Progressive Rummy – A Fun Card Game

The rummy card game is played around the world, putting it on the map as the 3rd most played card game. However, did you know that this card game have...


The rummy card game is played around the world, putting it on the map as the 3rd most played card game. However, did you know that this card game have different kinds being played? And each one has its own group of rules, and of course the regular rules apply as well.

Like all rummy game kinds, progressive rummy have its own group of rules to follow. It is associated to contract rummy with minor differences. It is a rummy card game wherein a specific number of deals comprise a game and in each deal, a specified contract or agreed predetermined melds must be met in order to put down any cards. The difference that progressive rummy has with contract rummy is that each player is dealt with one more card per hand in each deal. As an example, in deal 1 a player is dealt 6 cards, deal 2 with 7 cards and so on. Also, progressive rummy requires players to specifically meet the contract for each meld which is 3 cards for a set and 4 cards for a sequence with no extra cards. So for the 6 cards dealt in deal 1, a player must have 2 sets (6 cards), in deal 2 1 set and 1 sequence (7 cards), deal 3 must be 2 sequences (8 cards), deal 4 is 3 sets (9 cards) until deal 7 with 12 cards for 3 sets. As you can see, the numbers of cards laid represent the number of combinations that are needed by each player to win. There is also another type of progressive rummy which runs up to 15 deals and a choice to buy cards from the discard file. There is also a joker or a wild card a player can utilize to develop melds and sequences. The joker can be any card to finish the meld or sequence, and the player is required to say the suit and rank of the card being replaced by the joker. Following the contract allows the player to lay down additional cards to melds on the table. So laying requires a player to meet the contract first. At the end of a hand, the sums of all the cards on hand are tallied for each player, the lowest points acquired for the seven deals wins the game.

That’s a lot rules to follow. And that makes progressive rummy a lot more complicated and challenging.

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