This action ends the hand, and laying off is not allowed.Įnding a hand – going Gin, going Big or Knocking.īox – a 25 points bonus awarded in specific game conditions. Going Big – a player using all 11 cards (10 plus the drawn card) in his/her hand to form runs and/or sets. This action ends the hand, and laying off is not allowed. Going Gin – knocking with 0 points of deadwood. Lay off – when the opponent knocks, the defending player is entitled to use the cards in his/her hand to continue or complete any of the knocking player’s runs and/or sets. In this case, the player lays down his/her cards with the runs and/or the sets clearly separated from the deadwood.
Knocking – a player can knock when, after having discarded, his/her deadwood count is 10 or less.
Set – three or four cards sharing the same rank, but of different suits.ĭeadwood – the sum of the point values of the cards in one player’s hand, which are not used in any run or set. Run – Three or more cards of the same suit in sequence. Gin Rummy rules and Client interface description