At the start of a game each player is dealt 10 cards, 1 card is put face up as the first card in the discard.Īces are scored at 1 point, face cards at 10, and all other cards are scored at their numerical values. People have known how to play gin rummy for centuries! The gin rummy variant of rummy was created in the 19th century when people wanted a version of rummy that would move more quickly than the traditional version. In gin rummy, cards rank low to high, with Ace being the lowest and King being the highest ranking cards.The winner collects from two players the second-place finisher collects from one player and paysto one player, and the overal loser ends up paying to the two other players. If a player is shut out, he pays an additional 100 points to the winner of the game. After game and box bonuses have been added (100 bonus points for the game, 25 points for each hand won),each player pays the difference in score to his opponents. The first player who reaches 100 points is thewinner of the game. Each player plays for himself, with a running total score kept for each.
