Object of the GameĮach player tries to form matched sets consisting of groups of three or four of a kind, or sequences of three or more cards of the same suit. When more than two play, the deal passes to next the player on the left. When two people play, the winner of each hand deals the next. It is placed next to the stock to start the discard pile.
The top card of the stock is turned face up and becomes the upcard. The remaining cards are placed face down on the table, forming the stock. When three or four people play, each receives seven cards when five or six play, each receives six cards. When two people play, each person gets 10 cards. (In many forms of Rummy, the ace may rank either high or low.) The Dealĭealer gives one card at a time face down, beginning with the player on the left.
A pleasing feature of the game is that it is so simple to play and has many variations. Rummy works better than Gin Rummy when there are more than two players. Rummy is still one of the best-known card games in the United States, though in many regions it has been superseded by Gin Rummy and Oklahoma Gin.
