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Official gin rummy rules state that this game can be played by 2 to 4 players, although in most cases you will play it in just two players. You will just use one deck of cards and no jokers are included. When you are playing with 2 players each will receive 10 cards and if more play 7 cards are dealt as the initial hand. Gin rummy comes with the objective of forming melds and scoring more than your opponents.

What is also interesting in official gin rummy rules is the fact that it becomes really important to reduce deadwood count as they will count as penalties in the event that you are not winning.

Every single turn according to official gin rummy rules is made of 2 parts. The first one is drawing a card. You can do this from the discard pile or the other cards that did not enter play yet. The second one, which also marks the end of your turn, is discarding a card.

Official gin rummy rules state that the game will end in 3 possible ways. The first one is when a player calls gin. That happens when he only has valid melds and is able to discard one card in the appropriate discard pile. Another way is the knock. One player can knock when they have deadwood that is worth less than 10 points. We also have the possibility of meeting with undercuts. This happens when one player will knock but will have more deadwood than an opponent. In this case he will receive a penalty while in the event that he/she has less deadwood a bonus. In the event that we are faced with an undercut the player that knocked will also receive a penalty of 25 points.

In official gin rummy rules you will also find one interesting fact that is related to prize stipulations. The winner of the game will receive 75% of the prize pool. The rest of the money will be divided among the rest of the players, based on how many points they won. Such a stipulation will usually appear in tournaments while in regular 2 player games the winner will win all the money that is put into play. Whenever playing gin rummy games make sure that you properly understand all rules because not everyone will use official gin rummy rules. Would you like to know how it all started? Read about gin rummy history and you will know its interesting origins.