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| Glossary of Rummy Terms: | ||
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A card that is deliberatley discarded to another player to add to an existing meld. | |
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When your opponent does not score. | |
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Holding a card that will prevent your opponent from forming a meld. | |
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Funds required to play in a tournament or allocated to a specific table. | |
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To recieve a certain hand and/or card.. | |
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Placed face up and is a result of the players discard. | |
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To rid an unwanted card from your hand and place it in the discard pile. | |
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Picking up a card from the stock pile or the discard pile. | |
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Each player is dealt 10 cards after the shuffle. | |
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No matching sets or melds. | |
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Any J-Q-K also known as picture card. | |
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A hand that consists of zero points of deadwood and recieves a bonus of 25 points. | |
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Is played to 100 points or any agreed upon number. | |
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The cards a player holds at any time during the game. | |
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A rummy game that uses jokers. | |
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Having less than 10 points of deadwood, to end a hand by laying down all cards, grouped into melds. | |
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Adding matched cards to your opponents melds. | |
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Matched sets ex: 2-2-2 8-8-8- or a run 7-8-9-of hearts. | |
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Any agreed upon number although usually played to 500 points. | |
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Person in which you are playing against. | |
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Ace= 1 point and always played as a low card. Number cards are face value ex. 2 = 2points 5= 5 points. Picture/face cards are 10 points. | |
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When the hand is over the remaining cards in a players hands are penalty points. | |
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A meld of the same suit ex; 2-3-4- of hearts. | |
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Remainder of a deck after each player recieved their cards, placed face down with one turned face up re: the start of the discard pile. | |
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A card in which your opponent is unlikely to use. | |
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Total amount of points made by a player. | |
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When an opponent made more melds and recieved fewer points of deadwood than the knocker. | |
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