Shortcuts
Classic Gin Rummy provides a number of shortcuts to make game play fast and fun. Once you've mastered the basics, you'll probably want to refer to this page to learn how to quickly accomplish the most common actions while playing Classic Gin Rummy.
Picking up and discarding cards
Double-click on a card to discard it, or to pick it up from either the draw or the discard pile.
Placing melds in the meld area
Select all cards in a meld, then double-click on them to automatically send them to the meld area in the center of the screen.
Double-click on individual cards in your hand to automatically send them to the appropriate meld in the center meld area (this only works if you've already started melding).
Starting a new game, or signaling when you're done melding
When you're down melding, you can click on the draw pile to tally the scores and start a new game. This also performs an "Auto-Meld" in case you haven't melded your cards yet.
Auto-Melding
Command-click on the discard pile to automatically perform an Auto-Meld
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