He may instead choose to continue playing and try for gin or a lower total point count.

Once you have finished laying off or the time allotted to do so ends, the hand is now over and counting begins.Ī player who is able to knock does not have to knock. For example if one of the deadwoods in your hand is a king and your opponent melds three kings, you can drag your king to his three and it wont count against you. Simply drag your deadwood to any matching run or set of your opponents hand. When you are knocked on, you have one last chance to “layoff” or move deadwood from your hand to your opponents hand. The opponent also places his cards in meld order and tries to layoff all the unmatched cards against the knocker’s melds. Theyre social, portable and inexpensive (unless youre gambling with money), and the rules are easy. The knocking player arranges his cards in intended meld order and unmatched cards (also know as deadwood). Card games have entertained people for centuries and have always been a great way to pass time. the unmatched cards) is no more than the value of the knock card. A player may knock, after having drawn a card, when the total point value of cards not incorporated into melds (i.e.

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