Author: DeccanRummy

13 cards Classic Rummy card game is primarily a skill game. This skill game can bring you riches if you are familiar with the popular rummy hacks. If you are looking around for quick rummy hacks, then this article will help you in a big way.

Bluffing

Bluffing is one of the classical methods to win a rummy card game. What exactly is bluffing? Bluffing is trying to deceive someone as to one’s abilities or intentions. You will have to feign having stuff with you that others desire. In 13 cards classic rummy, bluffing means pretending to have a better hand than your opponents. In order to bluff, you will have to know about your opponent’s discard and picks. Once you learn about this, you may be able to picture the cards your opponents are holding. If your opponent is not picking too many cards from the discard pile or if his discards are random, chances are that he may be already holding a good combination of cards.

This is when you need to bluff. Pick cards from the discard pile for 3-4 moves till your opponents get really suspicious of you getting closer to winning. In such cases, more often than not your opponent will fold his cards in the fear of losing by a big margin. Rummy experts will not quit however you can prolong the game thereby reducing your points. It’s certainly a worthy trick.

Keep a hawk’s eye on discards

It’s an old strategy but a gold one. Keep a hawk’s eye on the cards your opponents are discarding. It would aid you to identify the sets and runs they are trying to make. This will make you extra cautious about your discards. In addition to this, remember the fall of your cards. This will make you do not discard cards that are required by your opponents.
For example, if your opponent discards K ♤, you can assume that he doesn’t want to make his sequence on A ♤ or Q ♤. So discard these cards if you have them and check if he picks it from the open deck or not. Repeat this for other combinations in subsequent steps until you declare.

Bait & ruse

Bait is something intended to entice someone to do something. At times when playing rummy online, you may need only one card to complete a sequence/run. For example, you hold there will be times that you just need one card to finish a sequence. For example, if you are having cards like J♥, Q♥ and A♥ and you just need K♥ to complete the run, you may throw in A ♥ or J ♥ as a bait to your opponent. Upon checking the discarded card, your opponent may think that you are not making any sequences with ♥ high cards and may just discard the K♥ which will help you to complete a pure sequence with 3 cards. This is a modern-day strategy that many players are using.

Apply these quick rummy hacks every day while playing 13 cards classic rummy and we bet you will notice the difference in your gameplay within few days. If you have any other enticing strategy which you think will be a good addition to this list, feel free to post it below the comments section. You can always refer our “How to Play Rummy” and  “Rummy Tips” section for further ideas.

If you are an online rummy player, you may get most of the questions listed here correctly. Test your rummy knowledge by counting how many questions you get right in your first attempt. If you want to rate yourself in rummy, would you call yourself a rummy expert? or a novice? Answer these questions honestly and check under which category you belong:

1. In which of these following states rummy cannot be played

• AP
• Odisha
• Sikkim
• Nagaland

2. How many pure sequences you need minimum for a successful show?

• 4
• 2
• 3
• 1

3. In which of these versions drop option is not available?

• 101 Pool rummy
• 201 Pool rummy
• 2-Deals Rummy
• 6- Deals Rummy

4. In a 6 player deal rummy how many numbers of chips are given to players?

• 240
• 360
• 480
• 600

5. Suppose your opponent makes a valid show even before you had your first turn, with how much points you lose?

• 80
• 20
• 40
• 60

6. What do you mean by Rake Fee?

• Service Charge
• Sum of all the buy-ins by the player
• Buy-in fee used for tables.

7. What do you mean by deadwood cards?

• Ungrouped cards at the end of game
• Cards that you discard at your turn
• Term used to denote high value cards when they are not in set or a sequence

8. How much value do the facevalue cards carry?

• 10
• 15
• 5
• 12

9. Is 4 ♠ 4 ♠ 4 ♥ considered as a valid set?

• Yes
• No
• In case of 2 deck its fine

10. Joshua’s deadwood card value is 108 points in Points rummy, so he loses the game by ___ points?

• 28
• 108
• 80
• 90

11. For a middle drop in Indian Rummy, how much points you lose

a.) 60 Points b) 40 Points c) 20 Points

Answers

1. B
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. A
9. B
10. 80
11. 40