Rummy School - Lesson 3 - Before you start to play

As you all know, Rummy is a skill game, the more you play the bigger are your chances to win. On a different note, the element of luck plays a big role in this game. Sometimes bad luck drags good players to frustration. A famous rummy player used to say "99% of the time, luck plays a role and 1% is your knowledge of the game, but the more experienced you are and the longer you play, 99% is the knowledge and 1% is luck".

This is why you have to start from the beginning, from the traditional rummy game from which you can practice and improve and then slowly progress to other types of games such as Kalooki, gin and Oklahoma.

Whenever you feel ready and experienced, you're invited to start making some money and play against people from all around the world for real money. Remember: The more experienced you are and the more you play so does your chances to make money increases.

Practice!! Practice!! Practice!! Get to know ever move and deal with any type of hand you get, even if your cards are bad, you can always rebuild your hand and overcome your opponents.

Experience all types of Rummy games and all existing versions, the combination of knowledge in all versions of the game will grant you experience and new play tactics in which you can use in every version you play. From each version you will learn new things, remember the rules of the game well, they are different from one version to the other. It's no shame to read everything, every lesson, every rule and every paragraph which was written about this game. This will help you become a pro in the best possible way.

Act like a pro during the game and you will be appreciated as a pro by the other players.

Good luck,

The Rummy Portal Team

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