Card game play - Rummy

Indian Rummy; 13 Cards Rummy or Points Rummy.

Types

1. Rummy
2. Rummy with open joker

Setup

• 13 x 4 + 2 jokers = 54 cards = 1 deck
• For 2 players = 1 deck
• If 2-5 players = 2 deck
• If 6+ player = 3 deck

Gameplay

• Shuffle, dealing, start, circular turns, declare, and score!

• Dealing: to every player with 13; cut open card and game joker.
• Circular-turn: in a player’s turn should pick and discard
• Declare: in a players turn after picking, closd a card and show melds
• Scoring: verify declaration and others points, and update score!

Rules

Meld is 3+ cards of seq/run or set! Note a set is 3 or 4!

Strategy

Prioritize these first!

1. Aim for pure sequence/run (original rummy)
2. Aim for pure/impure sequence (or additional rummy or second run/seq)
3. Aim if sets (or dummy) or pure/impure sequence possible
4. Aim for 4th card
5. If someone declared, rearrange to minimize your score points

OWN: Maximize your probability towards winning

Minimize points

Assuming you have a pure run and second sequence

1. In a two impure sequence, keep joker to the largest sequence.
2. In a 4 card meld, try to reuse start/end card to make a set
3. In a 4+ card meld with stating/ending joker, reuse the joker to other melds

4. In a 3 card meld (for 3rd) break to make set if any

5. {2 , 3 , } {9 , 10 } Point=18 {2 , 3 } {9 , 10 , } Points=5 2.

OTHER: Guessing opponents

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