In standard Gin Rummy, hands are 10 cards and there is no "seven cards" declaration. The term here refers to a specific rule in the variant Ging.
Card Games
Gin rules 7 cards
In the card game Ging, "seven cards" is a special winning combination: a hand of seven cards all in the same suit.
- Game
- Ging (a Gin Rummy variant)
- Combination type
- Flush of all seven cards in one suit
- Declared when
- Player holds seven cards of the same suit
- Effect
- Overrides usual "most of a suit" scoring for that deal
- Source
- Pagat Ging rules 2
Key points
- In Ging, a player can declare "Seven cards" when their hand contains seven cards of one suit.2
- This combination overrides the usual scoring for that deal, which is based on having the most cards of a suit.2
- Standard Gin Rummy uses 10-card hands and has no "seven cards" rule; the term is specific to the Ging variant.12
How it works in Ging
In Ging, a player can declare "Seven cards" when their hand contains seven cards of one suit. This is one of the special combinations that overrides the usual "most of a suit" scoring for that deal.2 The source does not describe "7 cards" as a general Gin Rummy rule term.12
Where this term is used
Not the same as
- Gin rules 10 cards — standard Gin Rummy is a 10-card two-player game, whereas "seven cards" in Ging is a 7-card flush combination
- Card game terms — this is a specific named combination in the Ging game, not a broad general-purpose card-game term
Related terms
Sources
- Gin Rummy - Card Game Rules pagat.com Confirms standard Gin Rummy uses 10-card hands and has no "seven cards" rule.
- Ging - card game rules - Pagat pagat.com Defines "Seven cards" as a flush of all seven cards in one suit in Ging, and explains how it is declared and scored.
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