When a player discards a card (by either dragging or moving it), the discarded card is placed on top of the current upcard effectively becoming the At each turn players draw a card by dragging it from either theĬlosed deck or from upcard. This card is often referred to as upcard or up card. Is opened face up and put next to the deck. The current value of theĭeadwood in points (before the discard) is: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 8 + 9 = 38 points.Īt the start, 10 cards each are dealt to 2 players. The player whose cards are visible has 1 meld in hand (3 Kings). Player is about to make a discard by dragging one of the cards from hand to cover the up card (10 of Diamonds).

It is the turn of the 'bottom' player whose cards are visible to make a discard (there are 11 cards in hand). The deck has 30 cards left in it (indicated by number 30) The up card (10 of Diamonds) is visible to both players. In the example above, the player's own cards are open. In the course of the game, players would try to discard unwanted cards and collect Deadwood incurs penalties equivalent to the sum of their values. Melds.The melds either have to be of the same rank, like all sevens, or forming a sequence ofĪt the end, whatever cards are left in players hand that are NOT in melds, areĬalled deadwood. Such matching collections of cards are called The object in gin rummy game is to collect sets of 3 or more cards that go Cards rank A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K where ace √ costs 1 point, subsequentĬards cost their nominal value up to 10, however Jack, Queen, King cost also 10 points

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