Penalty Points

The Penalty points are negative points which are counted for the players who didn't win the game, they are counted the sum of their cards as penalty points.

Of course, the main object is a minimal penalty points, especially in the Elimination Tourneys during these Tourneys, the players who reach the certain amount of Penalty points first are the first to be eliminated from the tourney.

When a player feels that he doesn't stand a chance of winning the game, it's important for him to get rid of high value cards and leave in his hand the lower value cards, especially in the game of Gin and the Oklahoma Gin.

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