Gin Rummy Hands

A hand consisting entirely of melds with no deadwood is described as gin and carries a bonus. The on-line player, however, does not have to wait for gin but may end a game as soon as the total value of his unmatched deadwood is 10 or less. (This is called maximum knocking value. It is set at 10 for pure gin rummy.
Play a classic Gin Rummy card game against a computer opponent. Be the first to get 100 points and win.

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Number of Players.
Gin-Rummy is a two-player card game.

The Deck
Gin is played with a standard 52-card pack of playing cards. Aces are played only as low; the ranking from low-to-high is A-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-J-Q-K.
The cards have values as follows: Face cards (K,Q,J) 10 points, Ace 1 point, Number cards are worth their value.

How to Score Gin Rummy. Gin rummy is a classic card game that has been around for decades. This simple game is played by matching playing cards in 3 or 4 card sets and runs and by collecting points from your unmatched cards.

Dealing
The dealer to the first round is chosed randomly, dealership alternates from round to round. The dealer deals 10 cards to each player, face down, one at a time, alternately. The 21st card dealt, called the 'upcard', is placed face-up in a central location known as the discard pile. The remainder of the pack is called the 'stock' and is placed beside discard pile.

Object of the Game
Each player tries to form 'melds' which consist of three or four cards of the same rank called 'set' or 'group' (such as the 2 of hearts, 2 of diamonds and 2 of spades), or 'sequences' (or 'runs'), which are three or more cards of consecutive rank in the same suit (such as the 2, 3, 4 of hearts). A second objective is to reduce the count of the unmatched cards in a player's hand to less than the count of his opponent and the summary value of these unmatched cards.
A card can belong to only one combination at a time - you cannot use the same card as part of both melds.

The Play
The non-dealer plays first. At each turn, a player must take either the upcard (top open card of the discard pile) or draw the top closed card of the stock and then discard one card face up on the discard pile. TIP: If your opponent's discard makes or increases a meld in your hand, pick it up.
When a player has taken the upcard (open card), he may not discard this card at the same turn and has to discard some other card. TIP: If you know or think that a card might make or increase a meld for your opponent, keep it in your hand.
On the first play of the hand, the draw is done in a special way. If the non-dealer does not wish to take the upcard, he skips and the dealer may have the first turn by taking the upcard. If the dealer also does not want the upcard, the opponent draws the top card from the stock, and play proceeds.

Knocking
The play ends when a player knocks. This can be done on any turn (including the first), immediately after drawing, provided that the value of the unmatched cards in player's hand (after he discards) does not exceed 10 points. Having knocked, he discards one card down and spreads the hand of 10 cards, arranged into melds and unmatched cards, that called 'deadwood'. Knocking with no unmatched cards at all is called going gin, and earns bonus 25 points.
A player who is able to knock is not forced to do it, he may choose instead to carry on playing, to try to get a better score. TIP: If you are not playing to gin, knock as soon as possible.
The opponent of the player who knocked must then spread their cards face-up, arranging them into sets where possible. If the knocker did not go gin, the opponent is also allowed to lay off any unmatched cards by using them to extend the existing sets laid down by the knocker - by adding a fourth card of the same rank to a group of three, or further consecutive cards of the same suit to either end of a sequence.
If a player goes gin, the opponent is not allowed to lay off any cards.
Note that a knocker player is not permitted to lay off any cards on the unmatched cards in the opponent's hand.
The play also ends if the stock pile is reduced to two cards, and the player who took the third last card discards without knocking. In this case the hand is cancelled, there is no score, and the same dealer deals again.
Note that a player is not permitted to lay off any cards on the unmatched cards in the opponent's hand.

Scoring and Undecutting
When a player gets gin he scores 25 points 'for gin' plus the deadwood in the opponent's hand. In the other case each player counts the total value of their unmatched cards. If the knocker's count is lower, the knocker scores the difference between the two counts.
When a player knocks without gin, and the opponent's deadwood total is the same or less than the knocker's, the opponent 'undercuts' and scores a bonus of 20 points, plus the difference in the counts for the two players' unmatched cards.

