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• Detailed Rummy Rules for Playing the 13 Card Rummy Game
• How do I finish the game?
• How do I declare my sets and sequences?
• How is the scoring done?
• Still have unanswered questions?

Detailed Rummy Rules for Playing the 13 Card Rummy Game

• Rummy on RummyCircle.com is a 2 player game played with 1 pack of cards where 13 cards are dealt to each player.
• Each player is dealt 13 cards.
• The Objective of the game is to arrange all 13 cards in sequences and/or sets.
• A Sequence is 3 or more running cards of the same suit. Eg: 5 ♥ 6 ♥ 7 ♥.
• A Set is 3 or more cards of the same face value. Eg: 3 ♥ 3 ♠ 3 ♣ or 7 ♥ 7 ♠ 7 ♣ 7 ♦.
• A Joker (randomly selected at the start of each game) can be used in place of any other card. Eg: 5 ♥ 3 ♠ 7 ♥ is a sequence where 3 is the joker and is used in place of 6 ♥.
• You can use one or more jokers to complete/fill your sets and sequences.
• A Pure Sequence is a sequence without a joker. Exception - 5 ♥ 6 ♥ 7 ♥ is a pure sequence even if 6 is the joker.
• Compulsory: - To finish the game, you must have at least two sequences, at least one of which must be pure.

How do I finish the game?

As per the Rummy rules, when a player meets the game objective they can finish by discarding a card onto the finish slot.

Discarding in the Finish Slot:

• Once either player discards a card in the finish slot, the game ends.
• The players arrange their cards and then place them on the table to show their hands to each other.
• The player who placed his card in the finish slot should show a hand which meets the objective of the game described above. If the players hand meets the objective, he is declared the winner. If not, the opponent is declared the winner.

How do I declare my sets and sequences?

After one player finishes the game both players are required to arrange their cards in sets and sequences.

• The pure sequence should be placed by itself in any of the slots provided.
• The second sequence should be placed in a slot different from the slot in which the pure sequence was placed.
• The remaining cards should be arranged into either sets or sequences and placed in the two other slots provided.
• After placing all the cards in slots, click on the Done button.

How is the scoring done?

• Deciding the winner
  • If a player finishes after meeting the game objective, the player wins.
  • If a player finishes without meeting the game objective the player loses and the opponent wins.
• The winner gets 0 points.
• The loser gets points based on the cards in their hand.
• Each card carries a certain number of points.
  • J - 10 points
  • Q - 10 points
  • K - 10 points
  • A - 10 points
  • All other numbered cards carry the same points as their face value for ex. 7 carries 7 points and 3 carries 3 points.
  • The jokers carry zero points.
• The loser of the game gets points as follows
• If a player finishes the game without meeting the objective of the game, the player loses and gets the sum of the points carried by all cards in his/her hand irrespective of whether the player has a pure sequence or not.

If a player misses three consecutive turns, the player loses and gets sum of all cards in hand as points.

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