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You select all the cards: HAL's cards, the starter, and opponent's cards using a 13 x 4 grid of available cards.

Why bother?

If you suspect that HAL cheats, convince yourself that HAL's decisions are based on his cards alone using expected values.  Or, match HAL against another cribbage program running on another computer.

Choose the dealer ahead of time by clicking Dealer - Me (HAL) or Dealer - You (opponent).

For each deal:

• Select HAL's six cards
  • HAL will then make his discards
• Select the starter to begin pegging
• Select each pegging play for HAL and opponent
• Click opponent's Go box to signal a Go state
  • Select an illegal card to make Go box visible
• Select opponent's discards when opponent's hand is to be counted

If you make an entry mistake, click Action - Reset to start over.  The hands will be cleared and scores reset.

NOTE: If the game ends in pegging, the opponent's remaining hand cards AND his discards still need to be selected!

Manual Selection : HAL's cards

HAL discards A♠ and K♥.  The 6♥ is a candidate for the starter.

HAL's 6 cards that have been selected.

Selection is a 2-step process.  First choose a candidate card by clicking on an available card in the 13 x 4 grid of available cards.  To confirm it as a selection, click on HAL's card.  This will then show the next available card in the grid as a candidate for HAL's next card.  This process is repeated until all 6 cards have been selected.

If you make a mistake, click Action - Reset to start over.   The hands will be cleared and scores reset.

Manual Selection : Starter

HAL discards AS and KH.  The 6H is a candidate for the starter.

To confirm it as the starter, click the 6♥ on the dealer's deck.  This will begin pegging.

If you make a mistake, click Action - Reset to start over.  The hands will be cleared and scores reset.

Manual Selection : Opponent Cards

HAL's opponent current candidate for play is the 6♦.  You wish to select the 9♣.

Selection is a 2-step process.

Choose the 9♣ as a candidate card by clicking on the 9♣ in the 13 x 4 grid of available cards.  This will show the 9♣ card in the opponent's hand.

To confirm it as a selection, click the 9♣ card in opponent's hand.  (The 10♠ will show as the candidate for opponent's next card.)

If opponent is in a Go state and opponent's GO box is NOT visible, select ANY NON-legal card. This will cause opponent's Go box to appear so that you can click it and put opponent into a Go state.

If you make a mistake, click Action - Reset to start over.  The hand will be cleared and scores reset.