The rummy 500 card game rules

How to play the rummy 500 card game

500 Rum, a derivative of Rummy, is played using a standard 52-card pack. When playing with more than 4 players, a double pack should be substituted. Cards rank as follows: an ace counts as 15 points, except in the sequence 3, 2, A, when it counts as 1. Face cards count as 10 points each. Other cards count their pip value.

The players draw for deal, lowest card dealing first with Ace being the lowest card in the draw. The object of the game is the same as regular rummy; to score points by laying down and laying off cards in matched sets of three or four, and in sequences of four or more cards of the same suit. Aces are high or low; they may be played before the king or after the two card.

The undealt portion of the cards forms the stock; the top card is turned face up and is placed beside the stock to start the discard pile. The discard pile should be slightly spread, so that players can see all the cards in it. Each player in turn, beginning with the player to the left of the dealer, may draw either the top card of the stock or any card from the discard pile. Two conditions when drawing a card from the discard pile: the player must take all the cards on top of the selected card and the card drawn must immediately be used, either by laying it down in a set or by laying it off on a set already on the table. The remaining cards taken with the discard may be melded in the same turn or simply added to the player's hand. If you draw only one card from the discard pile, you do not have to use it immediately. Each player in turn, after drawing but before discarding, may lay down any matched set or lay off any card that matches a set already on the table. Cards that are laid off are kept on the table in front of the player. The player ends his turn by discarding a single card from his hand. Sequences must go in order example: A, K, Q or A, 2, 3 may be melded, but not K, A, 2.

When any player discards the last card in his hand, the play immediately ends. Each player’s score is figuredhe player is credited with the point value of all cards that he has showing on the table. From this figure is subtracted the point value of all cards remaining in his hand. The difference is added or subtracted from his score, as the case may be. The first player whose score reaches +500 wins the game. If two or more players reach 500 on the same hand, the one with the highest score is the winner.

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