The objective of the game is to finish with a hand consisting most cards formed into Sets and/or Runs.
Once the cards are dealt, each player takes up his hand, fans it, and if desired, arranges the cards into groups of 'melds': Value of cards: Face cards are 10 points each. Ranks of cards from low to high: Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King. The remaining of the deck, positioned face down, is called the stock pile. The next card from the deck is turned face up to indicate the start of the discard pile. Each player is dealt 10 cards, face down, one at a time alternately. Dealership alternates from round to round, with the first dealer chosen by any agreed upon method. The rummy game is played with a normal deck of 52 cards.
