06/03/2009 by Alex.

Thats right! I just noticed on Rummy Royal they have a Kalooki 51 tournament on March 22nd with a $15,000 tournament. The buy in is $55 with an option for 3 rebuys till tourney level 5 but don’t worry because if that is too steep there are loads of smaller satalites you can qualify with which range from small 4 people single table kalooki tournaments to multi table tournaments with a buy in of $7. Personally I would advise you go for the single table as its a 1 in 4 chance or just $15 and means you only have to beat 3 people rather than a number of players.

As an asside I think this is brilliant for online rummy - I remember when I first started playing online rummy for money and you could barely get a $5 game and now we have $15,000 tournaments - Happy days! I am looking forward to the first million dollar rummy tournament online.

 Details of multi table satalite tournaments are below:

Qualifiers 2/3 - 9/3/09

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17/02/2009 by Alex.

Following the success of RummyRoyal’s three $10,000 Rummy 51(Kalooki) tournaments, they are holding the biggest online Rummy 51 tournament ever, with cash prizes of $15,000 in February. The successful application which is currently available in 7 languages will be available in at least 4 more languages by the end of the first quarter of 2009. In addition RummyRoyal launched their no download, Facebook application in the last quarter of 2008. The application has proven to be very successful and is gaining hundreds of new players every day.

The successful $10,000 tournaments held by RummyRoyal in the last quarter of 2008 and January 2009 have paved the way for an even bigger online Rummy 51(Kalooki) tournament. The tournament will take place on February 22^nd 2009 and holds cash prizes of $15,000. This tournament will be the biggest online Rummy 51tournament ever held and with a buy in fee of only $55 and 3 available rebuys, hundreds of players are expected to participate in the online event. Players can compete in satellite tournaments starting at $3.25 in order to win vouchers and rebuy vouchers for the big $15,000 tournament.

Since the launch of the RummyRoyal platform in English in July of 2007 the increasing popularity of the game has paved the way for the launching of the RummyRoyal Platform in 6 more languages: French, Romanian, German, Italian, Spanish and Hebrew. Within the first quarter of 2009 RummyRoyal is expected to launch 4 more language platforms; Dutch, Greek, Hungarian and Turkish. The launching of the different languages allows RummyRoyal to cater to a wide variety of growing online Rummy communities globally, assuring that the different communities of Rummy players have an online resource for competing against each other in an easy to use gaming platform.

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29/04/2008 by Alex.

Gin Rummy Strategy – An Introduction

Gin rummy is a very interesting and fun game to play. However, like some of the other card games, strategy plays an important role in deciding whether you win or lose a game. It is very important to be aware of gin rummy strategy, especially if you are a beginner, as without it your chances of winning consistently reduce drastically. If you are up against an experienced player, without knowing at least some basic gin rummy strategy, your loss would be more or less certain.

Basically, you can divide gin rummy strategy into two types:

• Basic gin rummy strategy
• Advanced gin rummy strategy

In this article, we will discuss some of the strategies you can employ to increase your chances of winning while playing gin rummy.

The Basics of Gin Rummy Strategy

The basic strategies in gin rummy are quite simple. You can easily learn them even as a beginner, and ensure you have the game going. Even as a beginner, you should know some of the advanced strategies as they are simple and enable you to increase your chances of winning greatly. First, we will see the basic gin rummy strategies you can employ.

The first thing you must learn to do while playing gin rummy is to meld cards such that you are able to create runs (sequences of cards) and sets. Once you start doing this, the next thing to do is to start discarding standalone cards, preferably the high ones. The idea is to finish your hand as soon as possible and then knock.

Some Advanced Gin Rummy Strategy

Once you are aware of the basic strategies for gin rummy, you are now ready to learn the advanced strategies. These are also relatively simple, and easy to pick up.

The first advanced strategy in gin rummy is to be aware of the importance of the middle cards. In gin rummy, the middle cards have high strategic importance, even more than the face cards or cards of low value. The card that you can use the most to form combinations is 7.

For instance, the ace may have a high value from the perspective of points, but can be used in a run with just a 2-3 combination. This is not the case with the 7-card, which you can use with different card combinations – at the end of a 5-6 sequence, in the middle of a 6-8 sequence, or at the beginning of an 8-9 sequence.

There is also the possibility of your opponent knocking lower to get an undercut. This is a distinct possibility if the game has meandered such that you are now nearing the end of the card deck. The decision to knock, also called ‘go for gin’, and depends on the number of cards left to draw that could potentially give you gin on your next draw. This number usually ranges from zero to five.

Another good strategy to follow is to retain your high cards at the beginning of a game, as your opponent is more than likely to drop them. You could pick up one of the high cards your opponent drops to create sets or runs, thereby reducing to a large extent the number of points you have left from your unmelded cards. However, you must understand this is a good policy to adopt at the beginning of a game. Holding on to them as the game progresses is a risk that you should not take, as it could mean your opponent is using high cards as well.

Right so there you go that is basic gin rummy strategy and now I have given you some of my wise knowledge, get out there and win some money

Good Luck!

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20/04/2008 by Alex.

Yes, the title is true….Gin Rummy can kill….Well it does if you are playing gin rummy with your mates in Malaysia.

Ermm - Let me make this a little clearer - last night in Kuala Sapetang in Malaysia police raided an illegal gin rummy game taking place on a jetty with 10 people in attendance. Unfortunately when the police decended on the gin rummy game the player got scared as it is against the law in that province and scarpered, however one of the players thought he’d jump in the river and never reappeared.

