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 now, but it proves, that Gin Rummy is worth to be played and not “antiquated”.
In fact: Gin Rummy Rules! ;)
Just an additional piece of information:
The Gin Rummy Association was founded by John Hainline, certainly one of the best players around the world and winner of several tournaments, and a former gold-pro.
The official Indiana tournament annoncement:
THE GIN RUMMY ASSOCIATION
PRESENTS
THE INDIANA OPEN
TO BE HELD AT THE
CAESARS INDIANA RIVERBOAT CASINO
ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER FROM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
OCTOBER 11 -P 12 -P 2007
11999 Avenue of the Emperors
Elizabeth, Indiana 47117
http://www.ginrummytournaments.com/pdfs/GRA_IndianaOpen_2007.pdf
Tipps and strategy-advice to win a gin rummy tournament are given in Gin Rummy: How to Play and Win, for example.