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Objective
The objective in gin rummy is to score points and reach 100, before your opponent does.
The basic game strategy is to improve one's hand by forming melds and eliminating deadwood. Gin has two types of meld: Sets of 3 or 4 cards sharing the same rank, e.g. 8♥8♦8♠; and runs of 3 or more cards in sequence, of the same suit. e.g. 3♥4♥5♥ or more. Deadwood cards are those not in any meld. In gin rummy aces are considered low and can form any set of aces but only the low end of runs (e.g. A♠2♠3♠ etc.). Q♠K♠A♠ is not a legal run in gin rummy. A player can form any combination of melds within their hand, whether it contains all sets, all runs, or both.
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The deadwood count is the sum of the point values of the deadwood cards - aces are scored at 1 point, face cards at 10, and others according to their numerical values.
Dealing
Dealership alternates from round to round. The dealer deals 10 cards to both players, and then places the next card in the deck face up. This begins the discard pile. The face down pile is known as the stock pile. On the first turn, the non-dealing player has first option of taking the upcard on the discard pile or passing. If the non-dealing player passes the upcard, the dealer is then given the opportunity to take the upcard or pass. If the dealer also passes, the non-dealing player must draw from the stock pile. Once the first upcard has been drawn into a player's hand or both players have passed it, subsequently each player may choose from which pile to draw.
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Gameplay
On each turn, a player must: draw either the (up card) top card of the discard pile, or the (face-down) top card from the stock pile, and discard one card from his or her hand onto the discard pile.
Players alternate taking turns until one player ends the round by knocking, going Gin, or until only two cards remain in the stock pile, in which case the round ends in a draw and no points are awarded. The game ends when a player reaches 100 or more points.
Knocking
A player may only knock if he has 10 or fewer points of deadwood. Knocking with 0 points of deadwood is known as going Gin.
To knock, the knocking player ends his turn by discarding as usual, announces that he is knocking , and lays his hand out with the melds clearly indicated and deadwood separated. The other ('defending') player is then entitled to lay out any melds in his or her hand and can then lay off any of his or her remaining deadwood cards that fit into the knocking player's melds, provided that the knocking player does not have a gin hand.
For example, the knocking player has a meld of three Kings. The defending player has a king as part of his deadwood. He can lay off that king, reducing his deadwood count by ten. The knocking player can never lay off his or her deadwood into the defending player's melds.
The knocking player then subtracts his deadwood points from the defending player's deadwood points. The result is the number of points the knocking player receives. An undercut occurs if a player knocks and the defending player's deadwood points are less or equal than the knocking player's. In this case the defending player receives an undercut bonus (25 points) plus the difference in deadwood points.
Gin
If all 10 or 11 cards in a player's hand fit into melds and thereby the player has no deadwood, player receives a Gin bonus of 25 points plus any deadwood points in the opponent's hand. The defending opponent can only lay out his or her melds and cannot lay off any deadwood into the melds of an opponent that has declared Gin. A player can go Gin with a hand of three or fewer melds as long as all cards fit into a meld.
Scoring
Aces are scored at 1 point, face cards at 10, and all other cards are scored at their numerical values. Points are scored in Gin for the following:
- Knock Points
- After a player knocks, and the lay offs are made, the knocking player receives a score equal to the difference between the two hands. For example, if a player knocks with 8, and the defender has 10 deadwood points in his or her hand after laying off, the knocking player receives 2 points for the hand.
- Gin Bonus
- After going gin, a player receives a bonus of 25 points plus the entire count of deadwood in his opponent's hand. There is no chance to lay off when a player goes gin.
- Undercut
- Occurs when the defending player has a deadwood count lower than or equal to that of the knocking player (this can occur either naturally or by laying off after a knock). In this case, the defender scores an undercut bonus of 25 points plus the difference between the two hands.
Gin Rummy is a matching type card game and popular variant of the Rummy, played with a standard french deck of 52 cards. The game objective is to combine sets of card sequences from the same suit or same rank and score an agreed number of points. The game continues till the winner reaches the final score goal which usually is 100 points.
Gin Rummy is also known as Gin, Knock Poker or Gin Poker.
How to Play Gin Rummy Online
Gin Rummy is played by 2 to 4 players. Our default online version is for 2 players and similar to a Rummy card game each participant plays for himself. The rules below include an explanation about the cards, the terms, as well as dealing and scoring. Additionally we added information on how to play for free and custom game options.
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Use of the Cards
The card deck doesn’t contain Jokers and the ranking from high to low is King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, Ace. The Ace can only be followed with a 2 and can’t be meld with a King.
Dealing
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The dealer shuffles the deck and passes out 10 cards alternately to each player (1 card at a time per player). The remaining cards are placed face down in the center of the group to form the stock. The top card of the stock is flipped face-up and placed next to the stock form the discard pile.
You can discard a card you’ve just taken only if you got it from the pile.
It is not possible to discard a card that was face up when you took it (i.e from the discard pile) by default, after the first deal, order the cards by suit.
If both players pass on the first card, none of them can take it and have to draw from the draw pile.
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- Stock or draw pile – the cards that remain from the initial card distribution
- Discard pile or pile is a place where each player places a discarded card after each turn
- Deadwood cards are cards not being part of a meld
- Knocking – you can knock when you have deadwood cards sum value of 10 or less
- Meld – when a player makes a meld by either having three or more of a kind or by having three or more of a run. A run is made of three or more cards of the same suit in increasing or decreasing order. Unlike Basic Rummy, players do not lay down their melds in Gin Rummy until someone goes Knock. Intersecting melds is not allowed
- Gin is when the declaring player has 10 melded cards (has no deadwood cards)
- Big Gin refers to when players have Gin but they are drawn an 11th card, and if it’s part of his melds. They can declare big gin without discarding a card
- Layoff means to add a card to an existing meld
- Attacker – player performing a knock
- Defender – player being knocked
- Undercut is when the Defender has equal or fewer deadwood points than the knocking player. The situation is known as an Undercut and the defending player receives the points along with a point bonus
Points are counted from the deadwood cards:
Ace is 1 point / Number cards worth their face value / Picture cards value is 10 points
Round scoring
After a player knocks, and the layoffs are made, the knocking player receives a score equal to the difference between the two hands. For example, if a player knocks with 8, and the defender has 10 deadwood points in their hand after laying off, the knocking player receives 2 points for the hand.
Gin is 25 points + sum of deadwood in the opponent’s hand. Big Gin is 31 points + sum of the opponent’s deadwood.
In a draw, there are not awarded points to either player.
Game Scoring
The first player who reaches 100 points wins the game.
Points adjustable for online game in the custom room (“Play with friends”):
- Undercut – 10, 20 or 25
- Gin – 20 or 25
- Big Gin – 25, 31 or 50
- Final score – 100/250/500 points
There are two available options to play Gin Rummy for free:
- Create custom games in the “Play with friends” room and adjust the option to start the game with “0” chips.
- Practice your skills in the lobby “Play with computer” where all games are free.
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