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8/3/2019 How to Play Rummy Technical Blog

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Index

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ChathurMukh Parayanam by TAASHTIME

Game Play

1. Basics1.1. How to set your cards?1.2. How to pick and discard cards?1.3. How to observe the discarded cards and what to do about it?1.4. What is Drop & Middle drop? When they are done? How do you decide?

2. Intermediate

2.1. Which card to pick up - the open card or the card on top? Several situations!2.2. Which card to discard - several situations2.3. When do you change your hand? How to observe discarded cards to change

strategy? Several situations.2.4. Responsible Gaming - how to ensure that compulsive behavior is not

encouraged.2.5. The importance of sharpening your memory

3. Advanced3.1. Strategies for different flavors of Rummy - based on risk appetite and goals3.2. Rummy and stock market trading! Lessons from trading to apply in Rummy!

3.2.1. Example: Diversification, Risk Assessment, When to join the market/whento stay out, how to predict patterns?

3.3. Memory strategies to perform better in Rummy.3.3.1. How Rummy helps improve memory!

3.4. Key types of skills developed and applications in other areas of real life!


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Basics1.1 How to set your cards?

Rummy is a game of making sets of cards! So it becomes very important to know whyand how to make sets?

Why to make sets? A simple reasonSo that we dont throw the useful cards, complexreason like to know which cards to discard.As you know in Indian household traditional rummy the basic rules are:

1. Make one primary set of minimum 3 sequential cards

1.1.1 Or 1.1.2

2. Make a duplicate set of minimum 3 sequential cards ( with or without joker)

1.1.33. Make a set (sequential cards or same cards from different suits) of 3 and 4 cards.

1.1.4 1.1.5So, to achieve the above one has to set his cards in a way that he doesnt confuse anddiscard the right cards.

How to make sets?Two kinds of sets can be made:

1. Sequence 1.1.1

2. 2. Same cards from different suits 1.1.4

Before sets are made the cards will look like this:


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I believe by looking at the above 13 cards you cannot make it directly which sets can bemade, or should one play this game or not.Hence we sort them by suits and then in the order of the cards,To make the sets you need to sort your cards so that you can check which sets can beformed from the cards presented to you:

http://taashtime.comgives you a button which makes it easy for you to sort your cards,by pressing SORT button!

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1.1.8Now you can see that we can make sets of the following

1. Spades 9 and J can become a set if spade 10 comes us to us in further rounds2. With Hearts 6 and 9 we may not be able to make a sequence set but this can be

used for making a triplet or quadruplet set with Spade 9 or diamond 63. With Clubs 8 , 10 and J we can make a set if we get clubs 94. Diamond 3 can be used in any set as it is an open joker, Diamond 6, 7 can be

made a set if we get Diamond 5 or 8 and also Diamond J and Q can be made aset if we get Diamond 10 or K.

This kind of inferences will help us to proceed further in the game and make sets.

Once we are successful making sets after receiving and discarding the cards, beforewinning our cards will look like this

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1. At the starting we have thought that if we get Spades 10 we could make the spade 9,10,J set but after discarding certain cards we are not having that in the final winning sets

2. But Spade J was used to make a triplet along with Diamond J and clubs J3. All the hearts cards have been discarded as we thought making sets with Hearts 6 and

9 are difficult.

4. As we have received Clubs 9 we could make the clubs 8, 9, 10 sequence5. While discarding we have received the full set of Diamond A, 2, 4 to support Diamond 3and unlike as decided initially we have used Diamond 3 and could make a Duplicatesequence set.

6. Diamond 6 and 7 along with a joker (clubs 3 open joker) has become our final set.

1.2 How to pick and discard cards?

To make proper sets we need to understand:

1. How to pick a card?

2. How to discard a card?

How to pick a card?

Inhttp://taashtime.complayer can easily pick a card by clicking on the card whichhe/she wants to pick. Player can pick a card from

a) Closed deck

b) Open deck
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Once a player picks a card from open or closed deck he needs to throw (discard)card for the next player to take as open card.

How to discard a card?

Inhttp://taashtime.complayer can easily discard a card by pressing on the card or

dragging a card from his sets to open card area or by just double clicking on the card

which he wants to discard

Alternatively:

Once a person decides which card he needs to discard he then just click once on thecard and then there is a discard button which on the card, which he could press and

discard a card.

1.3 How to observe the discarded cards and what to do about it?
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Discarding is not about just removing the cards from our sets but checking whatother players are discarding and accordingly discard.

http://taashtime.comgives a button to keep track of discards

Discards of all the players can be seen in the above picture, this will help us to

identify which cards are thrown already and weather any of our required cards are inthem.

If we have our required cards in the discards then instead of waiting for that card, wemight decide to change the sets.

We could also check the cards discarded by opponent

In the above picture, opponent player Tahomas name is black means the cardsshown are the cards of the Tahoma.

By looking at the above cards, he had discarded Hearts 9 and Hearts J , we caninfer that he may not need Hearts 10 , but one in ten cases it could be that he hastwo sets of both hearts 9 and J and hence he discarded them.

When we are trying to take decision to throw Hearts 10, it will be easier if we look athis discards and understand the above fact. YES! There is a chance that they arehis Calling cards!

What are calling cards?

A player when discards a particular card there could be the following reasons:


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1. The card is not useful( No connecting cards, all the connecting cards have been

already discarded on table) and is increasing his points2. Calling Card

Calling card is a card which by throwing the player pretends that he doesnt needany adjacent cards to the discarded card:1 But actually he would have had two cards of the same type (Hearts 9, Hearts 9)

this typically happens when players are playing with two decks

2 Or he has other adjacent cards like in a set of Hearts 9, 10, J, Q he has 9, J, Qand he discards a Hearts 9 then assuming that he wouldnt require adjacent cardthe opponent might put Hearts 10 which is then used to make a set of hearts 10,J, Q.

