One card is dealt face-up to begin the discard pile, while the remaining cards make up the draw pile. The aim is straightforward: players must create legitimate melds, which areslots for fun sets of three or four cards of the same rank or runs of three or more consecutive cards of the same suit. Throughout the game, players alternately draw from the draw or discard piles before discarding one card from their hand. This cycle keeps going until a player declares "Rummy," which ends the round, after successfully melding all of their cards.