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Card game similar to Rummy, played with two packs of cards. Usually with four players in two partnerships who seek to 'meld' sets of seven cards of the same rank to clear their hand. Variants exist for other numbers of players.

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Canasta Going Out

It has come up that my partner and I only have one card left in our hand and we haven't make a Canasta so we can't go out. So we end up picking up and discarding in an endless loop. … Is there any recourse other than hoping either me and my partner will pick up a 6th or 7th card to make a Canasta and go out? In the meantime our opponents are racking up points left and right. …
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Canasta: Rules to pick up discard pile when frozen or not frozen

Is this a correct understanding of when you are allowed to pick up the discard pile? If not frozen, you can pick up the discard pile if you can use the top card to make a meld from your hand OR to si …
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Canasta- using the top card of a non frozen pile to a canasta meld

The question is- can you take the top card and also add it to a canasta (meld) that you previously made that also is the table? …
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