“30 – 30”

 

Setup:

1. 4 players require 2 decks.
2. 6 players require 3 decks.
3. Requires putting 30 cents into a pot and keeping 6 nickels on the table to purchase cards.

 

Scoring:

1. Jokers……..50
2. Deuces…….20
3. Aces……….20
4. 10 – K……..10
5. 3 – 9……….5

 

Beginning play:

1. Dealer begins by dealing 11 cards to each player and than turning one card up on a discard pile.
2. The player to the dealers left may than pull from the top of the remaining deck or purchase the discard and one card from the top of the deck for one of his/her nickels, which is added to the pot.
3. If the player to the dealers left does not want the discard, any other player in turn may purchase that card plus two cards from the top of the deck for a nickel, which goes into the pot.
4. Each hand requires you lay down according to the following:

a.       1^st hand            two sets of 3

b.       2^nd hand            one set of 4

c.       3^rd hand            two sets of 4

d.       4^th hand            one set of 5

e.       5^th hand            two sets of 5

f.        6^th hand            one set of 6

5. You may only lay what is required above when you first go down. The next time this player gets a turn he may than lay any remaining plays in his hand.
6. After a player goes down using the above set rules, he/she may than also lay runs of 4 or more to use the remaining cards in his/her hand.
7. Wild cards, jokers and deuces, may be used to go down but may not consist of more than half of the total cards in a set or run.
8. You may exchange a wild card used in a set or run by replacing it with a card the wild card is representing.
9. You must than use the wild card to make a play; you may not keep it in your hand.
10. When a player goes out he must have a discard, and all other players must than add up their scores according to scoring above.

 

Rules:

1. Player going out must have a discard.
2. Wild cards may be replaced in a run with the card they are representing.
3. Wild cards, which are replaced, must be used immediately to make a play.
4. Player with low score after the last hand receives all money in the pot.