Hank Carle, of Anchorage, AL
got the first 29-hand of the decade on Jan 6. HAL was dealing from hole
102 and Hank at 105. "Legacy" SEED numbers were 22688.4316.16774.
Connie Ewka, a long-time HALSCRIB user, reported his first 29 hand on Feb 25 of 2009, cutting the 5 of diamonds.
Unlike Jeff Shimp, he had to wait until the following day to get his 28-hand.
Jeff Shimp, director of Potawatomi Peggers
Pow-wow tournament, reported his first 29 hand on Sept 16 of 2006, cutting the 5 of spades. However, Jeff won the game by
getting a 28-hand on the very next deal! Remarkably, the starter was
the 5 of spades again! On Apr 28, 2008 he duplicated Jim Hatch's feat of a second 29 hand, with same SEED numbers to boot!
Jim Hatch of Salem NH
makes history as the first HALSCRIB user to report two 29-hands! His second occurred
on Mar 28, 2007 when playing a TRAINING mode game and provided a screen-shot of this rare
event!
The "Legacy" SEED numbers; 22417, 16562, 18740, that generated this particular hand was first reported in 2003.
The following screen-shot is of his first 29 hand obtained on Nov 18 of 2006, cutting the 5 of spades in MATCH Mode.
Michael Schell, host of Cribbage Forum, a must-see
cribbage web-site, reported our fourth 29-hand playing a training mode game on July 20, 2006.
HAL was dealer at hole 71 and Michael at hole 66 - "Legacy" SEED numbers
5444.17532.16119. You can replay his entire game by setting "Legacy" SEED numbers to
19714.17802.23366 in MODE-CUSTOM, with HAL as initial dealer.
Pat Cox of Colorado played a 29-hand as part of his
second session duplicate cribbage WEB Match on May 31, 2004 on the second hand of the first game.
You can replay his entire game by setting "Legacy" SEED numbers to 1.531.2004 with
you as first dealer. To generate the hand itself, use 17194.14884.14793 and HAL as dealer.
Joe Savage of New Jersey obtained the second
29-hand in mid-October, 2003. HAL was at hole 109 and Joe counted his hand dealing from
hole 113! His "Legacy" SEED numbers were 3412.4946.4331.
The first 29-hand was in a TRAINING MODE game played by Hal Mueller
on July 7, 2003. "Legacy" SEED numbers were
22417.16562.18740. You can replay my entire game by setting "Legacy" SEED numbers
29544.11159.12789 in MODE-CUSTOM.
Of the 10 trillion different sequences of random hands that can be "dealt" via one of
HALSCRIB's random-number generators "Legacy", "Robust", or "Twist"
about 23 million will be 29-hands.
E-mail me if you have any comments, questions, or wish to play a demonstration game online
on Game Colony.