[Heeplist] Carolina Rummy

[Don Malecic]

On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 10:09 AM lethridge at carolina.net . <
lethridge at carolina.net> wrote:

>
>
> Carolina rummy is a variation on our version of Canadian rummy. Canadian
> rummy requires 4 people. So I came up with Carolina rummy which can be
> played with just 2 people. My wife and I play it a lot to help pass the
> time enjoyably during this time. Hope you enjoy!!
>
> Canadian Rummy
> Requires 2 full decks of cards including 4 jokers
> Requires 4 people, playing in teams of 2. Partners sit across the table
> from each other.
> Game is played to 1500. (If both teams go over 1500, higher score wins.)
> One player serves as a score keeper.
> Card values are as follows:
> Queen of Spades-                100 pts.
> Joker-                                     50 pts.
> Ace-                                        25 pts.           Questions?
> lethridge at carolina.net
> 10 thru King-                        10 pts.
> 3 thru 9-                                                5 pts.
> A deuce is wild and takes on value of the card it is played with, except
> when played with the Queen of Spades, then its value is 10 Pts.
> The game starts by one player dealing out 13 cards to each person and
> putting one card the pile. If the pile card is a deuce, the dealer gets to
> keep it and puts another pile card in place. (The player to the left of the
> dealer deals the next hand.)
> The first player (the player to the left of the dealer) can either draw
> from the deck or pick up the pile. A player picking up the pile must have
> two matching cards to go with the top card.  The entire pile must be picked
> up.  The top card and the two matching cards must be played on the table.
> The player’s turn ends when he/she discards a card.
> A player may lay down 3 or more like cards; e.g. 3 Kings, 2 Kings and a
> Deuce, or 1 King and 2 Deuces; runs are not allowed.
> One member of the team keeps the cards in sets on his/her side of the
> table.  Both partners can play on the sets.
> A hand continues until someone  goes out.  There are 2 ways to go out:
> with or without a discard. Note: With a discard, hand is over. Without a
> discard, the other 3 players each get 1 more turn.
> Players on the team that did not go out have to count the points still in
> their hands and subtract total from the points on the table. Note: this may
> result in a negative score. Points are not deducted from the team whose
> partner went out.
> Carolina Rummy
> Same rules as Canadian Rummy, except 2s and 3s are wild. Two or more
> people can play as singles.
>
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