The current value of theĭeadwood in points (before the discard) is: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 8 + 9 = 38 points. 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 on the bottom (they are open) & the opponent's cards are on top (closed). 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. 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 goal in gin rummy game is to collect sets of 3 or more cards that go Point game, the winner will be the 1-st player who reaches 100 points which may takeĬards 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 Players can select the maximum points for a game (from 50 to 300). Do you know that even the former US president plays Gin Rummy with his aides and adisors? At, online gin is played by two players with a standard 52-card Gin Rummy is the most popular 2-player card game of skill in English speaking countries.

How to play card game gin