Gin Rummy:

Gin Rummy ( Gin ) is a popular and simple two player card game which was created by Elwood T. Baker in 1909. This popular game with a standard 52 - card deck, Aces are played on low and cards are ranked accordingly - A-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-J-Q-K. Dealing in the game is decided alternatively in round. Both the players are dealt 10 cards each and one card is dealt face up on the center of the table. The remaining cards are kept on the side faced down.

Evaluation of hand in Gin Rummy is based on melds which are of two types.

1. Sets of three or more cards sharing the same rank like 8♥-8 ♣-8♠. and;
2. Three or more cards running in sequence

Objective

One thing to remember is that the objective of the game is to improve and Melds and eliminate deadwood. Aces are valued as 1, Face cards as 10, and the rest are valued according to their numeric values.

Matches Played are

1. Single match : In this type of match, players continues to play round until he scores 100 points.
2. Multi Match : In this type of match, scores of each game are recorded and the start of the next game the scores are reset to zero. Recorded game scores are accumulate and the player with 100 points in total is declared winner.