Tips and Tricks

As with any card game, one must learn from experience what works best. Different players will adopt different strategies, although, it is important to watch your partner's discards and melds. Cooperate with what your partner, if you get into your foot before your partner, you should avoid completing melds as this may make it hard for them to get into their foot.

There are two exceptions to this:

1. When your opponents are down to a very few cards, it may be wise to complete as many melds as possible. This essentially is to collect the bonuses, if the opposition "goes out".

2. It is generally worth completing your "wild card" pile as soon as possible because of its high point value.

Try for higher "card count" melds (such as aces) if possible and usually only if the cards are running for you.

Try to keep a few pairs in your hand if you think that the opposition may discard. Perhaps you can pick up from the discard pile? This is especially useful while you are waiting for your partner to get into their foot. However, it often happens that you cannot take the discard pile because you are blocked by another card discarded by your right hand opponent.

Try not to "burn" any more wild cards than necessary (by making dirty melds), unless you have the "wild" meld well in hand. Alternately, you may need to dirty a meld to get into your foot. It's always a good idea to save one wild card for just that occasion and hope to pick up some wild cards for your foot. Wild cards are often the key to completing melds and "going out". Be careful, as you may find you have too many of them.