A
deck
of
playing
card
A standard deck of cards has 52 cards in total
(excluding Jokers which are supernumerary).
These 52 cards are split into four different
suits of 13 cards each. The suits are clubs,
diamonds, hearts and spades. The 13 cards in
each suit are arranged in different ranks
including an Ace, a King, a Queen, a Jack and
nine numerals of pip cards from 2 to 10.
Number
of
players
Most forms of rummy need 2 to 6 players.
However, in 6 players rummy games two deck of
cards are used.
Dealing
Dealing is simply the distribution of cards to
the players. The players sit in a circle or
near-circle seating arrangement so that everyone
has a good view of the table and the cards lying
on it. The game starts with a well-shuffled
deck. Depending on the variant of rummy, a
certain number of cards are dealt to each
player. For example, in Indian rummy, each
player is dealt 13 cards. The undealt cards are
kept face down on the table. This pile is known
as the stock pile. The cards that are discarded
by the players during the game are kept next to
the stock pile. This pile of discarded cards is
called the discard
Melding
Once the cards are dealt, each player’s
objective becomes to arrange their cards in
melds. This process of arranging the cards in
melds is called Melding. A meld can be of two
types, as follows:
1. Set – An arrangement of
three or more cards of the same rank. For
example, 4♥ 4♦ 4♠.
2. Sequence or Run – An arrangement of three or
more consecutive ranks of the same suit. For
example, J♣ Q♣ K♣ or 7♥ 8♥ 9♥ 10♥. A sequence
may be pure (three or more consecutive cards of
the same suit) or impure (three or more
consecutive cards of the same suit including a
Joker card).
For games which allow a wildcard (or Joker), it
may be used to represent any of the cards in the
meld and the meld will be considered valid.
Gameplay
After the players have received their hand of
cards, they try to create melds. Each player, in
turn, picks up a fresh card from the stock pile
and sheds one of his cards to the discard pile.
This continues until one of the players calls
for a show. Show
A player may call for a show of cards as soon as
he has arranged his hand into at least two melds
– one pure sequence and one more arrangement out
of a pure sequence or an impure sequence. In
case of more than 2 melds, the 3rd and 4th can
be any of these – pure sequence, impure sequence
or a set.
Once a show is called for (usually by the player
calling out ‘Rummy’), the cards are validated.
The cards that do not form a meld are called
deadweight.
Scoring
Scoring in rummy involves adding up the points
of the cards in the invalid melds.
Calculation of points
Different variants of rummy have
different scoring rules. However, the following
is how the scoring happens in Indian rummy.
Ace, King, Queen, Jack – 10
points each
Joker – 0 points
Numerical cards – Same points as face value
What
is a drop?
If a player decides to leave a game before it
ends, it’s called a Drop. For each drop, the
player loses points as follows:
1st drop – 20 points
Middle drop – 40 points
Last drop – 80 points Declaring the
winner With each game, a score is
added to the tally of each player. Usually, the
games continue until one of the players reaches
a pre-decided target score.
Variants
of rummy
As mentioned earlier, there are many popular
variants of this game. Some of these are:
Indian rummy (13 cards rummy
with further sub-variants namely Points Rummy,
Pool Rummy and Deal Rummy)
Rummy 500
Gin Rummy
21 Cards rummy or Indian Marriage
Canasta
Rummikubh
Oklahoma Rummy
Kalooki Rummy
Contract Rummy
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