When it comes to playing online rummy the basic rules for any of the variants of this game will all be the same.  When it is your turn you have to draw a card from the stock pile or the discard pile and try to create melds or sets with the hand of cards you have.

You can also do what is called a lay off and this is when you add to the sequence or group of cards that are already on the table.  This is simply building up an existing meld.

The next thing that you have to do is lay down a card.  When you lay down one of your cards after you have taken your turn you lay the card face down on the discard pile.  You are not allowed to lay down the card that you just picked up if you picked it from the discard pile.  You must wait till your next turn to get rid of this card if you don’t need it.  If you took the card from the stock pile and you don’t need it you can put this card down again on the discard pile during your turn.

There are no minimum or maximum requirements when it comes to the amount of sets or runs that you can play in a single hand of traditional rummy.  You can place as many sets or runs as you like until you run out of cards.  You do however have to meet certain requirements when it comes to other variations of online rummy games.

The main basic rules that you need to adhere to when playing online rummy games is that you take it in turns to pick up cards from the stock pile or the discard pile and you use these cards to help you form sets, runs and melds which help you to win the game.  When you have a set, run or meld created you place it on the table to help decrease the amount of cards you have.  The first person to create runs, sets or melds out of all of their cards wins the game.

Until next time,

Deal Those Cards,