Melds: sets and runs
A meld is a set of three or four cards of the same rank, or a run of three or more in the same suit. Learn to spot both in your hand. How Gin Rummy works · lesson 2 of 5.
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You want to arrange your cards into melds:
- a set: three or four cards of the same rank, like three 7s;
- a run: three or more cards in a row in the same suit, like 4, 5, 6 of hearts. Aces are low: A, 2, 3 is a run, but Q, K, A isn’t.
Find the set.
Try it: Tap the three cards that make a set.
There are two runs in this hand. One is in hearts.
Try it: Tap the cards of the other run.
Sets and runs are melds. Next: deadwood.