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The Basics of Gin Rummy

Gin rummy is a two-player card game played with one standard deck of 52 cards with no jokers. In gin rummy, cards rank low to high, with Ace being the lowest and King being the highest ranking cards. Gin Rummy is one of the most popular Knock Rummy games among the lovers of Rummy where everyone gets a chance to become a winner. The game where one has to play like a strategist, behave like an. In Progressive Rummy, each player is dealt six cards in deal #1, seven cards in deal #2, and so on - one more card per hand in each successive deal. In Progressive Rummy, the contracts must be met exactly: 3 cards for a set, and 4 cards for a sequence. There are no extra cards. To be perfectly clear, here are the number of cards dealt, and the.

-Number of players: two or more;

-Playing time: 5 minutes (per hand)

-Cards: standard deck with no joker.

-Ranking: King (high) down to Ace (low). Suits are equal. Court cards count 10 each, Aces count 1 and other cards their pip values.

-Deal: highest cut has option on deal. At this stage only, when cards are equal, suits are ranked in the following order: Spades (high), Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs (low). Each player is dealt 10 cards, singly and alternately, and the remainder of the pack is stacked face down to form the stock pile. The top card is turned over adjacent to it to start the discard pile. The dealer alternates.

History

Gin is probably the best of the two-handed Rummy card games. It was popular in America during the early decades of this century. It then suffered a decline, only to come back briefly to enjoy unprecedented publicity during the 1940s after Hollywood stars adopted it as their favorite game for filling in time between takes.;

Object of the Game

To form one’s hand into melds (sets) and reduce the number and value of unmatched cards.

How to Play Gin Rummy

Elder may now draw a card and take the face-up card from the deck and replace it with a discard from hand. If Elder does not want it, Younger may pick it up and replace it with a discard from hand. If Younger does not want it, Elder now will draw the top card from the stock pile and replaces it with a card from hand face up to the discard pile (which is kept squared up so that the cards below it are not visible). From here on, a player may take either the face-up card from the discard pile or the top card from the stock pile, in both cases surrendering a card from hand to the discard pile.

There are two kinds of meld: a set of three or four cards of the same rank (for example, Jacks); and a sequence (three or more cards of the same suit in order, for example – 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, all of Diamonds). Notice that A, K, Q of a suit is not a sequence since Ace ranks low.

Either player with unmatched cards (“deadwood”) that total 10 or less may, but is not obliged to, “knock”, thereby ending the hand. Knocking is done physically by rapping the table after drawing a card (but before discarding). The knocker discards and then puts the hand down, face up, divided into melds and deadwood. Provided that the knocker has deadwood the second player may now “lay off” any number of cards from hand to the exposed melds; for example, by adding the fourth Jack to a set of three Jacks. The purpose of laying off is to reduce deadwood which otherwise counts against the player.

Scoring

When the opponent has laid off, both players declare the total value of their unmatched cards (“the count”). If the knocker’s total is zero – in which case the opponent may not lay off – this is gin and scores 25 for the knocker.

If the opponent’s total is higher, the knocker scores the point difference between the two hands (for instance, if the knocker declares four, and the opponent declares 27, the knocker scores 23). If the opponent’s total is equal to or lower than that of the knocker, the opponent scores the difference, if any, plus 25 for “the undercut”.

Running totals are kept with a line under each hand won, and the first player to reach 100 wins the game and scores an additional 100 points. Each player then adds 25 points for every hand won. If one player fails to score, the opponent’s score is doubled (“shut out”).

Tips on How to Win Gin Rummy

It is imperative to remember every card in the up pile (recall that is squared up so that only the top card is exposed). This will be invaluable in calculating the odds against getting a card you want: there is no point holding on to two Jacks if the other two have been discarded! It is just as important to watch your opponent’s play carefully: every up card is taken or rejected, and each card discarded, tells you something of the composition of his hand.

It is a good principle to knock as early as possible; but if there is a chance of gin it may be better to hold up, since if your opponent knocks you could well score for the undercut. However, do not hold up for more than a turn or two – a gin is only worth double a knock.

A hand can have several embryo melds. Which to keep and for long is a matter of judgment, but should take into account what lies in the discard pile. If you hold two cards of the same rank the chance of getting a third is about the same as of securing a sequence – provided that the pair of cards you hold are capable of being extended at either end. Don’t for example; hang on to King, Queen or 8, 6. A favorable holding would be 4 of Clubs, 4 of Diamond, 3 of Clubs, when you have the advantage of two chances of a sequence and two for a set of 4s coupled with low penalty points if your opponent knocks.

Hold back any card you think your opponent wants. Apart from the obvious advantage, you may be able to lay it off if you are beaten to the knock. Otherwise, reduce your deadwood at every opportunity – even break up a pair if there is a significant gain. Discard a Queen from a pair, for example, if you pick up a deuce. Finally, if you knock, arrange your hand so as to minimize layoffs.

