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Big Gains No Pains Guides – How to Play Rummy Games
Another skill game – Rummy Games involve one or more decks of cards and the aim is to get rid of all the cards dealt to you by forming ‘melds’ – a set of three of more cards of the same value OR a run of cards of the same suit, such as 3,4,5 of clubs.
At the start of the game – all players take a seat and will be dealt a single card – the player with the highest card will get the first turn in the game – and potentially the upper hand. (See image below for High Card Deal)
As you seen in the right image – the high card has been dealt to Player ‘Cyberdogz’ and this allows him the first turn. What will usually happen now is the seats will adjust and your main seat will be at the foot of the page so you can see your cards more easily.
Now each player will be dealt cards and with these cards they will try to make melds to ‘add’ to the table. There is only one rule though before they can add cards to the middle of the table – since this version of Rummy is called ‘Kalooki 51’ there are only two obvious adjustments from the ‘Original’ version and they are that in order to place melds on the table – your useable cards must total 51+ and that instead of being dealt 10 cards – the players are dealt 13.
With the cards having been dealt out – it is up to the player to sort them into categories so that they can be laid as melds as soon as possible. For example – if the player was dealt an array of cards that included three different Kings (e.g King of Hearts, Clubs and Spades) this would be an acceptable meld and might be shuffled to the left hand side of the cards as not to confuse these with the ‘unmeldable’ cards. When it is the players turn – he/she will take a card from the middle pile by clicking on it – and – should they prefer that card to one of their own – they will choose a card from their hand and place that in the middle – swapping the new card for an old ‘unmeldable’ one. By doing this, the player will eventually be able to make melds totalling 51 so that they can lay down some cards and if they can beat the other players to it, will be able to get rid of all their cards in the same manner.
There are some important things to be made aware of. Once the player has totalled over 51 in melds (e.g. Three Kings and a Run of 7,8,9,10 of Diamonds) They can select those cards and then click the middle of the table – and they will be laid there. These melds can be ‘added to’ at any time by either player as long as they have laid melds of their own in the middle. For example if one player has laid the cards above and the other player has the Jack and Queen of Diamonds – they can select those cards from their hand – then click on the meld laid on the table and those cards will be added to it.
How To Play Poker Cards and Their Rankings.
In order to explain how to play Poker – I am going to start out explaining the cards and the Card Rankings then move on to the various types of Games and what the differences are between them. The aim of the game in Poker – is to beat your opponents hands by holding a better ranked hand than they do. The cards rank from Two to Ace (although bear in mind that the Ace is allowed as both a Low and a High Card)
Single Card – This is the worst hand available and is where there is no common ground between any of the cards in your possession – They are not all the same color, not all the same suit and do not have any pairs of the same Marked Number.
A Pair – This is when two of the cards are the same Face Value – with a Pair of 2’s being considerably worse than a pair of Ace’s.
Two Pair – when you have two sets of pairs available to you – although beating a Pair – this is still not a strong hand and unless you have High Cards (Jack through Ace) you should be wary about betting highly.
Three of a Kind – This is when three of the cards available to you are all linked by the same Marked Number. E.g. Three 6’s or Three 10’s.
A Straight – This is when the cards get better and the Term stands for five sequential cards e.g. 4,5,6,7,8 but not all belonging to one suit. The best available Straight is the 10,J,Q,K,A.
A Flush – This is when all the cards are different Marked Numbers but all belong to the same suit – e.g. They are all Diamonds or are all Spades e.t.c. This is generally considered a strong hand and betting heavily on this would be expected. Be aware that the Highest Card of the Flush is the most important card as a 2,3,7,9,Ace would beat a 7,9,10,Q,K!
A Full House – This is a very good hand and is defined as a Pair and a Three of a Kind combined. That means in the five cards used – there are 2 matching numbers and 3 other matching numbers. Again the Three Card medley out-values the Pair should two players have the same hands.
Four of a Kind – A rare delight – when you have drawn this you are expected to bet heavily. This means that four of your cards all belong to the same Marked Number e.g. Four 8’s or Four Queen’s. The fifth card is only important should two players have the same identical cards – an unlikely event with this hand.
A Straight Flush – This is very rare and should be used to full effect when betting. This term applies to a hand of 5 cards – all consecutive numbers and all with the same suit. For example – 3,4,5,6,7 of Hearts would be termed as this and any player lucky enough to get this should bet heavily with it.
The Royal Flush – I have titled this appropriately as it is the hardest hand to get in the Game and should anyone be lucky to draw this at odds of 1 in 649,740 – you should be looking to bring every player into the game and bet all the chips available to you. This means that you have got the 10,J,Q,K,A of the same suit.