Indian Rummy is one of the most popular card games and is very popular in India; especially in Maharashtra and other metro cities. Indian Rummy is a perfect time-pass for all kinds of people. Women play Indian rummy in their kitty parties (yes, Indian rummy is more popular in kitty parties rather than another popular card game Kitty), friends play Indian rummy during weekends and holiday trips, newlywed couples play Indian rummy during their honeymoon, old age people play Indian rummy with their spouses and friends in local society clubs and the most interesting is that daily commuters play Indian rummy while going from home to their work places and vice versa.
Indian rummy game is also played by money but generally with small amount and usually people keep it a secret when playing Indian rummy. To avoid bringing money in, people also involve chips or counters.
Indian Rummy Players and Cards
Indian Rummy is usually played with 2 to 10 people and can be played with 1, 2 or 3 deck of cards.
If you are playing Indian rummy with 1 deck, up to 3 players can play Indian rummy seamlessly.
If more people want to join the Indian rummy game, you can take 2 packs and then up to 6 players can play.
If even more players want to join your Indian rummy game, you can take 3 packs of cards and then up to 10 players can play Indian rummy game.
Joker in an Indian Rummy Game
There are 2 Jokers in a typical Indian Rummy Game
unlike 13 cards rummy that has only 1 joker
- Printed Joker: The printed joker is the 53rd card of the deck.
- Randomly chosen Joker: A random card is also chosen before every Indian Rummy game that becomes the joker for that particular rummy game.
In all there are 2 types of joker in a typical Indian Rummy game.
Dealer in an Indian Rummy Game
When you start an Indian rummy session or sitting, a lottery system is used to decide the dealer i.e. every player will pick up one card from the shuffled pack of cards and the person who draws the lowest card, deals first.
Also, people also choose the seats based on the cards they got before starting to play Indian rummy.
Now, once the dealer of this Indian rummy game is decided, after shuffling, he shows the pack of cards to the player sitting on his left who then takes out a card from the shuffled cards and puts it face up in front of everyone. This card becomes the joker for that particular Indian rummy game.
Suppose the card drawn as the joker is 6 so now 6 of the other 3 suits would be treated as the joker for that particular Indian rummy game. If the drawn card is the printed joker, then the other printed card (if available) becomes the joker.
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