Gin Rummy

1. Taking a deck of regular playing cards, shuffle the deck and have the dealer distribute 7 cards to each player, alternating back and forth between the players.
2. Players try to arrange cards as traditionally done:  by number sequence, by suit (clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades), in pairs, in three of a kind, in four of a kind.
3. To request new cards, the player says Dame _____.  [dah-may  _____] (meaning Give me ____) and the quantity needed, discarding an equal number of cards as requested.
4. The object is for the player to make matches according to categories as noted in item 2) and then to place them down, eventually using all his or her cards.  When this moment is reached, the player says "Gin".
5. As matches are placed down, the player must state what the match is in Spanish for that match to count.

For example,  Yo tengo _____   de  ________.  [yoh  tehn-goh  _____ (quantity) day ______ (type)]



Vocabulary

Clubs	[cloobs]	clubs
Diamantes	[dee-ah-mahn-tays]	diamonds
Espadas	[ehs-pah-dahs]	spades
Corazones	[cohr-ah-sohn-ace]	hearts
Una pareja	[ooh-nah  pahr-ay-hah]	a pair
Tres iguales	[trace  eeh-gwal-ays]	three of a kind
Cuatro iguales	[cwah-troh  eeh-gwal-ays]	four of a kind
Una sequencia	[ooh-nah  say-qwehn-seeh-ah]	a sequence (then name the numbers)
Rey	[ray]	king
Reina	[ray-nah]	queen
"J"	[hoh-tah]	jack