Rummy canasta
The canasta it is a game of papers that is played in 2 or in 4 (in this case to braces) with 162 French papers (3 bunch + 2 jolly for bunch)
It seems that the game is original of the Uruguay and that has been diffused in the West after 1940; in any case it is of Spanish origin inasmuch as in Spanish canasta it means ” cesto” or ” paniere”.
Moreover, one of the peculiarities of the canasta is that the development of the game happens in Hush: communications between companions to exception are not granted that in the moment of the closing.
How much comes later on illustrated is applied to a game of canasta to braces; it is possible to play also in two, and the rules do not change.
Like papers ” rosse” those of hearts or pictures agree; like papers ” nere” those of flowers or picche agree.
Official rules Canasta game
to canasta it is a game in which the main scope the same value is that one to form of insiemi at least the seven papers all having.
The canasta it is played with bunch complete of French papers, comprised the jolly.
To second of the varying prechoice, two or three can be played with bunch. Between all the papers you of are some that assume special meaning, these are jolly and the two called matte or pinelle.
To canasta the jolly, they can assume the place of whichever paper, but in the canasta there are other papers that can carry out the same function. The two, in fact, can take the place of other papers and come matte calls or pinelle.
When a canasta it contains some jolly or matta it will be said - dirty or - impure.
A canasta dirty it can contain to maximum three between jolly and matte, putting together seven two the canasta is obtained pure of matte. Particular pregio it has when bunch is played with three, the canasta realized with six jolly and a two take the name of canasta pure of jolly.
To the canasta, matte and the jolly beyond allowing to realize the canaste they can also serve in order to freeze or to block the sink.
Other special papers are the three, they have various function to second that are black roses or. The three black ones exclusively serve to prevent that the adversaries can take the sink. The three red ones, do not take part practically to the game, but they serve in order to acquire points prize.
The particularitity of the canasta is that when a player takes the paper discarded its adversary must impossessarsi also of all the sink, that is of with of all the refuse.
Value of the papers to canasta: the jolly it is worth 50 points, the ace or two twenty points, king - woman - fante ten - nine and eight are worth 10 points, all the others are worth 5 points.
To canasta the player to every turn it can complete three operations: to pull - to decrease and to discard. The first and third operation is obligatory, the second one is optional.
The player to right of mazziere ransom the papers raising part of the bunch, and in the event that the discovered paper is pinella or a jolly if takes the player directly to it, the same one says itself in the eventuality that also second or third and the cosi ones via it is, therefore mazziere distributes 15 papers to every player in hour sense leaving from the player to its left. The remaining papers, blankets, go posizionate to the center of the table. Every player controls the own papers, putting to part the 3 red (discoveries) and fishing ugual a number of papers covered from the bottom of the bunch they centers. When all the players assure not to have 3 red ones in hand and to have fished the substitutive papers to the 3 red ones, mazziere time the first paper of the bunch. Mazziere places under of it, blankets, a number of equal papers to the number indicated on paper (11 for the Fante, 12 for the Woman, 13 for King and 14 for the Ace; the only 3 exceptions are black, pinelle and the Jolly: and if new peach of a paper comes fished one of these papers. With pinelle and jolly the sink it will turn out gia frozen).
