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Rummy History
Rummy, the family of card games which are the most played
game all over the world and very popular among the players. The people of
every age group like to play Rummy, as this unique game is inexpensive as
well as entertaining. According to reliable sources this game is known to
be the 3rd most popular game in the world.
Origin of Rummy
We ought to know the foundation of Rummy, as without knowing
Rummy history we would not be able to know much about this card game. Many
articles and theories are written about the origin of the Rummy games but
still lot of confusion arose about its origin. The origins of the Rummy
games examined a couple of centuries back. Many analyst believes that its
origin could be somewhere around in 19th century in New York. The origins
of Rummy are still not clear and there are likely three different theories
on how Rummy derived and these are:
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Chinese Theory: The first one is “Chinese Theory”, the one
of the best theory, according to this Rummy is derived from the Chinese
game Mahjong. Since Mahjong game is also consists drawing and discarding
cards and this game is of 18th century.
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Poker Theory: The second is “Poker Theory”, according to
this Rummy is a derivation of Poker game since objective of Poker game
is also to make set and runs of cards to win the game. Since Rummy as
well as poker both the games have lot of similarities, so it is assumed
that may be Rummy have been derived from Poker game. Some historians
also believe that Rummy is the derived form of Whisky Poker or Rum
Poker.
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Conquian Theory: According to Rummy history, we can say
that this game was played for “Rum” (a whisky or an alcoholic drink)
during 1930s and so this game was named Rummy. Regarding Rummy’s
evolution, many historians have different views and all are not agreed
to one theory. Some historians say that Rummy was made-up in Spain
(there it was known as Ramy) and then came to Mexico. And, others say
that it was invented in Mexico and was played with a Spanish card deck
of 40 cards. Also in the book “The Penguin Book of Card Games”, 1978
written by David Parlett, written that the Rummy game has come out from
the Mexican game of Conquian.
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In British "Rum" is used for odd or unusual or curious,
could be the first opinion for the Rummy game’s technicalities.
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Some few historical facts about Rummy is that this game was
first written in book by Hoyle in the nineteenth century.
Any one of these theories might be the real reason for the origin of or
real facts are yet to be found out. But still the question is not purely
answered in the Rummy History about the origin of Rummy. Perhaps one day
we will know the real origination of Rummy, but Rummy is really an
interesting game and inexpensive as well. People can play this game
anywhere whether it is in Casino, home or on the website. Usually 2 to 8
players can play this game. Standard 52 cards deck is used in the game.
All cards are divided in some suites and cards of each suite are ranked
from low to high like
A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 J Q K where K is for King, A is for Ace, J is for
Jack and Q is for Queen.
Since only 2 players can also play the game so the game is
very popular.
Objective of the Game Rummy
The objective of the game is to make sets and runs of 3 or
more cards of the same kind or suits to win the game. The play of the
Rummy game is started by the player and in each turn a dealer is chosen by
drawing system. The game begins from left side of the dealer. Each player
starts his turn with a draw and ends with discard. A player chooses to
draw a card and he can draw it either from the top of discard pile or from
the stock pile.
Variations of the Rummy game
In the Rummy history, a player can find many variations of Rummy games and
these are likely:
Rummy 500, Gin Rummy, Hollywood Gin, Shanghai Rummy,Oklahoma Gin, Ultimate
Rummy, Russian Rummy, Contract Rummy, Rummicube, Krazy Bee 15 Rummy, Dummy
Rummy, Liverpool Rummy, Hungarian Rummy, Construction Rummy, Bonanza
Rummy, Robbers' Rummy, Rumino, Rummy Omar, Carioca Rummy, kalooki (Kaluki,
Kalookie), Crazy Rummy, Progressive Rummy, Tripoley Rummy, Michigan rummy,
and many others.
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