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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 and the rules on invalid melding
There are two different rules that pertain to this and it will differ based on the exact rules being played at the time. Some rules list for the first meld you would take it back but have a penalty fo …
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Canasta Going Out
Yes, you missed the fact that getting down to one card, or just a low number of cards, is bad and will limit what you can do. Because of this you where not able to score points and your opponents wher …
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How does a freeze/stop pile work in Canasta?
I think you are over complicating what a "stop" card is. When looking at the rules to draw a card from the discard you will note that you have to include it on a meld on the table. Also it should be n …
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Discarding after picking up discard pile in Canasta
Canasta Rules
When a player has melded his cards, he ends his turn by discarding a card. At that point, his melded cards are checked to see if they conform to the canasta rules. …
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Can I move a wildcard after melding if I get 3 natural cards in canasta?
A mixed canasta is worth 300 points, a natural canasta 500 points, and a wildcard canasta 1,000 points. …
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One card in hand
Also they can't discard the last card unless they have a canasta on the table
A player goes out when they get rid of the last card in their hand by discarding or melding it, provided that their side … has melded at least one canasta or they complete a canasta while going out. …
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Frozen discard pile for Canasta
As long as you have all the cards to meet the points for the initial meld you can take it otherwise, you can't
Canasta Rules
A frozen discard pile is unfrozen only by being taken. …
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Canasta: Going out without drawing
Canasta Game Rules
The gameplay moves clockwise from the dealer. At the beginning of
their turn they must take a card from either the stock or the discard
pile. …
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If my Red Three is not melded or in a meld then is it minus points? Canasta
Red Three's are automatically melded and put onto the table regardless of how many, this is the case if you are dealt one at the start or draw one latter. In your case each red three you have is worth …
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Wrongly picking up the discard pile in Canasta
There is no penalty, the play is just undone and they would draw from the deck as they are supposed to. This is likely just a case of miscounting the points from the play.
This is how it is handled in …
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