Gin Rummy

Form melds and reduce your deadwood (unmatched cards) before the computer does. First to 100 points wins.

Melds

• Sets: 3 or 4 cards of the same rank (7♠ 7♥ 7♣).
• Runs: 3 or more cards in sequence of one suit (4♦ 5♦ 6♦). Aces are low only.
• Your hand is always arranged automatically into the melds that leave the least deadwood — melded cards are shown first.
• Deadwood values: Ace 1, number cards face value, J/Q/K 10.

Your turn

Tap the stock or the discard pile to draw, then tap a card in your hand to discard it (you can't throw back the card you just took from the discard pile). If your deadwood is 10 or less after discarding you may knock to end the hand; with 0 deadwood you go Gin.

Scoring

• After a knock the opponent may lay off deadwood cards onto the knocker's melds (not after Gin).
• Knocker scores the difference in deadwood. Gin scores the opponent's deadwood + 25.
• Undercut: if the defender's deadwood is equal to or less than the knocker's, the defender scores the difference + 25.
• If only two cards are left in the stock the hand is a draw.