![]() This, therefore, gives them no information on what you might be collecting. These cards are face down, so neither you nor your opponents know what it might be! You simply add the card to your hand without showing it to the other players. Stock Pile – AKA Draw Pile or Closed Deck. You can only put down cards as part of a meld or when laying off. They have ‘put down’ those cards and they no longer count in scoring. Put Down, Putting Down – When a player legally places cards face up on the table in front of themselves. Get Rid – As the aim is to have no cards left in your hand you are always trying to ‘ get rid‘ of your cards by putting down valid melds, by laying off or discarding. It is possible to lay off onto your own OR your oppositions melded cards. Laying Off – This is when you put down cards to add to an existing meld. Set – A subcategory of a meld where the group is of three or more cards of the same rank e.g 4, 4, 4 ![]() ![]() Run – A subcategory of a meld where the group is of three or more cards of the same suit and consecutive e.g 3, 4, 5 The objective of the game is to put down or meld one’s hand into valid sets and runs. Meld, Melding, Melded – All refer to the grouping of cards. When the next player deals they are playing the next ‘ hand‘. A hand is where one player deals and then all the players keep playing consecutively until there is a winner for that round. Hand, Hands – A game of rummy is made up of a number of ‘ hands‘. In order to meld, a player must group the cards in their hand into either of two combinations. RELATED: Rules of 7 Card Rummy : The simplicity and the ability to play relatively quick games, without any complicated scoring, are why it is so popular. The general aim is to build Melds of all your cards, as unmatched cards left in your hand score against you. Rummy covers a group of card games (e.g Standard, Gin, 500, etc) where players are matching cards of the same rank and/or creating a sequence in the same suit. ![]()
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