Global Information Lookup Global Information

Gin rummy information


Gin rummy
A meld of four cards
OriginUnited States
Alternative namesgin, knock poker, poker gin, gin poker
TypeMatching
Players2
SkillsMemory, tactics, strategy
Cards52
DeckFrench
Rank (high→low)K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 A
PlayClockwise
Playing time15 min.
ChanceLow
Related games
Conquian • Desmoche • Rummy • Viennese Rummy

Gin rummy, or simply gin, is a two-player card game variant of rummy. It has enjoyed widespread popularity as both a social and a gambling game, especially during the mid twentieth century, and remains today one of the most widely-played two-player card games.

and 23 Related for: Gin rummy information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8068 seconds.)

Gin rummy

Last Update:

Gin rummy, or simply gin, is a two-player card game variant of rummy. It has enjoyed widespread popularity as both a social and a gambling game, especially...

Word Count : 2771

Rummy

Last Update:

Rummy variations like Gin and Canasta became popular in the twentieth century. Rummy games are popular in India, and it is likely that Indian rummy is...

Word Count : 2579

Contract rummy

Last Update:

Contract rummy is a Rummy card game, based on gin rummy played by 3 to 8 players. It appeared in the United States during the Second World War. The game...

Word Count : 958

List of The Boondocks characters

Last Update:

when he goes on a crime spree with the incompetent Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy in the episode "Let's Nab Oprah." Riley is fascinated by firearms and...

Word Count : 6470

Stu Ungar

Last Update:

American professional poker, blackjack, and gin rummy player, widely regarded to have been the greatest gin player of all time and one of the best Texas...

Word Count : 4717

Huey Freeman

Last Update:

way, but only spelled differently. Two of Huey’s other enemies are Ed and Gin, having seen the two young men perform many criminal and immoral actions...

Word Count : 3279

Indian Rummy

Last Update:

Cherokee Rummy (or Paplu) is a card game in India with little variation from original rummy. It may be considered a cross between Rummy 500 and gin rummy. Indian...

Word Count : 1268

Conquian

Last Update:

version) is a rummy-style card game. David Parlett describes it as an ancestor to all modern rummy games, and a kind of proto-gin rummy. Before the appearance...

Word Count : 2137

Shanghai rum

Last Update:

Rummy card game, based on gin rummy and a variation of Contract rummy played by 3 to 8 players. It is also known as California rummy. Shanghai Rummy is...

Word Count : 1287

Elwood Thomas Baker

Last Update:

Graham Baker, invented Gin rummy in 1909. Elwood was a whist teacher in Brooklyn, New York. "C.G. Baker, Helped Devise Gin Rummy". The New York Times....

Word Count : 71

Rumino

Last Update:

the 1940s by Italian immigrants by adapting the game Scala Quaranta to Gin rummy.[citation needed] It is usually played for small stakes Two 52-card decks...

Word Count : 610

Viennese Rummy

Last Update:

Viennese Rummy (German: Wiener Rummy) is a matching card game of the Rummy family for 2-6 people played in continental Europe. Unlike German Rummy, sets...

Word Count : 940

Kalooki

Last Update:

It is sometimes called Jamaican Rummy for similarities in structure the game bears with Contract Rummy or Gin Rummy. The games are, however, different...

Word Count : 1983

GameDuell

Last Update:

include Fluffy Birds, Maya Pyramid, Bubble Speed, Jungle Jewels, Grand Gin Rummy and Belote. GameDuell was founded in December 2003 by Kai Bolik, Michael...

Word Count : 811

The Gin Game

Last Update:

enjoy each other's company. Weller offers to teach Fonsia how to play gin rummy, and they begin playing a series of games that Fonsia always wins. Weller's...

Word Count : 966

Riley Freeman

Last Update:

Winfrey, and further demonstrated by his criticisms of Ed Wuncler III and Gin Rummy for their lack of criminal know-how ("Let's Nab Oprah"). Despite his pretensions...

Word Count : 1736

Desmoche

Last Update:

popular rummy card game usually played for small stakes which closely resembles other games in the rummy family, like Conquian and gin rummy, more than...

Word Count : 2364

The Flamingo Kid

Last Update:

for a day of gin rummy at El Flamingo Club, a private beach resort. There, he meets the girl of his dreams Carla Sampson. After the gin game and being...

Word Count : 1663

Stripped deck

Last Update:

century. In the 20th century, this has been followed by contract bridge, gin rummy, canasta, and poker which all require that deck size. The British prefer...

Word Count : 1487

List of card games by number of cards

Last Update:

Forty-fives German whist Gin rummy Golf Gong Zhu Hearts Hucklebuck Indian rummy Kachufool King Knockout whist Köpknack Lanterloo Liverpool rummy Mizerka My ship...

Word Count : 766

Archie Karas

Last Update:

Poker champion widely regarded as one of the greatest Texas hold'em and gin rummy players of all time. Ungar was backed by Lyle Berman, another professional...

Word Count : 1949

Mike Todd

Last Update:

including Joseph Mankiewicz and Kirk Douglas, in an attempt to recruit a gin rummy player for the flight: "Ah, c'mon," he said. "It's a good, safe plane...

Word Count : 3188

Computer Olympiad

Last Update:

Four Y Connect Four Connect6 Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Connect6 Dominoes Y Dominoes Gin rummy Y Gin rummy GIPF Y GIPF Octi Y Octi Poker Y Poker Pool Y Y Y Pool...

Word Count : 1518

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net