Pan

Panguingue, also known as Pan, is a gambling Rummy game which is especially popular in California and South Florida. The origins of this game are unclear, but it was a regular feature in gambling halls during the time of the Californian gold-rush.

Objective: To be the first to put down (meld) all 10 cards in your hand, in addition to the final card drawn.

Players: 2 to 7

Cards: 310 Cards consisting of 8 decks, with the 8s, 9s, and 10s removed. One complete set of spades also removed. Card Ranking (K Q J 7 6 5 4 3 2 A)

Deal: Each player receives ten cards dealing to the right.

Pre-Play:

• Tops - Each player must ante 1 chip to be dealt into the game.
• Keep/Sluff - Each player has the option to Keep their hand or discard it (sluff) before play starts.
  

Play goes counterclockwise.

		The Play
		Melds
		Konditions
		Increasing
		Splitting
		Forcing Cards
		Sending
		Going Out
		Next Hand
		Fast Tables
		Rake
		Disconnection Policy

The Play
Each player in turn takes the top card of either the discard pile or the stock. A player may take from the discard pile only if the card was drawn from the stock by the preceding player, and can be immediately melded with the cards in the taker's hand. When a player draws from the deck, he must meld the card or discard it.

After drawing and before discarding, a player may meld as many valid melds as he holds or add to his existing melds. A player must drag a drawn card to his meld zone before any cards from his hand can be added to the meld zone.

Melds

• Rope: A run of any 3 or more cards of the same suit, e.g. Q♣J♣7♣. NB: The 7 and J are sequential.

• Square: A square consist of 3 or more cards of the same rank that are of only one suit (ex. 6♣,6♣,6♣), or of at least three different suits (ex. 4♠,4♦,4♣). Ace's and King's are an exception to this rule, and the suit is not considered when forming a set with these cards. Once a set has been melded, any number of additional cards of the same rank of any suit can be added to that meld.

Konditions
Certain melds are known as konditions. Konditions are special ‘scoring’ melds. On melding a kondition, a player immediately collects chips from every other player.

All 3's, 5's, and 7's are scoring or valle cards (pronounced "valley").

The konditions are:

• A square of different suit valle cards collects a chip from each player (ex. 3♠,3♥,3♦).
• A square of valle cards of a single suit collects 2 chips, 4 chips if the suit is spades. Also, 1 additional chip is collected for each additional valle card of the same suit added beyond the initial three cards, 2 chips if the suit is spades. (ex. 3♣,3♣,3♣).
• A square of three non-valle cards of a single suit collects 1 chip, 2 chips if the suit is spades. Also, 1 additional chip is collected for each additional non-valle card of the same suit added beyond the initial three cards, 2 chips if the suit is spades. (ex. J♥, J♥, J♥).
• A sequence starting with an Ace or ending with a King, (ex. A♦, 2♦, 3♦ or J♥, Q♥, K♥), collects 1 chip, 2 chips if the suit is spades.

Increasing
A player may add cards to a meld if its character is preserved, i.e. he may add a card of the same rank to a suited or unsuited set. When cards are added, the player may collect further chips if additional konditions have been met as described above.

Splitting
A meld can be halved by adding cards if each half forms a meld. E.g.: J, 7, 6, 5 may be halved into melds by adding Q, 4. If splitting a meld creates a kondition, payment is collected. A player can take a card from a meld to complete a new meld, provided he leaves a valid meld. E.g.: From 7, 6, 5, 4, either the 7 or 4 may be borrowed, but not both.

Forcing Cards
If the top of the discard pile can be added to a meld, the player must take the card and meld it.

Sending
When you have Q♠,J♠,7♠ melded and get hit with the K♠, you are entitled to be paid for it. However, on the computer you must tell the computer what to do. When the K♠ hits your meld, a box will pop up saying "send it". If you push this, it will pay you first and then you can move your K♠ and meld it with two kings from your hand. Use the "SEND IT" whenever you have a first pay and then out.

Going Out
When a player shows 11 cards in melds (10 cards plus his final draw card), he collects the value of all his konditions, plus two chips from each player and collects the tops pot.

Next Hand
After the pot has been won, all the players put in the tops for the next hand. The winner of the previous hand goes first.