October 2007
1 post
Gin Rummy vs. Poker
“In his 2006 interview with Inside Edge magazine, a famous gin rummy player John Hainline, who also loves poker, said that poker can’t compare with the challenge of Gin. “Gin game depends far less on luck than poker does”, said Hainline. John Hainline said that “there are a lot of poker players who are also Gin players. They go back and forth between two games and...
September 2007
7 posts
Gin Rummy Glossary #1
Glossary of Gin Rummy Terms, Part 1 Bonus – If you win a hand, you get a bonus of 25 points. This is your bonus Count – The sum of the value of your deadwood. Dont forget, that you can add some of your deadwood to your opponents melds, after he knocked. Cut - After the shuffle, the other palyer can separate the deck into two packets and change their order. Deal – To shuffle and give cards to...
Gin Rummy Strategy Tip #1
I plan to do a series of Gin Rummy Tips in the future. Lets beginn easy, even if most readers will just laugh about this, there might be some newbies here, too: Watch out for those high cards! Because your remaining cards will be added up at the end of the round, throw away any high cards. If you got the Ace and Kind of Spades, waiting for the Queen is just suicidal! Just one card that would help...
Gin Rummy: A Game of Skill
In mid-1960s a Las Vegas-based Gin Rummy tournament was promoted by mailing flyers to players. The post office objected on the grounds that it was illegal to promote a “game of chance” (a lottery) through postal services. This case ended up in court. After listening to the testimony of experts that included statisticians and several prominent players, the US District Court of Las...
Stu Ungar
Do you know Stuart Errol Ungar, called Stu Ungar? He was a professional poker player and is still extremly famous. It is because of him, that I like Gin Rummy so much. Stu Ungar (September 8, 1953 – November 22, 1998) is the only three-time winner of the Main Event of the World Series of Poker. But when he was one of the best Poker players ever, he was even better in Gin Rummy. When he was 10...
Gin Rummy Association
Did you know that there is a Gin Rummy Association? They even hold the World Series of Gin Rummy! Hopefully you´ll see me there in 2008! The next tournament is the Indiana Ope in Elizabeth from October 11th to 12th 2007. If you compete, you play eight 200 point games and the 25% best player advance to the finals. The buy-in is as high as in proper poker tournaments: 500$. A bit too much for me by...
Gin Rummy Rules
This post is about the standard Gin Rummy Rules. There is a classic book on the topic called Gin Rummy: How to Play and Win by Sam Fry. Nearly all other sources will follow the rules as given in his book. So what is the objective of the game? Some people will say: “To meld your cards as quickly as possible.” But that is just half the truth. You will understand soon: To understand the...
Gin Rummy Rules - But what is it?
Hi, this is my first post on my new blog on Gin Rummy! For those of you, who don´t this fascinating two play card game, let me just give you a short introduction on the game and the Gin Rummy rules: Gin Rummy, or just say Gin, is a card game for two people, that was invented in 1909 by Elwood T. Baker from the Knickerbocker Whist Club in New York. In the 1940s Hollywood found the game and it got...