An Example Hand of Gin Rummy

Elder declines the turn-up. Younger takes it, melds three 7s and discards the 8 of diamonds.

Elder picks up 6 of Clubs and discards it, holding on to the King and Queen for one round. Younger picks up 6 of Diamonds and discards it likewise (it would have been better to have discarded the Queen of Hearts, but Younger is praying for the Jack of Hearts). Elder then picks up 3 of Clubs, making a second meld, and throws out King of Clubs.

Younger picks up 4 of Diamonds and discards Queen of Hearts – it would be dangerous to retain it any longer. Elder picks up 7 of Diamonds and gets rid of the Queen of Clubs; Younger picks up 6 of Hearts and discards the 10 of Hearts in order to reduce deadwood.

Elder picks up Jack of Diamonds and discards it.

Younger joyfully takes it to meld three Jacks and throws away the 9 of Hearts. Elder, joyful in turn, retrieves the 9 of Hearts; melds the 9s; knocks; discards the 7 of Diamonds; and spreads his hand, separating the melds.

Elder

Younger

Elder has a count of one. Younger now spreads his hand and lays off the 6 of Hearts and 2 of Hearts, thereby reducing his deadwood, for a count of nine. Notice that Elder cannot now add the Ace to the heart meld. Elder wins by 8 points and at the end of the game will score a further 25 points for the line.

Variants

A number of variations in scoring may be encountered. A game can be for 150 or 200 points: the gin and box bonuses can score 20 instead of 25, and the undercut can score 10 instead of 20 – or indeed any combination of these and the point values are given above.

A common procedure is for the 21st card to be dealt to Elder who then discards to start the up pile.

A variant which has now largely taken over from the parent game, and is recommended is Oklahoma Gin. There is only one rule change: the turn-up determines the maximum number of points a player may have in deadwood in order to knock. If the turn-up is Ace, some players require gin in order to knock. Gamblers are fond of doubling scores for the hand if the turn-up is a Spade.

“We Indians have a hand in almost everything - even Rummy”. Rummy is an interactive card game, which seemingly first had its roots in America. Rummy apparently originated from Mexico, Latin America, which was then colonialized by Spain ( akhir baap toh baap hota hai).

The first origin of Rummy came in the mid-1800s commonly called Conquian — the ancestor to all modern rummy games.

This game has been changed every time it was newly introduced to some group of people and obviously we people used our creative minds or in those days tricked people to loot them by making them play a version of the game that was designed to lose.

Yeah, you’re thinking on the right lines — no-win scenario, designed to lose and yet testing the character of the players, sounds like something the Vulcans would come up with. Yes, this was just like the Kobayashi Maru

People were exploited on the grounds of having fun and we never realized this, thankfully the Govt. of India has legalized playing rummy by declaring it a game of skill in 1968.

How Many Cards Dealt In Gin Rummy

There is quite a conflict as to how rummy came to India and which is the Indian version of Rummy, some say that it came from the Americans and the game is a cross between Gin Rummy and Rummy 500. Both versions are widely popular in India and it is quite difficult to pinpoint the exact history, so I’ll let you be the one to decide which is the version more likely to grab your attention.

Okay enough with the history… Let’s talkrummy!

Different Versions/Types of Rummy

The two versions of rummy are quite different from each other, one is a 13 card rummy and the other is a 21 card rummy. The 13 card rummy is the one believed to have descended from America and is a cross between Gin Rummy and Rummy 500.

Few Differences Between Gin Rummy and, Rummy 500.

Gin Rummy is played with a standard rummy deck of cards and 10 cards dealt to each player, without the concept of a joker. The Ace can only be combined with the deuce(2) and not with the King(k) — K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A is the order of cards.

Here Discarding a card isn’t compulsory, its the wish of the player. The player can fold if the values of his unmatched cards are no more than 10, this is called a knock. The player who doesn’t call knock can match his cards with the unmatched cards of the player who has called knock, thus enabling him to get rid of his unmatched cards. A player calls gin if he has combined all his cards.

Rummy 500is played with a standard deck of 52 cards and 7 cards dealt to each player except in two-player games where each player is dealt 13 cards, without using the concept of a joker to clone other cards to form sets. The Ace can be combined with both higher and lower cards — Ace (high or low), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A.

Each player, beginning with the player to the left of the dealer, may draw either the top card of the stock or any card from the discard pile.

So, how to draw a card from the discarded pile?

There are two conditions when drawing a card from the discard pile: 1) the player must take all the cards above the selected card and 2) the drawn card must immediately be used, either by laying it down in a set or by laying it off on a set already on the table. The remaining cards taken with the discard may be melded in the same turn or simply added to the player’s hand. Each player in turn, after drawing but before discarding, may lay down any matched set or may lay off any card that matches a set already on the table. The game is won by the player who gets the most points by the end of the play.

