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Rules for canasta for 2 players11/30/2022 The minimum count for the initial meld depends on which round the game is on as shown in the table below.Īfter either partner makes the initial meld, melds may be made without worrying about the count of the card being laid down. When a meld contains 7 cards it is then considered a canasta. Although natural cards can still be added to canastas, the cards making up a canasta are usually stacked and put to the side to indicate they are a canasta. Usually the top card of the stack is used to indicate whether a canasta is natural (clean) or mixed (dirty). A red card indicates a canasta that doesn't contain wild cards, or a natural canasta. A black card indicates a canasta that contains wild cards, or a mixed canasta. This really isn't necessary but it makes counting up the canasta bonuses at the end of the round easier. Red canastas are usually more desirable because they have a higher bonus, but because you need 7 cards of one value they are often harder to get. As mentioned above, natural cards can be added to completed canastas but not wild cards. This is probably the most difficult and lengthy part of the game. Scoring can be done in any order the score keeper wishes. Given below, is the order I usually use when determining the score for a hand. Scoring consists of two parts: bonuses and the point values of the cards. The bonuses awarded for each situation are given below: Bonuses are a fixed amount of points awarded for canastas, red threes and going out. In the above table it is important to note that the going out bonus is only scored once per partnership, but the other bonuses are scored for each player and added into a single score for the partnership. The different bonuses a partnership earned are added up and added to the score sheet.Īfter the bonuses are recorded, the point values of the cards left in a player's hand and/or foot are added up and recorded as a negative number on the score sheet for each partnership.
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