The ranking from low to high is Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King. In successive dealings players are dealers alternately. In the first hand dealer is determined by drawing lots. Each game consists of several hands, in which players try to obtain certain combinations of cards ( melds). If you like nice gadgets you can make or buy special scorecard, even same as used by Goldfinger 🙂 General rules To play Gin Rummy you need a standard cards deck with 52 cards (from aces to twos).Īdditionally you need a sheet of paper and a pen to write a score. This game was great for films because it gave ability to show struggling people and suddenly one of them could win and shout “Gin”.ĭo you want to know how it feels to win in Gin Rummy? Here are the rules of the game! Equipment to play Gin Rummy Gin Rummy was particularly popular in the 40s of the last century in US, maybe thanks to the film industry. We also meet Gin Rummy In Brithish spy film Goldfinger (James Bond sees Goldfinger cheating at gin rummy and stops him by distracting his employee).
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In one episode of Inspector Gadget TV series, eccentric inspector loses a game with intelligent Penny. Strategic nature of Rummy is reflected in the culture. Intentions and the ability to build new game plan many times.
Good understanding of probability, ability to anticipate opponent’s He developed skills required to win in Gin Rummy. This Rummy player was unbeatable not because he was lucky. Stu Ungar’s case shows that games with element of luck can develop your mind. Maybe kinship between Poker and Rummy is deeper than we think?
So Stu Ungar started to play Poker and he became one of Poker legends. Later, after beating several other top Gin professionals, nobody wanted to play him in Gin (even with handicaps offered by Ungar). He was quickly recognized as one of the best players in New York. He quit school to play Rummy professionally. Stu Ungar (1953-1998) won first tournament when he was 10 years old. But both games require assembling certain card combinations and careful observation of your opponent. Well… the relationship between Rummy and Poker seems a bit far-fetched, but it’s hard to belive expert such as Scarne was totally wrong. Gin Rummy apparently was invented in 1909.Īccording to John Scarne, famous expert on games, Gin Rummy evolved from the Whiskey Poker known in XIX century.
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Later he became quite well-known movie director. His son – Charles Graham Baker – somehow contributed to the invention of the game. It’s nice card game invented by Elwood Thomas Baker (1854-1938). If you want to start play Rummy games I suggest you learn Gin Rummy.
The key to win is making good decisions about what to discard and what to keep in hand. The basic idea of rummy games is to collect specific sets of cards/tiles faster than your opponent. You could imagine “color rummy” or “symbol rummy”. Actually, you could play rummy with any sets of tiles, stones or cards if these tiles have a certain number of repetitive elements. There are “word rummy” games with tiles bearing a single letter (as in Scrabble). There are rummies played with number tiles.
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You can play rummy games with domino tiles. Mahjong uses tiles with rank and suits, and cards also have their rank and suits.Īctually Rummies do not have to be card games. Mahjong is not a card game but this doesn’t matter. Some of them indicate the game of Mahjong as ancestor of Rummy. There are various theories about origin of rummies. Rummies are card games in which each player tries to assemble groups of three or more cards in certain melds (sets and runs). Thirdly… Gin Rummy has unique taste of the risk mixed with a cool strategy. Secondly, this is a game with dramatic ending. Why exactly this game? There are few reasons! First, this is a game for smart people. If you like old American movies you could see people playing Gin Rummy.
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