Posts from — December 2008

The total value of their unmatched cards is how each player scores. If the value of the knocker’s cards is less, the knocker is awarded the difference between the two scores.

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The knocker has been undercut if the knocker did not go gin when the counts are equal or the knocker’s count is greater than that of the opponent. If this happens, the knocker’s opponent gets not only the difference between the counts, but is also awarded a 10 point bonus.

Going gin Rummy nets a player 20 bonus points, in addition to the opponent’s count of cards that were not matched (if any). You can never be undercut if you go gin. Even if his opponent has no deadwood whatsoever, the knocker adds 20 bonus points to his score, while his opponent’s score remains unchanged. These are the basic Gin Rummy rules to know when you are playing online.

Game play progresses with continued deals until either player’s score totals at least 100 points. An additional bonus of 100 points is received by this player. The Gin Rummy winner’s bonus is 200 points rather than 100 if the loser failed to score anything at all during the game.

Each player also adds 20 points more to their sum for every hand won by them. This bonus is called the line or box bonus. These bonus points do not count into the 100 points required to win the game.

Once the scores have been completed, the person with the lower score pays the amount equal to the difference in the scores to the person with the highest score.