Poker Rummy: A poker game

Rummy is a very popular poker game and may be played by two to six people. The standard pack is used, the cards ranking from King high down to Ace. With 2-4 players, the dealer deals seven cards to each player including himself; with 5 or 6 players he deals six. He then places the next card face up in the center of the table to begin a discard pile, and the remainder are placed face down to form the stock. Each player in turn to the dealer's left may take either the top card of the stock, discarding a card himself. The object of the game is to form sets, either of three or four cards of the same value, for example three or four Jacks, or a sequence of at least three cards of the same suit, say4 5 6 of Hearts. As the Ace counts low, A 2 3 is a sequence, A K Q is not. Players' sets. Sets may be wins and the deal ends. A player may lay off cards onto the winner's sets, and are caught for the values of all cards remaining in their hands, including undeclared sets. Court cards count as ten, other cards at their pip values. Settlement is made to the winner after each deal at an amount per pip to be agreed beforehand. A player who declares all his cards in one turn scores rummy and is paid double.