Deputy Taiping OCPD Supt Syed A. Wahab Syed A. Majid commented:

“I was so surprised to hear that some of them jumped into the river, even though it was raining heavily and the water was fast flowing at the time.

“After all, gambling is not a major offence,” he said, adding that police managed to arrest four men, all in their 20s.

Crazy!! 1) I can’t imagine being hunted down by the police for having a game of gin rummy and 2) actually drowning because of a game of gin rummy

Let that be a lesson to you all - Don’t play gin rummy in Malaysia

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18/04/2008 by Alex.

I am really pleased to announce that Rummy Royal have finally woken up to having loads of rummy freeroll tournaments Below I have listed just a few - I can’t wait for these especially the Kalooki freeroll next week as my game play for kalooki has improved massively recently: -

• $1,000 Oklahoma Gin Freeroll (depositing players only) Wednesday, April 23rd, 3:00 PM EST.
• $2,000 Guaranteed Kalooki Tournament (depositing players only) Sunday, April 27th, 3:00 PM EST.
• $10  Freeroll Twice a day
• $150 Weekly Freeroll (depositing players only)
• $20 Beginner Freeroll every Friday in April at 2:00 PM EST (for depositing players who made their first deposit in the last 60 days)

Oh and if you haven’t noticed Rummy Royal have also added a rebuy element to their rummy tournaments where if you are knocked out the first time you can rebuy up to 3 times - This should really help increase the pot for us rummy sharks out on the prowl!!

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09/04/2008 by Alex.

Great news - I have got us a 120% welcome bonus for Rummy Royal but make sure you take advantage now as the bonus is only availiable for 24hrs!!!

Here is how you get the bonus:

1. Open RummyRoyal’s application or download it here.
2. Enter “Cashier”, click on “Deposit”, choose your preferred payment method and fill in the information.
3. Enter Bonus Code: RRED9BDDE4 & click “Submit”.
4. Enjoy playing the thrilling Real Money tourneys right away, while the Bonus is being released into your account!

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06/04/2008 by Alex.

The Gin Rummy Association has now announced the dates and venue for the next World Series of Gin Rummy and it isn’t far off, in fact it is in just 7 weeks - May 18th - 21st at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

If you haven’t attended this event or even heard of it, basically it is the gin rummy event of the year and with prizes set at $40,000+ it attracts some of the best rummy players from all over the world because you are of course also awarded the title “Best Gin Rummy Player 2008.) So if you have been playing lots of gin rummy online perhaps this is the perfect opportunity to put your skills to the test! Cost of entry is $1,200 for the single tournaments and $300 for pairs - Hopefully I will see you there….I am certainly planning on going!

If you are interested in knowing more about the Gin Rummy Association, visit www.ginrummytournaments.com - It’s a great resource and well worth checking out especially as it was created by one of the best gin rummy players in the world - John Hainline.

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01/04/2008 by Alex.

Don’t worry I haven’t given the rummy game up just yet - In fact it is going really well for me online at the moment - (offline rummy not so good) In fact I have made over $200 playing gin rummy over the last week however I got caught up in a game of Kaolooki down my local poker club at the weekend and finished down £40 ($80) so not so bad but could be better.

Anyway back to the point in hand - I came across this deal where this online casino will give you $500 to play with for an hour and what ever you in you keep. I think is brilliant because you don’t have to deposit any money but can win a fair amount plus it is a lot of fun playing the games you wouldn’t normally play and for stakes you certainly wouldn’t normally gamble with - Unfortunately I went straight to high roller roulette and lost all my money so back to gin rummy for me :-)  

If you fancy having a go at this play for an hour deal just click this banner and follow the instructions:

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28/03/2008 by Alex.

I have got down on my hands and knees and begged the guys at rummy royal for better welcome bonus and amazingly they said yes and have upped the bonus to 110% but this is limited so if you have been waiting to make a deposit, convert to a real money player or just try out playing rummy online then now is the time - Here is how it works:

Step 1 - Click here to sign up and download the software (skip to step 2 if you have already done this)
Step 2 - Enter the code RR8540DE58 when you deposit

Enjoy and good-luck! 

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25/03/2008 by Alex.

Since starting this site I can not believe how many versions of rummy there are and also how many different names are used by different people - Even the spellings can vary between friends like Kaluki and Kalookie! Below are just some of the ones I have found so far.

Let me know if you call it something different from the ones I have found below or if you have other versions I can write about.

Carioca Rummy - A South American version
Continental Rummy - There is only one contract used in this version
Contract Rummy - Played with two decks inc. jokers with 3 - 5 people
King Rummy - Four contracts are used in this version of rummy
Progressive Rummy - This sounds cool - The number of cards dealt increases each hand
Liverpool Rummy - This is the same as Contract rummy but the dealer cuts before
May I? - Again like contract rummy but with some major differences such as melded jokers can’t be re-used or that a joker is worth 25 points not 15 points
Shanghai Rummy - This version of rummy has more contracts and wilder scoring
Carousel - Where 1 -3 cards are drawn each turn
Vatikan - Where 0 - 1 card is drawn each turn
Manipulation Rummy - Where you have unlimited drawing
And don’t forget the common types I write about such as traditional rummy, Gin Rummy, Oklahoma Rummy and Kalooki

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