Talk:Rummy/Archive 1

Rummy Championships
I have taken the liberty of moving the text regarding the Rummy championships from the article to the talk page. It is entirely inappropriate to declare one part of the article "clearly wrong for many reasons", regardless of the statements' validity. I have zero knowledge as to the truth of this matter, so we should wait until someone can clearly reference the information before putting it back in the article. I would suggest that, should references be found, we should create a new section heading for it, not simply place the information in the header.

Until 2008, there were many disputed Rummy championships but never an undisputed champion. The first ever undisputed champion was crowned Queen at the Fox Venur (Venur - Rummy venue) in January 2008. The Fox in Twickenham arguably also held the first ever left handed Rummy event in 1734. The Queen of Rummy was taken by one Ali "2-8 suited" Watts who melded a set of 2's and Quad 8's to take down the title and first prize of nearly £20. Recent negotiations with Harrah's may see this event at the WSOP as a bracelet event.

Further to the posting above, which is clearly wrong for many reasons, the Rummy Association have recently written to me to ask me to update this site with the truth. The first world championships were held in Bucharest in 1308, but in those days it was a team event. Four teams entered this event, Hungary, Bulgaria and Austria being the losers, Translyvania winning the gold medal and bragging rights. Since the boundaries were in dispute the winning team used this opportunity to create a new country to celebrate their win and naturally since Rummy was the national sport, they renamed themselves Rumania, Latin for "Rummy Champions".

Rumania went on to win the championships for 98 consecutive years, finally beaten by a mixed team from west London, Twick which is on the north side of the Thames and Ham who occupy the south side. They used their gold success to build various pubs in the area, all dedicated to Rummy. Ironically the name "The Fox" derives from the Latin word foxcus which is the word used to describe the first discarded card in rummy.

The Fox will be celebrating the 700th anniversary of this original championships next month. Unfortunately this is a closed event but TV rights have yet to be sealed so please contact Yokohama Pete at the Fox for further details. The event is billed as 'War Rummy of the Worlds' and includes contestants from New Zealand, the Netherlands and Scotland. Mexico and Wales failed to qualifying. The prize fund is expected to be upto one million pounds, possibly more.

98.195.22.242 (talk) 07:45, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Grandma's Rummy
A different variant than normal rummy. It was 'made' by my dad's grandma, hence the name. We don't know if she got it from anywhere and it's an actual game.

2's and joker cards are any number. you do 6 per hand first round, and try and get 3 of a kind twice. you then do a 7 per hand the second round, and do 2 3 of a kinds. then 8, with 1 run (1,2,3,4 of same suit) and a 3 of a kind. then 9 of 3, 3 of a kinds then 10 with 3, 3 of a kind then 11, 1 run and 2, 3 of a kind then 12 with 2 runs and one 3 of a kind then 13 with 3 runs of 4 (like past runs) then another 13 with two runs of 6. then a seven with one run of 6. The most score you have, wins. (10 for pictures, 20 for jokers, numbers are numbers (7 =7 score etc).) If you do not get the criterea of the round, you have minus points (or you didn't put down after the first person has got rid of all their cards (hence why you have one card extra than the rules to get)) oh you have two pack of cards for this game also. Fun game.

Did my dad's grandma make those rules up or are they an actual. If she made them up, she made a better game than basic rummy. :P

ps. English not my native language, so I never written it down here.

86.152.142.187 (talk) 19:51, 16 December 2013 (UTC)