Liverpool rummy is a multi-player, multi-round card game similar to other variants of rummy that adds features like buying and going out. It is played the same as Contract rummy, except that if a player manages to cut the exact number of cards required to deal the hand and leave a face-up card, then the cutting player's score is reduced by 50 points. The game The game consists of seven deals of the cards. The objective is to be holding the lowest valued cards at the end of each deal. At the end of each deal the score for each player is written down, and the player with the lowest total score at the end of the seven deals wins the game. In each deal, the players reduce the value of the cards held in their hands by laying on the table, melds comprising sets and sequences of cards, usually known as Books and Runs. A Book consists of three or more cards of the same rank, such as . A Run consists of four or more cards in sequence, all of the same suit (hearts, clubs, etc), such as . Deck The game is played with standard 52-card packs plus the jokers: 2 packs for three or four players or 3 for more than four players. The ranking from low-to-high is 2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-J-Q-K-A. Aces are always high. Jokers are wild. Dealing The dealer deals 10 cards to each player for the first 4 rounds, then 12 cards to each player for the last 3 rounds. After all the players' hands have been dealt, the rest are placed face down as the stock and its top card turned face-up to start the discard pile. The player to the immediate left of the dealer plays first. Play On each turn, a player may: Allow any player to buy the top card from the discard pile. Draw either the face-up top card of the discard pile or one card from the stock. Meld their completed round-appropriate collection of books and runs. Play off other players who have laid down once they have laid down themselves. Discard one card from their hand onto the discard pile. When a player discards a card that could have been played off on their own or another player's laid cards is a "Liverpool". Only players that are laid down may call Liverpool. The first player to call Liverpool