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Gin rummy

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Gin rummy, or simply gin, is a two-player card game created in 1909 by Elwood T. Baker and his son C. Graham Baker. [1]

23 relations: American mahjong, Auric Goldfinger, C. Graham Baker, Canasta, Card game, Carioca (card game), Conquian, Desmoche, Elwood Thomas Baker, Ernie Kovacs, French playing cards, Goldfinger (film), John Scarne, Meld (cards), Michael Konik, Pagat.com, Palm Desert, California, PDF, Rumino, Rummy, Stu Ungar, The New York Times, Tonk (card game).

American mahjong

American mahjong, also spelled mah jongg, is a variant of the Chinese game mahjong.

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Auric Goldfinger

Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the James Bond film Goldfinger, based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name.

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C. Graham Baker

Charles Graham Baker (July 16, 1883 – May 15, 1950) was an American screenwriter and director.

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Canasta

Canasta (Spanish for "basket") is a card game of the rummy family of games believed to be a variant of 500 Rum.

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Card game

A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific.

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Carioca (card game)

Carioca is a Latinoamerican card game similar to Rummy style card games with many variations.

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Conquian

Conquian is a rummy-style card game.

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Desmoche

Desmoche (played in Honduras with slights variations, and known as Conquién) is a popular rummy card game usually played for small stakes which closely resembles other games in the rummy family, like Conquian and gin rummy, more than poker.

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Elwood Thomas Baker

Elwood Thomas Baker (1854 – November 22, 1938) and his son, Charles Graham Baker, invented Gin rummy in 1909.

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Ernie Kovacs

Ernest Edward "Ernie" Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was an American comedian, actor, and writer.

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French playing cards

French playing cards (jeu de cartes) are cards that use the French suits of trèfles (clovers or clubs), carreaux (tiles or diamonds), cœurs (hearts), and piques (pikes or spades). Each suit contains three face cards; the valet (knave or jack), the dame (lady or queen), and the roi (king).

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Goldfinger (film)

Goldfinger is a 1964 British spy film and the third installment in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.

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John Scarne

John Scarne (March 4, 1903 – July 7, 1985) was an American magician and book author who was particularly adept at playing card manipulation.

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Meld (cards)

In card games, a meld is a set of matching cards, typically three or more, that earn a player points and/or allow him to deplete his hand.

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Michael Konik

Michael Konik is an American author, television personality, jazz singer, improvisational comedian, blackjack player and poker player.

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Pagat.com

Pagat.com is a website containing rules to hundreds of card games from all over the world.

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Palm Desert, California

Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County, California, United States, in the Coachella Valley, approximately 14 miles (23 km) east of Palm Springs, 121 miles (194 km) northeast of San Diego and 122 miles (196 km) east of Los Angeles.

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PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Rumino

Rumino, ramino, rumina, is a knock rummy card game of Italian origin played up to 6 players in which players try to form sets or sequences of cards.

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Rummy

Rummy is a group of matching card games notable for similar gameplay based on matching cards of the same rank or sequence and same suit.

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Stu Ungar

Stuart Errol Ungar (September 8, 1953 – November 22, 1998) was a professional poker, blackjack, and gin rummy player, widely regarded to have been the greatest Texas hold 'em and gin player of all time.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Tonk (card game)

Tonk, or tunk, is a matching card game, which combines features of knock rummy and conquian.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_rummy

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