Object
The object of Continental Rummy is to be the player with the fewest amount of penalty points after playing all seven hands. Everyone draws 1 card, the high card deals, and the subsequent deals are passed to the left.
Two 52-card decks are used plus 2 Jokers per deck. The number of decks used is determined by dividing the number of players by 2 and rounding up, if needed. For example:
- 4 players use 2 decks
- 6 players use 3 decks
- 8 players use 4 decks
Each player is dealt 11 cards, the remaining stock pile is set on the table, and the player to the left of the dealer draws the top card from the stock pile to make melds. Jokers and red Aces are wild. After a card is drawn, one must be discarded, and the next player to the left has the option of drawing either the top discard or top stock card then he must discard.
A set consists of three or more cards of the same face value, e.g., three queens, or three aces, or three sevens. A run consists of four or more cards of the same suit, in sequence. If there is an ace in the run, it can serve as either high card or low card, but not both in the same run. No run may contain more than 13 cards.
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