1. Gin Rummy Winning Hands
2. Gin Rummy Hands
3. Gin Rummy Hands

Progressive Rummy Rules

Progressive Rummy is a variation of Contract Rummy. The principal differences between Progressive Rummy and Contract Rummy are:

The objective in gin rummy is to score points and reach 100, before your opponent does. The basic game strategy is to improve one's hand by forming melds and eliminating deadwood. Gin has two types of meld: Sets of 3 or 4 cards sharing the same rank, e.g. 8 ♥ 8 ♦ 8 ♠; and runs of 3 or more cards in sequence, of the same suit. Gin Rummy is one of the most popular forms of Rummy! Try to reduce the points in your 10-card hand to as close to zero as you can by forming melds and eliminating deadwood. Create a hand with lower.

• In Progressive Rummy, each player is dealt six cards in deal #1, seven cards in deal #2, and so on - one more card per hand in each successive deal.
• In Progressive Rummy, the contracts must be met exactly: 3 cards for a set, and 4 cards for a sequence. There are no extra cards.

Gin Rummy Winning Hands

To be perfectly clear, here are the number of cards dealt, and the contracts, for each of the seven deals in agame of Progressive Rummy:

For the remainder of the rules, refer to the Rules for Contract Rummy.

Other Progressive Rummy Rule Links

• Pagat.com - This site describes a variant with 15 rounds rather than 7,and also introduces the concept of 'buying' cards from the discard pile.

Gin Rummy Hands

Gin Rummy Hands

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