Bluke 11 cards are dealt on the third hand, and so on until only 1 card is dealt, after which 2 are dealt, then 3, and so on all the way back to 13 (see more about ending the game below). Thus for a standard game of Bluke, a total of 25 hands are dealt. One player needs to be designated as score-keeper and will record bids, tally scores and keep track of how many cards are to be dealt for each hand. Once a hand has been dealt, the remaining cards (2 or more) are passed face down to the
Robbers' rummy All cards which were on the table, before the placement of the own cards from hand, must remain on the table. An essential point to recognize is that any meld consisting of four cards may be reduced to an equally regular three-card meld by removing or "robbing" one card, which in turn may be used to form other melds. The name "Robbers' rummy" reflects the characterization, by proponents of normal rummy, of such liberty in playing this game as excessive, or even "offensive." Examples It should be noted that any jokers on the table may be re-used to represent a