PUSH

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OBJECTIVE OF PUSH: The objective of Push is for your team to have the lowest score after 5 rounds.

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4 Players

MATERIALS: Two standard 52 card decks, 4 jokers, a way to keep score, and a flat playing surface.

TYPE OF GAME: Rummy Card Game

AUDIENCE: Adults

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OVERVIEW OF PUSH

Push is a Rummy card game for 4 players. The goal of the game is to have the lowest cumulative score at the end of the game.

This game is played with partnerships. There will be 2 teams of 2 and partners will sit across from one another. 토토사이트추천

SETUP

The first dealer is chosen at random and passes to the left for each new deal. There will be a total of 5 rounds that will be dealt, and each round has slight differences in dealing and play. The dealer will shuffle the deck, deal the needed number of cards for the round, and place the remaining cards face down in the center of play as a stockpile.

For the first round, each player is dealt a 6 cards hand. For the second deal, it’s a 7-card hand for each player. The 3rd round will have each player receiving an 8-card hand. In the 4th round the dealer will deal 9 cards to each player, and finally the 5th round each player will receive 10 cards.

Card Ranking, Melds, and Card Values

The ranking for this game is traditional. Ace (high or low), King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2 (low). The Jokers and the 2s however are wild cards and can be used to signify any card in a meld.

The melds are standard. There are runs and sets, and the minimum number of cards needed to form a meld is 3 cards. if using wild cards in a meld there must be at least 1 natural card to form the meld and the player making the meld must specify if the meld is a run or a set.

There are also meld requirements for each round. To play melds in the round you must first complete this meld to be able to play other melds or lay off to other melds.

For the first round a meld of 2 sets of 3. For the second round, a set of three and a run of 4 are needed. In the third round, 2 runs of 4 are needed. In round four 3 sets of 3 are needed and finally in round 5 2 runs of 5 are needed.

After playing players with cards remaining in hand will score points for them. Cards ranked King to 10 are each worth 10 points. Cards ranked 9 to 3 are worth 5 points each. Aces are worth 15 points each and jokers and 2s are worth 20 each.

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