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Contrary to what you might believe at the moment, the element of luck is minimal in Gin Rummy and skill becomes far more important. There are over 15 billion combination of 10 cards that you can receive at the start of a hand and there is no player in the world that will play exactly the same as the game progresses.

The best gin rummy game strategy is based on the fact that it is always better to discard cards that stay 1 to 2 away in ranks and show different suits than what it was discarded. As an example, in the event that an opponent is to discard 8 of diamonds and then 7 and 6 of clubs, you should try to discard a heart or a spade. In the event that you cannot discard a card of this suit you should go for one of the cards with the same numeric value as discarded before. In the above mentioned example it is usually safe to discard a 6, 7 or 8.

Any good gin rummy player needs to exercise and develop a good memory. This is because a huge part of your gin rummy game strategy will come from being able to memorize possible melds that can appear in a card. The player needs to calculate chances of 2 of a kind sets to materialize. A good tip is to first ponder about the cards that you have and work on your strategy and only then analyze what the opponent is trying to do. Always look at discards done by the opponent and analyze how he acts so that you can gain tips about what you should discard. By mostly doing safe discards you get closer to winning the game. Also, remember that sevens are very good cards as they can extend most of the possible melds, more than other cards in the same pack.

Build your gin rummy game strategy based on the fact that you have much bigger chances of winning in the event that you knock fast and score fast (for more info, read about our gin rummy tips for winning). You need to anticipate the baits that your opponents will discard, especially in the first 2 cards discarded. Never speculate too much as it can jeopardize your game and when the game is close to the end try to score big and prevent the opponent from winning.