Variants Of Online Rummy Game

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Rummy is one of the most popular card games in India. It is a well known interesting game with the uncommon twist. The online rummy game provides an opportunity to play with other players in the comfortable confines of your home or your workplace. While traditional rummy game is played as points rummy only ,the online Rummy game offers many other variants to the players.

Variants of rummy which are available online are namely 101, 201, best of three, best of five and not to forget the famous points rummy! Let me give you a brief description about each of these variants

101 pool: as the name suggests, the game in this variant is played continuously until anyone of the player crosses 101 points. the player who survives till the last round is declared as the winner. In any case, players are allowed to drop in the beginning or in the middle of the game .After each game , the players points are accumulated and shown on the screen. There is an entry fee and a winner pool. There are many entry fee/winner pool options available in this

201 ...
... pool: just like the above format, in this also the game is played continuously until anyone of the player crosses 201 accumulated points. one who will survives till the last will be the winner of the game. In any case, players are allowed to drop the game in the beginning or in between the game . There is an entry fee and a winner pool. There are many entry fee/winner pool options available in this

Best of three: this is an interesting version of rummy in which players have to keep their points at lowest. The game continues for three rounds only and the player with the lowest points in the cumulative 3 rounds is declared as the winner. no drops or re-joins are allowed, in this version of the game

Best of five: this is similar to best of three. The only difference is that, in this format there are five rounds and the player who survives till the last round with the lowest points is declared as the winner. Again no drops or re-joins are allowed.

Points rummy: this is the most popular form of rummy where players have to be very careful about their actions since each deal is a game on its own. The game can be played between 2-6 players and each player starts the game with a minimum amount. This amount is dependent on the type of multiplier table one chooses to sit on

The player who declares , gets points from each of the players on the table and those are his winnings of that game.

Game winning= (sum of all points of opponent) * (rupee value of the point) – (game/tournament fees)

Drops are allowed in the starting or in the middle of the game.
So now when you are aware of all different forms of rummy what are you waiting for… go and play!!