Next Hand
There are several methods of selecting of the next dealer:
The loser of each hand deals next. The winner of each hand deals next. Alternative dealing.

Game Score
The player who first scores 100 points or more wins the game. (Some players may prefer to play to 150, 200, or 300 points.) The winner adds to his score a 100-point game bonus. (If the opponent has not won a hand during the game, then he doubles his entire score, including the game bonus. This is called a shutout or 'schneider.') Each player then adds to his score 25 points for every hand he has won, a bonus called a line or a box.

Gin Only
This version for two players is simply Gin Rummy where both players must go for gin, and the winner is the player who gins first. Knocking with a deadwood is impossible.

Oklahoma Gin
This very popular version of Gin Rummy is just like the original except for one key rule: The rank of the upcard fixes the maximum number of points with which a player may knock in that deal. Thus, if the upcard is a five, the knocker must have 5 points or less. Face cards count 10. When an ace is the knock card, neither player may knock with a count of 1 point; instead, each must play for a gin hand.

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OBJECTIVE: The objective in gin rummy is to score points and reach an agreed number of points or more.

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 players (variations can allow for more players)

NUMBER OF CARDS: 52 deck cards

RANK OF CARDS: K-Q-J-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-A (ace low)

TYPE OF GAME: Rummy

AUDIENCE: Adults

The Objective:

Players must set the number of points needed to win prior to the start of the game. The goal is to create runs and sets with your cards in order to score the most points and win the game.

Runs – A run is three or more cards in order of the same suit (Ace, two, three, four- of diamonds)

Sets – Three or more of the same ranking cards (8,8,8)

How to deal:

Each player is dealt 10 cards face down. The remaining cards are placed in between the two players and serve as the deck. The top card of the deck should be flipped over to create the discard pile.

How to play:

The non-dealer has the option to start the game by picking up the flipped over card. If that player passes, then the dealer has the option to pick up the face-up card. If the dealer passes, then the non-dealer can begin the game by picking up the first card on the deck.

Once a card is picked up, the player must decided if they want to keep that card and discard another or discard the card that was drawn. Players are required to discard one card at the end of every turn.

Once opening play has been made, players are allowed to draw from the deck or pick up from the discard pile. Remember the goal is to create sets and runs to obtain the most points.

Scoring:

2 – 10 = Face Value

Going Out

An interesting facet of Gin Rummy is that players have more than one way of going out. Players can either go out via the traditional method known as Gin or by knocking.

Gin – Players must create a meld out of all cards in their hands. A player must pick up a card from the discard or stock pile before going Gin. You automatically receive 25points if you go Gin, plus you receive the total number of points of uncompleted melds from your opponents hand.

For example, if your opponents hand is as such (8,8,8 – 4,4,4 – 5,2,2,ace), then they have 10pts in uncompleted melds (5 +5+2+1 = 10 *ace=1) that you get to add to your score of 25pts, giving you a total of 35pts for winning that hand.

Knocking – A player can knock only if the un-meld cards in their hand equal 10 or less points. If a player meets the proper requirements, then they can execute a knock by literally knocking on the table (this is the fun part) then revealing their hand by laying their cards face up on the table.

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Winning Gin Rummy Hands

Once the cards have been placed on the table, the opponent reveals their cards. They have the option of “hitting” your cards with the un-melded cards in their hand. For example if you lay down run of 2,3,4 of diamonds and your opponent has the 5 of diamond they can “ hit” your run and that card no longer counts as part of their un-melded cards.

Gin Rummy Hands

Once the “hitting” has taken place it’s time to tally the score. Both players should total the number of un-melded cards in their hands. You must subtract the total of your un-melded cards from the total of your opponents un-melded cards and will be the number of point received from winning the hand! For example, if your un-mleded cards equal 5pts and your opponents un-melded cards equal 30pts, you will receive 25pts for that round.