2004 Cribbage tournament
