Gin rummy

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Gin rummy, or simply gin, is a two-player card game created in 1909 by Elwood T. Baker and his son C. Graham Baker.[1] According to John Scarne, Gin evolved from 19th-century Whiskey Poker and was created with the intention of being faster than standard rummy, but less spontaneous than knock rummy.[2]

Gin Rummy

Contents
A meld of four cards

1 Deck 2 Objective 3 Dealing 4 Gameplay 4.1 Knocking 4.2 Gin 5 Scoring 6 Variations 6.1 Straight Gin 6.2 Oklahoma Gin 6.3 Hollywood Gin 6.4 Single match 6.5 Multi-match 7 Notable players 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

Origin Alternative name(s) Type Players Skill(s) required Cards Deck Play lowest) Playing time Random chance

United States Gin, Knock Poker, Poker Gin, Gin Poker Matching 2 Memory, tactics, strategy 52 French Clockwise

Card rank (highest to K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 A 15 min. Low Related games

Deck

Conquian, Mahjong, Desmoche, Rummy

Gin is played with a standard 52-card pack of playing cards. The ranking from high to low is K-Q-J10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-A.

Objective
The objective in gin rummy is to score points and reach an agreed number of points or more, usually 100, before the opponent does. The basic game strategy is to improve one's hand by forming melds and eliminating deadwood. Gin has two types of meld: Sets of 3 or 4 cards sharing the same rank, e.g. 8 8 8; and runs of 3 or more cards in sequence, of the same suit. e.g. 3 4 5 or more. Deadwood cards are those not in any meld. In gin rummy aces are considered low and can form any set of aces but only the low end of runs (e.g. A 2 3 etc.). Q K A is not a legal run in gin rummy. A player can form any combination of melds within their hand, whether it contains all sets, all runs, or both. A hand can contain three or fewer melds to knock or form legal gin. The deadwood count is the sum of the point values of the deadwood cardsaces are scored at 1 point, face