may discard one card to the discard pile, resume rotation prior caller. If the next player commences their turn by either drawing or allowing buying then the opportunity to call Liverpool has passed. Play continues, in alternating turns, until one player goes out, or has no cards left in their hand. Points are tallied and recorded by a score-keeper. All of the cards are shuffled and the next round of play commences. Laying down The objective in Liverpool rummy is to improve one's score by laying down to reduce the number of cards in hand, and eventually going out before other players. Within each round there are two types of card groupings that are required: Books3 or more cards sharing the same rank, i.e., . Runs 4 or more cards of the same suit in sequence, i.e., . Aces rank as high or low, but one cannot create a run that loops around, also known as "turning the corner". A 2 3 4 is allowed, J Q K A is allowed, but K A 2 3 is not. If a player begins to meld and finds they cannot actually meld, they must add fifty points to their score. Requirements for laying down The requirements for each round of play are as follows: First - 2 books of three (6 cards) Second - 1 book of three & 1 run of four (7 cards) Third - 2 runs of four (8 cards) Fourth - 3 books of three (9 cards) Fifth - 2 books of three & 1 run of four (10 cards) Sixth - 1 book of three & 2 runs of four (11 cards) Seventh - 3 runs of four with no remaining cards in hand, no final discard (12 cards) Buying cards After each player has finished his/her turn by discarding, if the next player should decline to pick up the new top card of the face-up discard pile, any other player may "buy" it. The "price" to pick up this extra card out of turn requires that the buyer draw an additional card from the face-down pile. If more than one player desires to buy a card, the player who first calls out "I'll buy that" gets the card. Or, for a calmer game, whoever is nearest (clockwise) to the player about to draw gets precedence. The option to buy ends when the next player picks up