🃏 Gin Rummy

How to play

1. On each turn you draw a card from the stock or the discard pile, then discard one card.
2. Make sets of three or four cards of the same rank, and runs of at least three cards in the same suit.
3. Cards that are not in a meld are called deadwood: an ace is worth 1, number cards their value and face cards 10.
4. You can knock with 10 deadwood points or fewer. A hand with no deadwood is gin and earns a 25-point bonus.
5. After a knock, your opponent can lay off cards on the knocker's melds. If they end up with less deadwood, they undercut and earn a 25-point bonus.

Tips from the champions

• Keep cards that connect in more than one way.
• Watch the cards the computer takes from the discard pile.
• Do not always wait for gin. Knocking early can stop your opponent from finishing a hand.

What does it train?

• Spotting runs and sets
• Managing risk
• Memory and deduction