183102 444 Games Card Games General Card Games true Fri, 15 May 2009 07:17:45 -0700 /system/videos/3/02/31/18/183102.flv DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, crafts, playing cards, poker How To Play Straight Gin http://www.howcast.com/videos/183102-How-To-Play-Straight-Gin http://www.howcast.com/videos/183102-How-To-Play-Straight-Gin/edit approved 139 640 360 <object width="425" height="273" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=183102"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=183102" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="273" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 8 Lebowski154 http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/183102/Picture_10_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.png 1107 false false false 71089 0 22 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/183102/22.jpg Draw for dealer Remove the jokers and shuffle the deck. Each player draws a card, and then shuffles it back into the deck. Whoever draws the highest card deals the first hand. Deal 10 cards each, alternating between players.

]]> 71090 1 34 Tip In Gin, aces always have a 1-point value. Face cards are worth 10 points, and number cards have the value of their number.

]]> 71091 2 44 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/183102/44.jpg Make piles Place the remaining cards facedown in a stack, creating the “stock.” Pick up the top card and place it faceup next to the stock. This is the discard pile.

]]> 71092 3 53 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/183102/53.jpg Understand the goal The object of the game is to score the highest number of points by laying all of your cards on the table before your opponent does. To do this, collect in your hand “melds” of three or more suited, sequential cards, like the 8, 9, and 10 of hearts, or three or more cards of the same rank, like three 7s or three jacks.

]]> 71093 4 73 Tip If you don’t have a partner, or a deck of cards, you can also join a Gin game for free online. Just type “free gin card games” into a search engine.

]]> 71094 5 81 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/183102/81.jpg Take a card The player who didn’t deal goes first by taking either the top card from the discard pile or the top card from the stock, so they momentarily have 11 cards in their hand. Then, they discard an unwanted card, placing it faceup on the discard pile.

]]> 71095 6 93 Tip Discard cards that are unlikely to create melds. Keep cards in the same suit and cards in the same rank.

]]> 71096 7 101 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/183102/101.jpg Alternate turns Continue the game with the players taking turns, each drawing and discarding.

]]> 71097 8 108 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/183102/108.jpg Gin! The first player to have enough melds puts them all faceup on the table, discards the final card in the discard pile, and calls out “Gin!” Their score is the total of the cards still in their opponent’s hand, plus a 20-point bonus.

]]> 71098 9 122 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/183102/122.jpg Game continues Continue the game, alternating dealing, until one player reaches 100 points, or any score both players agree to.

]]> 71099 10 132 Fact Chinese immigrants may have introduced Gin to the U.S. in the 19th century.

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