Rummy 500
Meld for points and dig deep into the discard pile. First to 500. 2–6 players.
Also known as 500 Rum, Pinochle Rummy, and Persian Rummy.
How to play Rummy 500
- 1Two players get 13 cards each; three or more get 7. Five or six players use two decks.
- 2On your turn, draw from the stock or pick up from the discard pile. You may dig as deep into the pile as you like, taking that card and every card above it, but the deepest card you take must be melded (or laid off) right away. To dig, pick that card plus the cards from your hand or the pile it melds with, then press Take — or tap a meld to lay it off.
- 3Melds are sets of three or more of a rank (at most four with one deck), or runs of three or more in one suit. Aces can be low (A-2-3) or high (Q-K-A), but not both.
- 4After drawing, lay down new melds and lay off cards onto anyone's melds, then discard one card. You can't throw back the top card you just picked up.
- 5The round ends when someone runs out of cards or the stock is empty. You score every card you lay down — aces 15 (5 at the bottom of a low run), tens and picture cards 10, the rest 5 — minus the cards still in your hand.
- 6The first player to reach 500 points wins.
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