Gin Rummy is a game for 2 players and it is a variation of the traditional rummy game.  In order to win this rummy variation you have to score 100 or 250 points.  The number of points is determined at the start of the game.  There are a number of ways that you can score points in Gin Rummy and one of these is going gin.

Going gin is the most difficult when it comes to playing gin rummy but it can be done.  All you need to do is put all your cards into combinations and if you can do this you get 25 points plus the sum of whatever your opponent has failed to put into combinations.  This is called deadwood.  If you manage to do all this and you are going to go gin you still need to pick up or discard a card before you do this.

Another way of scoring in gin rummy is by knocking.  You can knock instead of putting all your cards into combinations.  If you have put as many of your cards as possible into combinations but still have some remaining and the value of them is less than 10 then you can knock and put all your cards on the table.  Once you knock the play stops and your score is calculated from your deadwood cards.  If your opponents deadwood is greater than yours you get the difference between the two added to your score.  If your opponent’s deadwood is less than yours then he wins the round and gets the score.  You will never really know if knocking is to your advantage and the only thing I will advise is that you only knock if your deadwood is less than 10.

These are the two basic ways of scoring points when playing gin rummy and the game will end when one person reaches the agreed upon score.  Oklahoma Gin which is another variation of gin rummy is a little different and in this game you can only knock if your deadwood is less than or equal to the upcard.  If the upcard is an ace then you can’t knock and you can only win by going gin.

When playing gin rummy if you are going to knock you need to do it as early in the game as possible because the longer the games goes one the harder it gets to win when you knock.

That is really it when it comes to scoring in Gin Rummy.  The main thing is that you need to practice your strategies and you can do this by playing free gin rummy games online.  Once you have perfected your strategies you can then play the great online gin rummy games that have cash prizes.

Until Next Time,

Deal Those Cards

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