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A lot of people wanted to know how to play Stick Rummy. Here are the the rules. Once you get the hang of it, it is quite easy.
4 Decks of cards with Joker included.
75 tongue depressor sticks.
Each stick has instructions printed on it of cards you must have in order to lay down your hand. As soon as you have the cards you need on the stick you must lay them down and any other matches you have, such as a run of three or more, or three or a kind or more.
A run is a set of cards one number after the other ex: 7,8,9 or J,Q,K of the same suit. A set is three or more of the same number - the suit does not have to match or it can match.
Twos and Jokers are wild, but you must have at least one card to make a set. Ex: If the stick asks you for Three Kings and a run of four spades, you must have at least one King and one of the spades, the rest can be wild cards.
Each player gets 15 cards. Play moves to the left and the player left of the dealer starts. The deck is put in the middle and a card is turned over.
The first player picks up the turned over card or a card from the deck and then discards. Each player can then take a card from the deck or a card from the discard pile and then must discard. Anyone can pick up the entire discard pile if they wish. You do not have to have a discard when you lay down all your cards, but you can have one if you need to. You cannot pick up your own wild cards. You can only pick up other player's wild cards if you have laid down your hand from your stick.
The sticks are placed face down in a pile on the table. Everyone picks one stick and tries to get that hand. When they do they must turn over their stick, lay the cards down and any other cards that go together. The first person to lay down all their cards wins that round and keeps his stick turned right side up. He then gets to choose another stick for the next round. Everyone else has to keep their same stick and try again. The first player to keep 5 sticks is the winner.
This is a list of the hands that are written on the sticks. There are also 4 FREE sticks which means the player gets to turn it over, keep it and choose another.
I hope I explained this game thoroughly. If not, tell me what you don't get in a comment.
Here is a list of all the writing on the sticks.
Run of Six
Run of Six Spades
Run of Six Diamonds
Run of Four Hearts & Run of Four
Run of Six Hearts & Run of Six Spades
Run of Four Hearts & Run of Three
Three Sevens & Five Eights
Four Sixes & Four Fours
Three Kings & Run of Four Diamonds
A, K, Q, J, 10 of Clubs
Run of Four & Two Sets of Three
Four Queens & Four Nines
Four Threes & Four Nines
Five Fours & Four Threes
Run of Five & Three Aces
Run of Four & Set of Four
Run of Five & Run of Three
A, K, Q, J, 10 of Diamonds
A, K, Q of Hearts & A, K, Q of Diamonds
Two Runs of Five
Two Sets of Five
Run of Three & Set of Six
Six Sixes
Run of Seven & One Set of Four
Run of Six Hearts
Five Sevens
J, 10, 9, 8 of Clubs
J, 10, 9, 8 of Diamonds
A, K, Q of Hearts & A, K, Q of Spades
Two Runs of Five & One Set of Three
Run of Seven Spades
Two Runs of Four Spades & Three Aces
Run of Five & Three Jacks
Run of Nine
Run of Six Clubs
6, 7, 8 of Hearts & 6, 7, 8 of Spades
Run of Four Clubs & Run of Four
Two Runs of Three
Run of Three & Five Queens
3, 4, 5 of Hearts & 3, 4, 5 of Spades
Three Tens & Three Fives
Two Runs of Three & Set of Four
Run of Eight
Four Runs of Three
Two Sets of Six
Run of Five Diamonds & Run of Five Clubs
Three Runs of Three & One Set of Four
Run of Seven & One Set of Three
Three Runs of Four
Set of Five & Set of Three
A, K, Q of Clubs & A, K, Q of Spades
Run of Ten
Run of Five & Set of Six
Four Sevens & Four Jacks
K, Q, J, 10, 9 of Hearts
Two Runs of Three & Set of Five
Run of Eleven
A, K, Q, J, 10 of Spades
Run of Three, Run of Four & Set of Three
Three Kings & Run of Four Diamonds
Two Mixed Runs of Four
B, R, B, R, B (Black – Red)
Run of Four & Run of Five
Run of Six Diamonds & Set of Three
Run of Four Hearts & Five Aces
Mixed Run of Nine B, R, B, R (Black, Red)
Mixed Run of Seven B, R, B, R (Black – Red)
Three Runs of Three & One Set of Four
Run of Five & Set of Four
Three Runs of Three
Three Jacks & Four Kings
Run of Four & Run of Three
