Indian Rummy

The 13-card rummy card game, also called Indian rummy, is amongst the most popular games in India. Playship brings a rummy card game which is an awesome game of skill. The rummy game has multiple variations in it. Some of them are as follows –

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21 Cards rummy or Indian Marriage

This card game is played between 2 to 5 players with 3 decks of cards. It has printed joker, wild card joker, Upplu, and Nichlu.

Upplu

Nichlu

Upplu is a card of the same suit as that of the wild card joker and one rank above it. So, suppose 6 of diamond is a wild card then 7 of a diamond is Upplu.

Nichlu is a card of the same suit as that of wild card joker and one rank below it. So, if 4 of spades is a wild card joker, then the 3 of spades is Nichlu.

This game works similar to 13-card Indian rummy where players have to meld all the cards in sets and sequences.

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13 Card Indian Pool Rummy

101 Pool Button 201 Pool Button 61 Pool Button

In this game, players are dealt with 13 cards and the winner is the one who scores least in the game. It has different variations like Pool 101, Pool 201, and Pool 61. Players get eliminated when they reach 101,201, and 61 in respective games.This game also has First Drop and middle drop. Few of the apps allowed Split options in the pool game where the prize gets split across the player based on split conditions.

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13 Card Indian Deal Rummy

This game has 2 variations in it. 2 Deals are played between 2 Players where players start with 160 Points. The winner is the one who has the maximum number of chips after 2 rounds. In the same way, the game can be played between 6 players and 3 deals. In which players will start with 240 points and the player with the highest number of chips at the end of 3 rounds wins the game. In the case of a tie after pre-defined rounds, a tie-breaker round happens.

Best of 2 Best of 3
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13 Card Indian Points Rummy

Fastest Rummy form

This game is played between 2 to 6 players using 1 to 2 standard decks of cards. This game has pre-defined chips value/points. The objective of the game is to meld all the cards into valid sets and sequences. The winner wins an equal number of points which is being lost by the losers. The points are then multiplied by the predefined per point value and based on the same, prize money gets calculated for the winner.

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Rummy 500

Rummy 500 (also known as Persian Rummy, Pinochle Rummy, 500 Rum, 500 Rummy) is a popular Rummy game that is similar to straight Rummy but distinct in the sense that players may draw more than just the upcard from the discard pile. These kinds of rummy game rules significantly increase the level of complexity and strategy involved in the course of play.

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Gin Rummy

Gin Rummy is a worldwide popular card game for 2 players, the objective of which is to form melds and reach an agreed number of points before the opponent does.

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Canasta

It has many variations, however, it is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards. Partners must sit opposite each other. Players attempt to make melds of seven cards of the same rank and “go out” by playing all cards in their hands.

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Kalooki Rummy

This game is usually played between three to eight players. It is also known as Jamaican rummy. The object of the game is to go out by laying down all of the player’s cards. The players deal with the cards turn by turn. Each Kalooki game consists of nine hands (deals). The winner of a Kalooki game is the one who gets the lowest total score at the end of these 9 deals.

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Oklahoma Rummy

Oklahoma Rummy is based on an earlier game named Fortune Rummy, which was popular in the Midwest region of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. The winner in an Oklahoma game is the one who collects the maximum number of points after the rummy round. The defeated players receive double the points of the cards that they were not able to use in making sequences and/or sets.

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Contract Rummy

It is a type of Rummy game that has to deal with a series of rounds. For every round, there is a requirement for a different contract wherein the players need to collect a certain combination of sequences and groups which are then permitted to meld. The contracts become progressively more demanding on each deal.