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A perfect cribbage hand
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Marcella Udelhofen got a perfect hand in cribbage at the Senior Center Dec. 7. In cribbage, a perfect hand is three 5s and a jack. The card turned up must be the fourth 5 and must be the same suit as the Jack in your hand. The odds of being dealt a perfect hand are 1 in 649,740, acccording to the American Cribbage Congress. Most people can play for a lifetime and never see, much less hold, a perfect hand, which is 51 times less likely than an amateur golfer getting a hole-in-one