Gin Rummy

[jwvdcw]

Reading up a bit on Stu Ungar recently, and its always mentioned that he was probably the best gin rummy player ever.

Sorry if this sounds stupid...but isn't there a lot more luck involved in that than poker? How do you get good? Can anyone link me to a theory website?

[potato]

Gin and poker have a reasonably overlapping skill set, especially when it comes to hand reading. Knowing your opponent's motive for taking or discarding a particular card can let you know what to hang onto and lay off, if draws you have may be dead, etc.

Sorry, I don't know of a website about gin. But if you spend half an hour playing Yahoo gin, you'll understand.

[jwvdcw]

thanks for the reply.

Yeah, the thing is, before reading about Ungar, I totally thought of gin rummy as almost a purely luck game that kids play. I never knew there was a lot of skill involved and that its so complex.

[John Gaspar]

Chip Reese said that Ungar had a knack of visualizing his opponents hand after one or two cards were played. That is what made him so good.

[jwvdcw]

is this all heads up gin rummy he played or multi-player?

[potato]

It's a two-player game.

[playerfl]

is there any gin played for money in vegas ? worth doing ?

[highlife]

not in casinos, but there are huge cash gin games all over the US. look for them at country clubs especially.

yes they are definately worth playing if you are a good gin player. the old grouchy men often leek money from their thick wallets in these games.