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- Discard: to play a card from your hand on top of the discard pile, signaling the end of a turn. Gin rummy: a popular version of rummy played with two people. Often confused with traditional rummy. Go out: To get rid of the last card in your hand, to win and end a round. Go rummy: Going out in a single turn by melding or laying off an entire hand.
- Rummy is the most popular matching type card game played with a french deck of 52 cards. Common variants of the game are for 2, 3, or 4 players. The players’ target is to create melds of cards with the same value or same suit. The final objective is to be the first to terminate the cards and score the accorded game points.
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Rummy, or gin and entertainment for Hollywood stars
Rummy, under different names, is a game known in almost every corner of the world. The most striking feature of rummy is the matching and discarding of cards, which is after all a regular feature of many other games. Despite this, rummy years at the forefront among card games, next to poker and its younger brother Brazilian rummy, or classic buraco.
How did rummy begin?
There are many theories about how rummy became established. Among the most popular is the close relationship between poker and the rise of the history of rummy in the United States. The first indications are that the French brought the game with them to the newly discovered continent, namely America, playing poker with cards. Over the years, a variant of the game of the game, today called rummy, was created. This theory could be supported by the strong similarity between some card hands or rules.
The second theory is directly related to the US. It assumes that the name rummy comes from the popular 1930s and 40s drink Gin Rummy. This was a favorite of high-proof drink of many Hollywood stars, and the game itself was a perfect activity during breaks in filming movie scenes.
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In the 21st century, online versions of well-known card games mean that you can test yourself at any time of the day and night against players from all over the world. There is therefore no problem finding a suitable opponent, even for rummy 500, because GameDesire is always available to thousands of users who are ready to play. Along the way, you can get to know interesting new people not only from your own country, but also across the globe.
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Rummy does not impose, as, for example 1 000, a certain number of players for each game. It is practically unlimited. The only rule is to use more decks (one has 52 cards), if the game has more than three participants. Before the game, the number of jokers (two, four or six) is agreed. The aim of the game is to get rid of all your cards. The winner is the person who does this first. The game of rummy begins by drawing cards to select the dealer. This is the player with the highest card. The order is as follows: Joker, Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, and so on. If cards of the same value are drawn, suits are used to determine the dealer, in the order spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs. The dealer gives himself 14 cards, and the rest of the players 13. The remaining cards are placed on the stack so that their values are not visible to any player. The dealer shows one card from his deck and puts it on a separate discard pile. Another player draws a card from the stack or the discard pile, then places an card not needed on the discard pile. When the stack is exhausted, the discard pile, minus the last card placed, is shuffled and placed face-down. Winning rummy 500, as well as getting rid of all your cards as soon as possible, consists also of gaining 500 points for a hand. This usually takes a few rounds. Points are earned melding combinations of cards on the table. Each card has a points value (for example, the king, queen and jack are worth ten points). Points are deducted for the cards that you still hold when your opponent ends the hand by getting rid of their last card.
Each player must strive to have in their hand runs, three consecutive cards of the same suit (for example, Q ♥ J ♥ 10 ♥), or three cards of the same value (sets – for example, 8 ♥ 8 ♣ 8 ♠). After completing a sequence, the player can hold it, or put it on the table. In the game of rummy, players can add cards to their opponents’ sequences, in order to get rid of their own cards faster. Jokers may play a major role in a hand, as they can be substitutes for any card. It is rare for a player to beat their opponents in one play. Of greatest importance are perceptiveness and taking advantage of other players’ errors.
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Rummy Rules
Rummy is a classic cardgame where the objective is to be the first to get rid of all your cards, by creating melds, which can either be sets, three or four cards of the same rank, e.g. H8 S8 D8, or runs, which are three or more cards of the same suit in a sequence, e.g. H1 H2 H3. Aces are low, and sequences can not wrap around. There are many, many variations of Rummy that exist, this particular implementation is Basic Rummy, or Traditional Rummy.
Gameplay
The game can have 2,3 or 4 players. If there are only two players they each get 10 cards, if there are three or four player then each player gets 7 cards. After the cards are dealt the deck is put facedown on the table, and one card face up next to it, to start the discard pile. The player to the left of the dealer starts the hand, and gameplay goes as follows:
- Start your turn by drawing card from either the deck or the discard pile.
- If possible, lay down a meld on the table. You are allowed to put down many melds in each round (in some versions only one meld per turn is allowed).
- Lay off cards on existing melds. For example if there's H5 H6 H7 on the table, and you have the H8 you may lay it off on the meld. Who put the meld down in the first place doesn't matter, as soon as a meld is on the table it doesn't belong to anyone anymore, anyone can use it. You are allowed to lay off as many cards as you want, and you may always lay off, also when you haven't put down a meld in the round.
- End your turn by discarding one card onto the discard pile. If you drew from the discard pile you can not discard that card in the same round. If you only have one card left to discard you put it face down on the discard pile and win the game.
The game continues like this until one player has finished all the cards from their hand. A player is not required to end the game by discarding a card onto the discard pile, if he can lay down all his cards in melds, or lay them off on existing melds the may do so, and will win the game.
If the deck is depleted before a player has won, then the discard pile is shuffled and used as a new deck. If the deck is depleted for a second time then the hand is considered a stalemate and finishes with no one getting any points.
Scoring
The scoring in Rummy is winner-takes-all. When a player has won a round, the cards his opponents still have in their hands are counted and the winner gets points based on them. Face cards are worth 10 points each, aces are 1 point, and other cards are worth their rank, e.g. an 8 is worth 8 points. The points for all the losers are added together and given to the winner. (In some variations each player gets his points as penalty points, but not in this version). The score needed to win the entire game varies based on how many players there are. For 2 players the score is 100 points, for 3 players it's 150 points and for four players the score is 200. When a player reaches the target score he has won the entire game. Since scoring is based on cards left in hand it makes sense to try to meld and lay off as early as possible.
Going Rummy (Rummy bonus)
If a player has not melded or laid off any cards during the game, but can get rid of all his cards in one turn earns a bonus, his points are doubled! This is called Going Rummy, and is a risky move, since you have a lot of cards for a long time, but can really pay off if you manage to do it successfully!
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Stalemate
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There are two cases where the game can end in a stalemate. One, as mentioned above, is when the stock has been depleted twice. The other is when the game detects that none of the players will be able to finish their hands. This can for example happen when all players have only one card left, and there are no possible lay offs on the melds on the table. When there's a stalemate all players get 0 points, and the game is considered a loss for all of them in the statistics. The way people handle this in real life varies greatly, but I've chosen this simple method here to avoid complications around two or more players having the same number of points etc.