How to Play Basic Rummy and Win Online
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Jacob George
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2008-11-21 17:10:06 |
There are many different types of card games that fall under the generic rummy title, including Gin Rummy, Robbers Rummy, Liverpool Rummy, and Canasta. Each of these different card games is played slightly different, but most bear some resemblance to the basic rummy game.
To play rummy, you will need one deck of cards. Jokers are not used normally, although there are rules for playing with the jokers if you want to use them.
The game begins with each player drawing a card. Whoever draws the lowest card serves as dealer first. If there are two players, each gets ten cards; if there are three or four, each gets seven, and if there are five to six players, each one gets six cards. These cards are dealt face down. The rest of the deck becomes the draw pile and is placed in the middle of the table. The top card is flipped over and placed next to it as the discard pile.
The player to the dealers left plays first. On each players turn, he or she draws a card from the draw pile or picks up the top card from the discard pile. The player may then make a meld or lay off before discarding to end his/her turn.
Melding is the process of laying down a run (a sequence of three cards of the same suit 8, 9, 10 of hearts, for example) or a book (three cards of the same value, such as three 3s). You may meld up to four cards in a run or book but no more. The goal of basic rummy is to get rid of all of your cards by either melding them or laying them off.
Laying off is the term used when a player plays on an existing meld. For example, if a player has already melded three 3s and draws an additional 3, he/she may lay off that 3 onto the meld, making it a meld of four. Players may also lay off cards on other players melds. If someone else has melded the 8, 9, and 10 of hearts and a player has the 7, he/she can add it to the other players meld.
After melding or laying off, each player discards a single card to mark the end of their turn. The only rule is that a player cannot pick up the top card on the discard pile and then immediately discard it again they must keep it for at least one turn. If the player creates a run on the discard pile, any other player can pick up the run and place it before him/her as a meld.
When a player has melded or laid off all their cards, they win. Some rules insist the player must discard their last card to win, while other variations allow players to get rid of all of their cards via meld or laying off.
There is one other special way of winning: if a player can meld all of his/her cards at once, they can declare a Rummy. However, if they have melded or laid off any of their cards prior to this, they cannot Rummy. |
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