I gave the details of Gin rummy and Rummy 500 so that you can understand why Indian Rummy is a cross between Gin Rummy and Rummy 500.

Different Versions of Indian Rummy and Explaining How these Versions of Indian Rummy are played?

Indian Rummy has many variations of 13 card rummy games. Now about one of the versions of Indian Rummy, this version is also called “Paplu” or “Indian Cherokee Rummy” is played usually between 2–6 players with a standard deck of cards for 2 players and 2 decks of cards for more than 2 players, each player is given 13 cards whilst using the concept of a joker to clone any other card to form a set.

The cards rankin the order — Ace, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A.

The players have to meld the cards into sequences and/sets. A sequence or a run is formed by arranging the cards consecutively —such as 3,4,5 of the same suit and a set is formed when the same numbered cards — such as 4,4,4 of the different suit are formed.

Rummy Nation helps you with the information required, if you are interested to know about sets and sequences in rummy.

Gameplay of Paplu or Indian Cherokee Rummy :

The dealer deals 13 cards to each player and the game progress in a clockwise based turn of play. One card is kept open from the face-down pile to begin the discard pile. The player immediately clockwise to the dealer starts the game by either picking a card from the face-down pile or the discard pile which is the first card taken from the face-down pile to start the game.

The player who forms valid runs and/or sets before all other players is the winner. The rules of the game say that there must be at least two runs, and one of them must be pure, i.e., it does not contain any joker.

To exemplify, 8, 9, 10 of the same suit of card is a pure run, while 8, 9, Joker is an impure run. Players can meld their remaining cards into either sets or runs.

Each card holds specific points. Number cards carry points equal to their face value. Face cards, namely Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Aces hold 10 points each. Jokers are worth zero points. As players meld their cards, their point score decreases. The player who achieves zero points, first of all, wins the game.

So, that’s all about one of the versions of Indian Rummy.

Marriage, this is the other version largely played in India, Bhutan, and Nepal. It is widely played in India during Dussehra and Diwali. Playing rummy with friends & family is pretty common, have ya’ll ever played with Paplu, Nichlu, and Tiplu?? I highly doubt that, let me familiarize you with the gameplay.

Gameplay of Marriage :

Paplu, Nichlu, and Tiplu are names of cards with importance in this version of Indian Rummy called “Marriage”.

Number Of Cards Dealt In Gin Rummy

It is played with 3 standard decks of 52 cards between 2–5 people. There arent any printed jokers used. The game progresses in a clockwise direction.

Unlike standard rummy gameplay, in Marriage, all combinations consist of only three cards. Once 21 cards are dealt with each player, a single card called ‘Tiplu’ is taken out from the remaining face-down deck of cards. The immediately lower value card to Tiplu is called ‘Nichlu’ and the immediately higher value card is called ‘Paplu’. All other similarly ranked as that of tiplu are jokers, i.e., if Spade of K is Tiplu, then all other 12 K’s are jokers.

The discarding and picking up of cards is similar to that of standard rummy play. The only change being, once a player picks a card from the discarded pile, he cannot discard that card again.

This Version of the rummy game can have a winner in one of the two ways:

1. After making a play, if a player has eight doubles(identical pair) and 5 cards unused and one which can be discarded, can be any cards.
2. If a player has made three combinations of pure sequences( using 9 cards) already and upon drawing a new card is able to make 4 more 3-card combinations(making use of 12 cards remaining), then he can win the game upon discarding the last card.

What is a Joker Card and How it is used in Rummy?

The joker can be used as a substitute for any other card. In addition to the standard jokers, the dealer picks a card from the face-down pile, it is called the wild joker. There is a total of 5 Joker cards, of which 4 Jokers can be used by players in the game. One Joker lies turned up cross under the closed deck so that all players can see it. This card determines an additional set of jokers for that hand in the following manner:

• The same rank regardless of the color.
• The next higher card of the same suit is called a “paplu”. This card functions as a joker, but the holder is awarded an additional bonus from each player at the conclusion of the round.
• If the selected card turns out to be a printed joker, in that case aces will be the joker for that particular rummy game.

Playing rummy with a joker cuts back on time and you finish the game in fewer rounds.If you are interested for a long, fun, and entertaining game than playing rummy without a joker really makes you think and heightens and tests your mind to play harder.

Okay, people, this marks the end of my lengthy but informative article onrummy. I know it was lengthy, but its definitely worth a read if you want to know about Rummy in India. Signing off on the hope that you found the article helpful and you can download rummy app and get Rummy 100 rupees free to enjoy playing your heart’s and start earning real money playing on RummyNation.

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