Gin Rummy

Overview

In Gin Rummy, each player receives 10 cards out of a deck of 52. Players take turns drawing a card from a pile and then discarding a card. Aces are worth 1 point; Jack, Queen and King are each worth ten. The other cards are worth their face value. Once the sum of the remaining cards equals ten or less, a player can put down their cards ("knock"). If a player can put down all their cards, they win a "Gin" and 25 points.

The object of the game is to form Groups of the same kinds of cards or Straights of the same suit in order to be able to "knock". A player has to watch what cards s/he discards and what cards the opponent selects. The player with the least remaining points wins the round, whereby the difference in remaining points is used in scoring. The first player to win the number of points determined at the beginning wins the game.

Before the start of the game, the players agree how many points to play for (50, 100 or 200). One variant of the game is "Oklahoma Gin".

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