- + Rummy Games
Rules
The objective of Rummy is to get rid of all the cards in your hand before your opponents do by arranging as many as possible of the cards in your hand into sets or runs of cards:
| A set consists of 3 or more cards of the same rank |
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| A run consists of 3 or more consecutive cards of the same suit |
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The Deck
This game is played with two standard 52 card decks.
| The four suits |
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| The cards and their values |
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2 points 3 points 4 points 5 points 6 points
7 points 8 points 9 points 10 points 10 points
10 points 10 points 11 points |
The Play
Each player is dealt 10 cards. The remaining cards are placed face down on the table, forming the stock pile (face down) and one card is placed next to the stock to form the discard pile (face up).
At the beginning of his turn a player must draw a card either from the stock pile (cards face down) or from the discard pile (cards face up) and add it to his hand.
In case a player has formed any melds (a matched set or a run), he may also lay them down on the table face up.
If the player does not wish to lay down a meld, he discards one card, face up, onto the discard pile.
If the stock runs out, the discard pile is shuffled and placed face down to form a new stock. The card discarded by the player who drew the last card of the old stock is placed face up beside the new stock to start the new discard pile.
During his turn, a player may add one or more cards from his hand to any meld already shown on the table. Thus, if threes are showing, he may add the fourth three;
if 
are showing, he may add 
or 
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or 
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There are a couple of ways to win Rummy: going out and going Rummy.
Going out - the first player to discard his last card (go out) wins.
Going Rummy - A player goes "Rummy" when he gets rid of all the cards in his hand at once, without previously having put down or laid off any melds or cards.
Scoring
| Defeated (Penalty Points) |
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Going Out Sum of the remaining cards value in the player's hand. Going Rummy Sum of the remaining cards value in the player's hand + 25 Penalty Points |
Payout table for ring games:
