Strictly speaking "First To Knock" isn't Gin Rummy at all. It's very fast and there's a lot more luck involved in the outcome between two players. Even a new player can beat a veteran player if they receive good cards. It's also the quickest way to play our version of Gin Rummy online taking less than one minute to play just one hand of cards.

The first player to reduce their deadwood cards to 10points or less can knock and win the hand, the entire game and the real money at stake. If you're time poor or intimidated by some of the more skill players online, playing "First To Knock" is a great introduction to the other ways to play Gin Rummy online.

First-to-Knock Scoring

Scoring game points is very straightforward: There are no game points! You only have to win one hand of cards, so the concept of accumulating game points become irrelevant.

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