Melding your Cards in Classic Gin Rummy
When all of your cards (except the 11th discard) fit into complete sets, or melds, you have Gin and are ready to go out!
There are several ways to meld in Classic Gin Rummy. You can:
- By far the easiest method is to simply drag any of your cards into the center of the game window (the meld area).
- Choose the "Auto-Meld" feature from the Actions menu.
Note that if the computer knocks (only in the registered version, and only in certain Gin Rummy variations), the techniques listed apply equally well to melding into the computer's melds.
Melding with Auto-Meld
Auto-Meld is the quickest way to meld your cards in Classic Gin Rummy. There are three ways to Auto-Meld. You can:
- Drag any of your cards to the melding area in the center of the main window.
- Select "Auto-Meld" from the "Actions" menu (or press command-M)
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Auto-Meld
- Command-click on the discard pile. When you place the cursor on the discard pile and hold down the command key, you'll notice that the cursor changes to a lightning bolt to indicate that you will Auto-Meld if you click there (it will only change to a lightning bolt if you can Auto-Meld at that point in the game)
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Auto-meld cursor
Note that the computer will automatically perform an Auto-Meld for you if the computer goes out and you select a new game by:
- clicking on the draw pile, or
- selecting "New Game" from the "File" menu
Player has knocked and placed cursor over the draw pile to show the "New Deal" icon
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