Match Scoring for Gin Rummy

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Gary Zyer for Expert Village. Let's talk more about scoring and the many different bonuses in Gin Rummy. We saw how to score each hand, but after how many hands does the game end? There are obviously many options when playing, but following the standard rules play continues until one player reaches a hundred points or more. But, that person is not necessarily declared the final winner. There are several bonuses that are now applied. The first bonus is the game bonus, awarded to the person who reached a hundred points first. The game bonus is worth a hundred points. If the loser failed to win even one hand during the entire game, then the winner's game bonus is equal to two hundred points instead of one hundred. The next bonus is called a line bonus and is given to both players for each hand they won. This bonus is worth twenty points for each hand. Let's see how these bonuses affect the final score. A person may have won a lot of hands throughout the match and only received a few points because he won them by knocking. But, since he won many hands and he's receiving a twenty point bonus for each hand, in the end he could wind up with more points, even though he wasn't the first one to receive a hundred points and receive the hundred point game bonus. If player A had a final score of two hundred and fifty and player B had a final score of two hundred and twenty five, then player A would win by twenty five points. And if each point was worth a dollar, player B would owe player A twenty five dollars."