The goal of the game is to be holding as many complete sets and runs as possible. Then the player must select a card they don’t believe will enter into a run or set and lay this in the discard pile. They must draw either from the deck or the discard pile. To play, the player must do two things during their turn. For example, a seven of hearts in a run of red hearts numbered six through ten, could not also belong to a set of sevens. The player can use one card in a single combination at any given time. For instance, the seven of hearts, diamonds and spades. A set is a group of three or four cards in the same rank. For example, the red hearts in numbers eight through queen. Runs are sequences of three or more cards all in the same suit and in order. There are two kinds of melds in Gin Rummy: runs and sets. The object of the game is to build a hand of cards in which all can be combined into “melds”. The remainder of the deck is placed in the middle of the table and a single card is turned face up alongside it.Īfter the dealing is done, the players must organize their cards. To begin the game, the dealer hands out ten cards to each player. The suit rank for a game of Gin Rummy is aces low and kings high. This is a two-person game that requires a standard deck of 52 playing cards. Any of the Rummy variants tend to be popular, but among the most well-known and popular is Gin Rummy.
