"Rules" - Points

Every group / club etc. needs some "rules" so do we.

The Samba Canasta Group LeHa concists of friendly persons who just want to have a nice afternoon.

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It is very much appreciated by our treasurer Harm if you pay your € 1,- table money before you start playing.

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We are a non profit group which is run by Harm who is there almost every week very early to set up the tables so you can start playing when you come in.

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Because it is a social club in Spain where everybody is welcome we use English as our common language but we also speak Dutch, a little bit French / German.

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THE START OF AN AFTERNOON

 1 extra player: 

The 1st 4 players who are present make 1 table and and they can start playing.
If there is a 5th player waiting then after playing 2 "hands" the players (on the table with 2 pairs) draw a card and the player with the lowest card swappes with the player waiting and so on.
 

 2 or 3 extra players: 

If there are 2 or 3 players waiting they can start playing singles to kill the waiting time and after there are 2 "hands" played (on the table with 2 pairs) they draw a card and the players with the lowest cards swap with the players waiting and so on.

Ideal would be exactly 4, 8, 12 etc. players present but 9 times out of 10 it's 5 or 6 or 9 etc. and that's why we swap so everybody can have some games playing pairs and have a nice afternoon.

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The player who draws the lowest card (Ace = High, Wildcard = Redraw) swaps place with the waiting player(s) and after 2 "hands" played the sequence repeats.

The only difference is the the "5th" player does not draw a card the 1st 6 hands because he/she just entered the table.

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 This happened once: 

If it happens that ALL of the 3 (full packs) cards, even the discard pile is empty  I made the decicion that:

After the last card(s) is/are played, everybody scores his/her Bonus points, red 3's, Samba's and/or Canasta's and start with a new hand.

The only exception

ONLY in this situation is

NOBODY looses his/her 1 Canasta or Samba and the Red 3's are NOT negative.

Only because this is a very unusuall situation.

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