How to play Rummy?

Rummy is one of the most played online card games in the world. Fortunately, it is very easy to play considering the simple rules of playing it. There are multiple variations in rummy game online and may differ in certain rules with every variation but the basic rules of playing rummy is the same. Before getting to know how to play rummy, you should have the understanding of what a deck of cards includes. There are 52 cards in total when it comes to a standard deck (does not include Jokers). Further, the 52 cards are split into 4 sets of 13 cards each namely spades, diamonds, clubs and hearts.

Generally, most forms of rummy games require at least 2 players which can go up to a maximum of 6 players. Although when 6 players are involved, 2 deck of 52 cards are used while playing online rummy game. There are 2 piles of cards (open and closed) provided to the players out of which they need to pick from closed pile of cards carefully and then an open deck of discarded cards by the players will be created.

After that a card is chosen from the pile and is put up for it to be visible and then other cards are ranked despite the suit for it to be used as extra wild cards or jokers. The objective of the rummy game on online rummy site is to complete sequence as well as sets. When someone completes the sequence and sets required by utilizing all the cards, he or she can declare the turn. A declaration will be considered as valid only when there are a minimum of 2 sequences, out of which one must be pure and both the sequences must have at least 4 cards. After meeting the objective, the player can tap on the "declare" button.

In case you decide to drop from the rummy game in between the game, you will lose 30 points if none of the players has made a valid declaration. Moreover, if you opted to quit the game without selecting any card from the open or closed deck of cards, you will lose 10 points. After the calculation of the points of each player, the winner is decided and gets rewarded with cash prizes in the best online rummy cash games available at Rummy Ground.

Some other rules:

• In case a card is missing, a sequence can also utilize a joker as the alternative to that missing card.
• 3 cards that are ranked the same as well as the same suit are considered as pure sequence (excluding jokers).
• After every point lost by the players, total points are calculated and then the winner of the cash rewards is decided.
• Jokers that are unused (0 points) can be kept separately while declaring in the game.

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