The objective of the rummy card game is to arrange the 13 cards in valid sets and sequences. To win the game you need to make a minimum of 2 sequences, out of which one needs to be a pure sequence and rest can be any valid sequence or sets. Without a pure sequence you cannot make a valid rummy declaration. This is one of the most important rummy rules.
How to Form Sequences?
In rummy, a sequence is a group of three or more consecutive cards of the same suit. There are two types of sequences that are formed; a pure sequence and an impure sequence. To win the game of rummy you need at least one pure sequence in your rummy hand.
Pure Sequence
A pure sequence is a group of three or more cards of the same suit, placed in consecutive order. To form a pure sequence in a rummy card game, a player cannot use any Joker or wild card.
Here are a few examples of pure sequence.
- 5♥ 6♥ 7♥ (Pure sequence with three cards and there is no Joker or wild card used)
- 3♠ 4♠ 5♠ 6♠ (Pure sequence with four cards. There is no use of Joker or wild cards here.)
Impure Sequence
An impure sequence is a group of three or more cards of the same suit with one or more Joker card used.
Here are some examples to show how an impure sequence is formed.
- 6♦ 7♦ Q♠ 9♦ (Here Q♠ has been used as a wild Joker replacing 8♦ to form an impure sequence.)
- 5♠ Q♥ 7♠ 8♠ PJ (Impure sequence with Q♥ as wild joker that is replacing 6♠ and the Printed Joker is replacing 9♠.)
How to Form Sets?
A set is a group of three or more cards of the same value but of different suits. When you are forming sets, you can use wild card and Jokers.
Examples of sets
- A♥ A♣ A♦ (In this set, all the Ace are of different suits, make a valid set.)
- 8♦ 8♣ 8♠ 8♥ (Rummy set is formed with four 8 cards of different suits.)
- 9♦ Q♠ 9♠ 9♥ (Here Q♠ has been used as wild joker replacing 9♣ to make set.)
- 5♦ 5♣ 5♠ PJ (Printed joker replacing 5♥ to make set.)
- 5♦ 5♣ Q♠ PJ (Here Q♠ has been used as wild joker replacing 5♠ & Printed joker replacing 5♥ to make set.)
- 5♦ 5♣ PJ Q♥ Q♠ (This is a set of 5 cards with Printed joker & Q♥ as wild joker replacing 5♠ 5♥ and one more wild joker Q♠ to complete 13 cards grouping.)
Typical Example: 2♥ 3♥ 4♥ 5♥| 5♣ 6♣ 7♣ 8♣ | 5♦ 5♣ PJ Q♥ Q♠ (Set of 5 cards is made to complete the grouping of 13 cards and make a valid declaration)
Note: The set is formed with same card of different suits. However, you can’t use two or more cards of the same suit. This is taken as an invalid declaration. Also, note that a set can have more than four cards. So, if you have a set of four cards and you are using an additional Joker, then in total it becomes a 5 cards group and still be a valid set. At no given time, the hand can have more than 13 cards.
Examples of invalid set
- Q♥ Q♥ Q♦ (There are two Qs of the same suit ♥ making it an invalid set.)
- 7♠ 7♥ 7♦ 7♠ Q♥ (It has two 7 spades of the same suit. The wild card Q♥ as the fifth card is valid but having two 7♠ is making it invalid.)
Formats:
Points:-
The most common and the quickest way to win money. In this one deal is one game.
How is it played?
Players try to set 13 cards in valid sets and sequence to win the game.
What is the point value in the game?
If the point value is 0.5 on the table, it means that 1 point is worth 0.5 Rs.
What is Buy-in ?
Buy-in is the amount that you join a specific table with.
What is the Drop option?
Drop is used when a player is not sure that he/she might win and wants to minimize the points by which they lose.
If A player drops in the first turn they lose by 20 points
If a player drops after their first turn they lose by 40 points.
Deals
At the start of the game all players are given a fixed amount of chips. At the end of every deal the winner will win chips from losing players depending on their score.
At the end of the game, the player with the highest chips wins the game.
What is Buy-in ?
Buy-in is the amount that you join a specific table with. Players pay a fixed amount to play a deals game which is used to form the prize pool.
What is the Drop option?
Drop is used when a player is not sure that he/she might win and wants to minimize the points by which they lose.
If A player drops in the first turn they lose by 20 points
If a player drops after their first turn they lose by 40 points
Pools 101
The Pool game has multiple deals in which the winner of every deal gets 0 points and other players get points which are added to their score.
The objective of the game is to keep the scores as low as possible after every deal the players whose score reaches to or over 101 are out of the game
The game is won by the player who sits last in the game. The winning amount can also be split between the last 3 players.
What is Buy-in ?
Buy-in is the amount that you join a specific table with. Players pay a fixed amount to play a deals game which is used to form the prize pool.
What is the Drop option?
Drop is used when a player is not sure that he/she might win and wants to minimize the points by which they lose.
If A player drops in the first turn they lose by 20 points
If a player drops after their first turn they lose by 40 points
What is the Split option?
It allows players to split the winning amount amongst more than 1 player if all the remaining players agree.
Split option is shown when there are 3 or less than 3 players remaining in the game.
Pools 201
The Pool game has multiple deals in which the winner of every deal gets 0 points and other players get points which are added to their score.
The objective of the game is to keep the scores as low as possible after every deal the players whose score reaches to or over 201 are out of the game
The game is won by the player who sits last in the game. The winning amount can also be split between the last 3 players.
What is Buy-in ?
Buy-in is the amount that you join a specific table with. Players pay a fixed amount to play a deals game which is used to form the prize pool.
What is the Drop option?
Drop is used when a player is not sure that he/she might win and wants to minimize the points by which they lose.
If A player drops in the first turn they lose by 20 points
If a player drops after their first turn they lose by 40 points
What is the Split option?
It allows players to split the winning amount amongst more than 1 player if all the remaining players agree.
Split option is shown when there are 3 or less than 3 players remaining in the game.
