Object of the Game

In "No-Knock" Gin Rummy (which we'll refer to as simply "Gin Rummy" for the rest of this tutorial) you have the simple goal of arranging your hand of 10 cards into:

  1. sets of three or four of a kind (three 4's, for example), and/or

    4 of clubs, 4 of hearts, 4 of diamonds
    A set of three-of-a-kind

     

  2. sets of three or more cards in a row in the same suit

    A, 2, 3, and 4 of hearts
    A run of four

Once you have all ten of your cards arranged into completed sets, you have "Gin". More than likely, you'll have 2 sets of three, and 1 set of four, plus an extra card which you'll discard face down. 

10 cards, arranged in 3 sets

A "Gin" hand


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