To make a discard pile, the top card in this stack is turned face up. The players alternately draw a card from the discard pile or the draw pile, then discardcsk remaining slots one card from their hand. Until a player successfully melds every card in their deck, the cycle keeps going. Unmelded cards in a player's hand at the conclusion of a round are typically counted as points against them, though scoring in Rummy can vary depending on the particular rules of the variation being played.