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Written by cryspy   
Monday, 10 September 2007

Still, keep in mind that no matter what type the player, there will be "no-brainers" and "self-players" that will force the player to play contrary to his stereotype. The low card player might win or lose many points and vice versa.

The simple fact that anything can happen makes for an exciting game.

• The Ginner. There are players who just love to say gin and will play for gin even with only a one or two way out. This simply means the player only has one or two possible cards with which to go gin. They have not considered that their gin cards may be held by their opponent. In the following example, the player has the 2-3-4 of hearts, 2-3-4 of spades, three queens and a live six of clubs. From play, it is obvious the  It's easy to see that playing strictly for gin is not the wise thing to do. There are times to knock and times to play for gin.

My theory is that an early knock is always worthwhile, since it is a 99% sure winner even if you have a four way out for gin. I remember a prime example of a Ginner that should have knocked his hand:

The casino player had two melds and could have knocked on the second play, but refused to do so because he had two deuces and a three combination. He would have won between 30 45 points on the knock.

By holding on in hopes of Gin, he lost the hand. The result was a 32 point loss instead of a 30-45 point gain, a swing of 60-75 points. Often when a Ginner wins a hand by an undercut or a gin, it is late in play and his opponent has worked his hand down so that the resulting gain from Gin may be less than the original gain would have been had the Ginner knocked.

When playing the Online Casino player that consistently goes for gin, I try to play my hand for an early knock. I have frustrated many of these opponents who have their hand set for gin by knocking my decent hands (that could easily have been played for gin) and winning points from the combinations they have set up for gin.

• The Knocker. As opposed to the Ginner, this player will knock a hand as soon as possible,  regardless of the advantage to go for gin.

A good strategy when playing the consistent knocker is to break your hand down to avoid any large loss, especially if the knock card is between seven and 10. For lower knock cards, play the hand offensively for gin with a degree of defense.

When you have nine cards melded, simply go for gin or wait for your opponent to knock. Another strategy of play is to add on or extend a meld you know your opponent has made. For example:

If your opponent has a meld of the eight, nine and 10 of clubs, and you are holding the jack and seven of Australia clubs with no chance of using either, discard the jack. If he does not gin, you can win the hand with a proper knock. (You know you couldn't win the hand by holding both the seven and the jack.)

By discarding the jack, if your opponent is already nine meld, you will simply lose the hand and can go on to the next one. Your opponent would probably gin the hand anyway, and you will lose less points if not holding the jack.

It is important to remember that for 43  every rule, there is an exception. IF a strategy fails once, do not become discouraged. Percent. ages are in your favor if you follow the proven strategies outlined here.  .

The majority of card players have idiosyncrasies. They make motions, expressions or; statements without realizing that they are giving their opponent information about their hand. These are called "tells."

 

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