When the discard pile is frozen the player in turn may only take the discard pile if they can make a new meld by taking the upcard and melding it with at least two natural cards from their hand. However, once that player discards, the pack is effectively ‘unstopped’, and the next player in turn could take up the discard pile, providing they had matching cards in hand. Well, technically, that means the pack is ‘stopped’ because you can’t meld a black 3 with anything, so you can’t pick up the pack. That would mean that either one was turned up at the deal, or someone discarded a Deuce or a Joker to the pile.
To both sides if it contains a wild card. To either side that has not made a meld. The discard pile may never be taken when its top card is a wild card, a black 3 or a red 3. The player discards one card to the discard pile to complete their turn. Having melded the top discard, the player takes the rest of the pile into his hand and may then meld some or all of the additional cards as he/she pleases. by adding the top card to a meld he/she already has on the table. with a natural pair matching the top card. When the discard pile is not frozen against his/her side a player may take it Bonuses of red threes and canastas do not count toward the minimum.Īfter a side has made its initial meld, either partner my make any valid meld without reference to any minimum count. To meet the minimum, a player may make two or more different melds. The count of a meld is the total point value of the cards in it. Minimum CountĪ partnership’s first meld must meet minimum count requirement that depends on the accumulated score of that side at the time. In addition to the point value of the cards, a canasta earns a bonus of 500 for a ‘natural’ or ‘pure’ canasta, and 300 for a ‘mixed’ canasta (one containing wild cards).Ī complete canasta is squared up with a red card on top to indicate a ‘natural’ or a black card on top to indicate a ‘mixed’ canasta. All the cards left in a player’s hand when play ends, even if they may form melds, count their value as minus.Ī player may meld as many cards as they please, of one rank or different ranks, forming new melds or adding cards to existing melds.Ī player may add additional cards to a meld made by his own side, but may not add any cards to their opponent’s melds.Ī meld comprising seven or more cards, including at least four natural cards, is a canasta. Jokers and Deuces may not be melded apart from natural cards.Ī set of Black 3s may only be melded (without wild cards) only when a player goes out.Īt the end of the hand, all the cards and melds a partnership has are counted to their score, while all the cards left in hand count against their score. Sequences don’t count in Canasta and for this reason Samba is probably a more enjoyable game.Ī meld is valid if it contains at least two natural cards and not more than three wild cards. The principal objective of play is to make melds combining three or more cards of the same rank. The value of the red 3s is credited to a side that has made a meld or debited against a side that has made no meld, when the hand ends. Finally, a player who takes the discard pile and finds a red 3 in it must place the red 3 face up on the table but does not draw a replacement.Įach red 3 has a bonus value of 100 points, but if one side has all four red 3s, they count as 200 each i.e. Discards a card face up to the discard pile to complete the turn.Ī player finding a red 3 in his/her hand must, on their first turn, put it face up on the table and draw a replacement from the stock.Ī player who draws a red 3 from the stock must also lay it face up on the table and draw a replacement from the stock. 
Melds and/or lays off cards, as many as they so choose.Starting left of the dealer, each player in turn normally first If it is a Joker or a Two, one or more additional cards must be turned until a ‘natural’ card appears. The top card is turned face up, and placed beside the stock. The undealt portion of the deck remain face down in the middle of the table and forms the stock. The deal proceeds to the left at the end of each hand. Jokers and 2’s are wild and may be used to assume the identity of a particular card in order to complete a meld.ĭeal and play are clockwise.
Official rules canasta card game plus#
Two standard decks of 52 cards, plus 4 Jokers, giving a total of 108 cards.
Canasta can also be adapted to 2, 3, 5 and 6 players. The game has given rise to a number of variations including Samba, Bolivia, and Chile.įour players in two fixed-partnerships. The word, “canasta”, means “basket” in Spanish. It originated in Uraguay 10 years earlier, spread rapidly through Argentina and the rest of Latin America, and reached the United States in 1948. Canasta, a game of the Rummy family, was the most popular card game in America in the 1950s.
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