When you play online rummy games you have to ways that you can win the game.  These are going out and going rummy.

When you run out of cards by melding or building on melds and then discarding your last card this is going out.

Going rummy is when a player runs out of cards by dropping his first meld, building on his existing melds and discarding his final card all in the same turn of play.

When this happens and the round ends the scores are then calculated.  This is done by adding up all the card values in the players hand after the other person has run out of cards.   When counting scores the cards from 2 to 10 are given their face value.   Face cards have 10 points each and Aces are 11 points each.  The person who runs out of cards first will have no points and will be declared the winner of the round.  If this person has gone rummy the other person get a penalty of 25 points.

In rummy the person with the lowest score wins and this is where the strategy of knocking comes into play.  I have written post on this strategy before and when you knock the score is calculated on deadwood cards that remain.

As you can see, the best way to win in a round of online rummy is to actually go rummy.  That way your opponent gets a penalty of 25 points added to their score which will really help you out when it comes to deciding the overall winner at the end of all the rounds of your online rummy game.

Online rummy is a game of skill and strategy and in order to get the best out of it you need to practice and understand all the rules of play.  There are a number of great online rummy websites where you can join and play for free until you are confident enough to play for real money.  Playing for free will allow you to build up your strategy and game plan before you spend any real cash.

Until next time,

Deal Those cards,

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