This game is played by 4 players with two decks of cards and 4 jokers , you and the player sitting opposite are partners. At the start of a hand 11 cards are dealt to each player, and then one card is turned from the stock cards to form the discard pile. In this game, 2 and jokers are wild cards, and the basic objective of this game is to form melds. A meld is 3 or more cards of the same rank with at most 2 wild cards and at least 2 natural cards (non wild cards). When a meld is formed, it is laid out on the table for everyone to see. During a player's turn, he can either take the top card from the stock pile, form melds if he can, and then discard a card to the discard pile; or use the top card from the discard pile to form a meld with cards on his hand or with existing melds, and then take the entire discard pile, and then form melds if he can, and then discard a card to the discard pile. 3's are special cards and cannot form melds, when a red 3 is received, it is immediately laid out on the table and a new card is drawn. When a wild card is played on the discard pile the discard pile will be frozen, meaning that the pile cannot be taken unless the top card can be melded with 2 or more natural cards on hand. If the first card dealt from the stock card is a red 3 or a wild card, then the discard pile is also frozen. A meld of 7 or more cards is called canasta, if a team has canastas, then either one of the team members can choose to "go out", meaning ending his turn by playing all his cards, and then the hand is over. Before going out, a player needs to ask for his partner's permission. A hand also ends when there are no more cards in the stock pile. When a hand ends, the scores are calculated, in each meld, 4, 5, 6, 7's worth 5 points, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K worth 10 points, A and 2 worth 20 points, jokers worth 50 points. Each mixed canasta (canastas with wild cards) worth 300 points, each natural canasta (canastas without wild cards) worth 500 points, the team who go
Tags: canasta, rummy, basket, card games
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