Here Hearts 9 is called CALLING CARD.

1.4 What is Drop & Middle drop? When are they done? How doyou decide?

In a rummy game a player is not expected to play all the games, if he decides thatthe game is not worth playing then he doesnt need to play.

Deciding not to play can be communicated to all the other players by saying DROP.

If the player decides not to play at the starting of the game, he could then declarethat he is not willing to play, when he gets his turn to play. Then it is called Drop

But for any reason he felt that he could play the game and anticipates that he wouldget the cards required, but after playing certain rounds of game he feels that he isnot interested to continue in the game and declares the same to other players whenhis turn comes.Middle Drop.

http://taashtime.comhas provided a DROP button, by using which any player candeclare his disinterest and discontinue in the game. Whenever a person wants to

declare weather in the starting of the game (Drop) or in the middle of the game(Middle Drop) he could use this button.


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In the below picture you can observe that the player had a chance to Middle drop, but

by not doing the same he has ended giving a big score which is more than score what

the player would have got by declaring a middle drop.

Here the player has assumed that he would get the card required to make second

sequence.

1. But, as he has not got in time and keeping a set with all the big cards landed him

in a situation where is has to give a score more than middle drop score.

2. 9 is the joker in the above scenario and to make a second sequence player

requires 9 or Q of clubs or spades. Which is leaving him with a probability of only

2 cards which is a dangerous situation to be in3. Also the player did not have any Joker which leaves him in a situation and he

should have dropped in the middle.

Either he should have middle dropped or he should have discarded the big cards and

made alternate set for second sequence.


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Intermediate

2.1 Which card to pick up - the open card or the card on top?Several situations!

A skilled players secret is Picking the right card, so it is very important to understand

what card to pick.

Rummy is categorized as a skill game for this reason, it is not gambling as it requires

skill to pick the right card.

Let us look at following situations which can help develop our skill for picking the right

card.

We have learnt how to pick a card in blog 1.2, now let us understand which card to pick

the open card or the card on the top?

Scenario 1)

In the above scenario you would find that Spade Jack is in open card and player has

Spades 6 to 9 set and a Clubs 10 and Jack some players treat Spade Jack as a supportcard to make a set with above mentioned sets and they take the open card, but if you

closely observe the players cards - he already has a sequence and has two sets which

can become sets, hence lifting another support card that too when the card value is

highest (10 score) it is not advisable. (Picking a closed card is more advisable)


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Scenario 2

Here like in Scenario 1, Hearts 9 is going to act as a support card, which could be made

a triplet with Spade 9 if another suit 9 is added, but here the player is expected to make

a second sequence and without which all the cards leaving sequence will add to score,

hence picking the open card is not advisable.

Scenario 3

Now player has made a sequence (spades 6 to 9) and also a second sequence (clubs

10 , Jack and a joker), and the open card acts as a extension card which doesnt add

any points to the score as it goes into sequence, but if you look at already the player


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has a 4 cards set and needs to build at the least 3 more 3 cards sets ( out of which one

set is already made) and has only one proper combination of cards which could become

a set by getting a card. Diamond 2, 6 and Clubs 7 are not useful to make a set.

Now the player needs to make a decision of picking the open card to just throw a

highest useless card (Club 7). Or can take a close card to check if it can help in making

a second set. If you look closely in the scenario 1 and 2 he had an extra spade 8 which

is now not available in Sc.3 which means he has discarded that card. Hence by picking

the open card (Spade 10) he will be able to make a 5 card set and which might not be

useful as he wouldnt get Spade J or Spade 8 which already are thrown in previous

scenarios.

Hence taking a closed card is advisable, but by taking the open card you could reduce

the risk of increasing few more points which is very essential in sequence, henceexperienced players would pick Spade 10 and discard Club 7.

Scenario 4

Now as concluded in scenario 3, the player has picked Spade 10 and discarded Clubs 7

and now he is having two sets and least cards which amount to 19 score(less than drop

score).

Diamond 5 is available as a open card, this card is not useful immediately into any set

but it has to be picked as the player has only one proper set option, and if he picks the

open card then he will have 3 sets option (Clubs and hearts 3, clubs and diamonds 5

and diamond 5, 6) he needs to get a connection card to make any of them a set.

To increase the probability of making a set player is needed to pick the open card.


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But! If you closely look at the players cards

1. A set of clubs and hearts 3 which could be a probable set if he gets another suit

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2. A set of Diamond and spade 6 which could be a probable set if he gets another

suit 63. A set of Clubs and spades 10 which could be a probable set if he gets another

suit 10

If the player goes by how he has sorted the sets he might pick up the open card and

throw Diamond 2(which is the only card which is not into any probable set) which

increases his score to 22 from 19.

Hence, picking up the closed card would be more advisable.

Card from Closed Deck is spade 3 hence he now can now discard clubs 5 or diamond 6

to reduce the score to 7 or 8 from 19, but one need to keep Diamond 6 as chances of

making a triplet of spade and diamond 6 is high.


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Scenario 5

After discarding Clubs 5 and then player has been presented with Clubs Queen in his

next round, which is useful directly in clubs 10, Jack set hence the player doesnt needto think much and pick up the open card and discard Diamond 6 which would help him

to reduce his total score to 2.

Scenario 6

Now the player has been presented with a Clubs Ace, which he can directly pick up as it

would add to Clubs 10, Jacks, Queen and by putting Joker (which acts as a Clubs King)

the set is complete and the player wins this game by closing Diamond 2.

Picking the card from open deck or closed deck can help a player to win the game.


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