Sometimes when going out it says "David has gone out" and he then scores points for going out. Sometimes when going out it says "There are no cards left in the deck" and no points are scored for going out. In the second situation ther ARE cards left in the main pile. Why is this?
2006-08-29 12:55:05 · 2 answers · asked by ohioaner 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Card Games
hmmm...sounds like it's just the picture that stays. pogo does that too...there will be a pile left showing, but it says "1 card left"...obviously it shows more than 1 card.
2006-09-02 08:15:48 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going Out
A player "goes out" when he or she has no cards left after a meld or discard. A player is not permitted to go out, however, unless his or her partnership has at least one canasta (or at least two canastas, if that option has been chosen). Note: A convention used by some players, but not at Yahoo!, is to require a player to ask partner's permission before going out.
Upon going out, a player earns points as described above under scoring. In addition, each of the other players subtracts the point values of all cards that remain in their hands from their scores. Values of all melds are also tallied, and players go on to the next hand unless someone has reached the winning total.
If No One Goes Out
If no one goes out before the stock is exhausted, play ends after the player who took the last stock card completes his or her turn. The hand is scored as usual except that no one earns a bonus for going out. (After the last card is drawn from the stock, some canasta rules require each player to take the discard pile if able before the hand ends. This procedure is not followed at Yahoo!)
2006-08-29 13:22:46 · answer #2 · answered by Sue_Render_Urself_2Me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