How to Win Indian Rummy Games Easily?

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How to Win Indian Rummy Games Easily
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• Use Joker card carefully
• Watch cards discarded by your opponents
• Prioritize pure sequence
• Calculate and understand probability of getting
  certain cards
• Discard cards around the Joker
• Think before discarding face cards

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First Rummy Tip Use Joker Card Carefully
A joker card can literally be your best friend in
the game of Indian rummy. It allows you to form
an impure sequence or set because you can use a
Joker card in place of any other card in the set
or sequence. It is important that you carefully
put aside joker cards when cards are dealt to
you, arrange remaining cards in your hand and see
where you can use the Joker card to form an
impure sequence. This will also help you in
deciding which pure sequence to form first. A big
mistake to avoid is to use a Joker card to form a
pure sequence, unless in a very rare situation,
you get an excellent hand in which most of your
cards are already melded into pure or impure
sequences or sets. In other words the hand is pre
made or bana banaaya and ready for declare.
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Second Rummy Tip Watch discarded cards of your
opponents
Play very close attention to cards that other
players are discarding at your game table. Based
on this observation, you should figure out if a
card that you are about to throw to the discard
pile is of use to the other players. If it is an
important card to them, you should choose to
discard some other card. You can check the
discard pile to see this. Though this is a
defensive strategy, it is a good one. However, do
not go overboard with this tip and make sure that
holding this card back is not costing you the
game itself.
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Third Rummy Tip Prioritize a pure sequence first
This tip is sometimes ignored by even the most
experienced players. At times, you may get too
caught up trying to meld all your cards into
sequences and sets. You keep waiting for one
particular card that you need for a pure
sequence. Remember, if you dont have even one
pure sequence, you will not be able to make a
valid declare! It is best to keep 2 options open
in a 13 card rummy game to complete at least one
pure required sequence. This way you will improve
your winning chances considerably. Once you have
formed one pure sequence, you can focus on the
remaining un-melded cards in your hand.
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Fourth Rummy Tip - Calculate probability of
getting certain cards
Rummy is unique because you can change the
outcome of this game by using some very basic
probability concepts. If you do so, you will no
longer depend on luck to win at it. Lets say
that you are at a 2 player table which is using
one deck of cards. Now you have 13 cards in hand.
One Joker card and one top card in the display
pile are also visible. You already know 131115
cards. Another 13 cards are with your opponent
which leaves 53 minus 15 minus 13 25 cards in
the closed deck which are not known to you at the
beginning of the game. Now, lets say that you
have 2 Kings with you. In this case there is less
likelihood that your opponent is holding the
other 2 Kings. The probability of the other 2
Kings is much higher in the closed deck.
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Fifth Rummy Tip - Dispose off cards around the
Joker
The joker card is capable of helping you complete
impure sequences or sets, but what most players
dont realize is its hidden potential. If you can
unlock its true value, it can help you become a
stronger player even if you dont have a joker
card in your hand. As most players will try to
use a joker card to complete an impure sequence,
they will not form a pure sequence with it. So it
is wise to discard cards around the joker. When
you do so, you confuse your opponent. But timing
is everything and you should observe your
opponents pattern of picking cards before you
exercise this option!
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Sixth Rummy Tip - Think before discarding face
cards
Face cards i.e. Ace, King, Queen and Jack carry
higher points so players like to discard these
cards first in order to reduce the total points
in their hand. Though this is intuitive, it may
not be the best rummy strategy in your game play.
If you play continuously with the same rummy
circle of friends, you can use a reverse strategy
and instead of discarding high cards, you can
pick up discarded photo cards of your opponents
in your first few moves. Of course, this strategy
makes sense if you have many photo cards when the
game begins. Observe as you play and collect the
high cards discarded by other players till your
third or fourth turn to form your pure sequence.
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