How to Play Rummy and Gin Rummy: A Beginners Guide to Learning Rummy and Gin Rummy Rules and Strategies to Win

By Tim Ander

Master Rummy and Win Big around the Card Table!
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When you read How to Play Rummy, you’ll enter an exciting world of strategy, cunning, and adventure. Though many cultures claim to have invented this game, one thing is certain – its cross-cultural appeal. You’ll also learn to play popular variants of this game like Gin Rummy, Contract Rummy, Shanghai Rummy, and Indian Rummy!
One of the world’s most popular card games, Rummy offers a fascinating blend of simplicity and complexity. The rules are simple, as you’ll learn as you page through this book. It takes a minute to learn – but a lifetime to master.
Inside this comprehensive guide, you’ll discover everything you need to know about the game of Rummy:

• Easy-to-Understand Basics for Beginners
• Choosing a Total Score and the First Dealer
• How to Deal, How to Play, and How to Win
• Melding Rules and Techniques for Optimal Point Scores
• The Rummy Scoring System and the Value of Each Card
• Popular Optional Rules for Exciting Game play
• Gin Rummy Basics, Dealing Rules, and Gameplay
• How to Knock, Score, and Win Gin Rummy

You’ll even discover the subtle and cunning elements of strategy for both Rummy and Gin Rummy!
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• Language: English
• Publisher: CRB Publishing
• Release date: May 6, 2018
• ISBN: 9788828319795

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How to Play

RUMMY

Tim Ander

Copyright © 2018 by Tim Ander.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

What is Rummy?

History of Rummy

How to Play Rummy

Basics

Dealing

Object

The Play

Scoring

Optional Rules

How To Play Gin Rummy

Basics

Dealing

Object

The Play

Knocking

Scoring

Rummy & Gin Rummy Strategy

Rummy Strategy

Gin Rummy Strategy

Rummy Variations

Contract Rummy

Shanghai Rummy

Indian Rummy

Conclusion

Introduction

What is Rummy?

At its most basic, Rummy is a card game. At its most complicated, Rummy is still a card game. Rummy is one of the most popular card games played in the world, and especially North America. The popularity comes from the simple rules and gameplay which in turn give complexity to the game. It is one of those games which takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master (though you can become an expert, by playing a lot).

Rummy uses a standard deck of cards; the ace is generally considered low, depending on how you decide to play the game. The game can be played with two or more players. The object of the game is to get rid of all your cards through melding (making combinations), laying off (playing cards on other cards), and discarding (placing a card in a discard pile).

Scoring is determined by the cards left in a players hand after one player has discarded all of theirs. The person who reaches a predetermined score, or has the highest score at the end of a certain number of rounds, wins the game.

History of Rummy

Much like the history of any topic or subject, there are always many theories as to how something was started. It could be that the origins of Rummy have been lost to the winds of time, or you could choose to believe the following likely scenarios. The truth is up to you.

There are many people who claim that the game of Rummy has a Spanish origin. The game of Conquian was played in Spain over four hundred years ago, later becoming popular in Mexico too. From Mexico, it made its way to North America, and from there it traveled the world. The word Conquian translates as ‘for whom’, and it is certain that the game was played in Mexico. The word is Spanish, and that add levity to the thought that the game originated in Spain.

It was in the saloons of Texas