Gin Rummy rules check

Test your Gin Rummy rules: melds, deadwood, discarding, knocking, gin, laying off and the undercut. Rules check · lesson 1 of 1.

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Question 1.

Try it: Tap the cards of the run.

Question 3.

Try it: Discard the card that leaves the least deadwood.

Rules check passed. Now for the strategy.

Questions

How much is a jack worth as deadwood?

10, like every face card.

When may you knock?

10 or less.

You knock with 6 deadwood; after laying off, your opponent has 4. What happens?

An undercut: they score the difference plus 25.

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