Understanding the game of Gin Rummy

Gin Rummy is a very special rummy game that is more different than the traditional rummy game because of the interesting rules that it has. The great thing is that you can try this game using the services and features delivered by the best online rummy website, RummyRoyal.

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The main goal of Gin Rummy is to be the first player that manages to get rid of all the cards in hand or the big majority of them and have a low deadwood count. The deadwood count is the main difference between Gin Rummy and other rummy games. This represents the cards that can’t be melded.

Gin Rummy can be played by 2-4 players using one deck of cards without jokers. Each player receives 10 cards (2 players) or 7 cards (3-4 players).

The basic things that you should know before playing Gin Rummy are:

A meld is represented by sets and runs.
Set = 3 or more cards from the same rank;
Run = 3 or more consecutive cards from the same suit.

The game consists of many turns in which the players must do two moves:
drawing a card from the deck;
discarding a card into the discard pile.

Between the two moves from a turn, a player can lay down melds on the table.

The game can end in the following ways:
Gin – when you lay down on the table all of your cards in melds, except one last card that must be thrown into the knock zone.
Knock – when you lay down on the table valid melds and have deadwood cards with a value that is lower or equal to ten. Also, a card must me thrown into the knock zone.
Undercut – when you knock, your opponents can add cards to your melds (only to your original melds). You must know that if one of your opponents manages to end the game with a lower value of deadwood cards than you, he will win by undercut and you, as a knocker, will receive 25 penalty points.

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