Rummy

Rummy Rules

Traditional Rummy is similar to all of the different variations of Rummy. The winner is the first player to dispose of all the cards in his hand at once - this move is called Going Rummy. Another way to win the game is to be the first player to dispose of all the cards in his hand gradually - this is called Going Out. In this variation of Rummy there are no restrictions regarding when you are allowed to lay down melds or add matching cards to existing melds. In other words, you can lay down melds or add matching cards to existing ones at any time.

The objective of Rummy is to get rid of all the cards in your hand before your opponents do by arranging as many as possible of the cards in your hand into sets or runs of cards:

How To Play Rummy

Each player at the table is dealt 10 cards. The remaining cards are placed face down on the table, forming the stock and one card is placed face up next to the stock to form the discard pile.

A player must draw a card either from the stock pile or from the discard pile and add it to his hand.

In case a player has formed any melds, he may also lay them down on the table face up.

If the player does not wish to lay down a meld, he discards one card, face up, onto the discard pile.

If the stock runs out, the discard pile is shuffled and placed face down to form a new stock. The card discarded by the player who drew the last card of the old stock is placed face up beside the new stock to start the new discard pile.

During his turn, a player may add one or more cards from his hand to any meld that is already on the table.  For example, if there are three fives on the table you can add the fourth one.  If there was an eight of hearts, nine of hearts and ten of hearts on the table you can add a Jack of hearts, Jack and Queen of hearts, Seven of hearts or a Six of hearts and Seven of hearts.

There are two ways that you can win in Rummy.  That is by Going Out or by Going Rummy.

Going Out - the first player to discard his last card wins.

Going Rummy - A player goes "Rummy" when he gets rid of all the cards in his hand at once, without previously having put down or laid off any melds or cards.

Point Scoring
At the end of the hand, each player adds up the points of the cards remaining in his or her hand as follows: 

2 points	3 points	4 points	5 points	6 points
7 points	8 points	9 points	10 points	10 points
10 points	10 points	11 points

If the game ended with the winner going out the sum of all cards remaining in the hands of other players is added to the cumulative score of the winning player.

If the game ended with the winner going rummy the sum of all cards remaining in the hands of other players is added to the cumulative score of the winning player + 25 points.

The game continues with further hands until a previously agreed upon target score is reached. The winner is the player with the highest score (or the first to reach the target score).