Though the general rules of Gin-Rummy are simple -take a card, discard a card - but gin rummy is far more complex to learn, is more strategic game than most people realize. Below I have listed the “10 commandments” of online strategy:
1. Play to knock As quickly as possible, develop a hand consisting of melds, a triangle, and a knock cache. When you hit one of the four cards needed to create a meld from the triangle, you can knock. When playing Oklahoma, you should evaluate this rule based on the knock card; the closer to ten it is, the more applicable the rule.
2. If you’re going to knock, knock! If you are not playing to gin, knock as soon as possible. Every delay gives your opponent a chance to beat you to the knock. This is the most commonly violated rule in gin rummy (as well as in life generally).
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