Face cards and Jokers count as 10, Aces are 1, and other cards are index value. Melds count as 0 and unusable deadwood cards are 'points'. This stops the current hand and players lay down their cards and add up their points. This must be done when it is that player's turn in lieu of drawing. Unused cards in a player's hand are known as deadwood and are given point values, and a player can 'knock' when with 7 or less points. After a card is drawn, one must be discarded, and the next player to the left has the option of drawing either the top discard or top stock card, before discarding.

sets of three or four of a kind, or sequences of three or four cards.

The top card of the stock is then turned face up to start the discard pile, and eldest hand (player left of the dealer) draws the top card from the stock or discard pile to make combinations of three or four-card melds, e.g. Subsequently, the deal rotates to the left.Įach player is dealt 7 cards, and the remaining stock is spread on the table. Each player draws a card from the pack, and the high card determines the first dealer. The aim of the game is to push the players over 100 points and keep a score low. Two 52-card decks are used plus four Jokers comprising 108 cards. It may possibly have been devised in America during the 1940s by Italian immigrants by adapting the game Scala Quaranta to Gin rummy. Rumino (also ramino or rumina) is a knock rummy card game of Italian origin for up to six people, in which players try to form sets or sequences of cards. A 7 card straight flush or 'rumino' wins the game instantly

Continental gin card game