The other cards that go to form the discard pile cannot be used until the cards held have been played and the points needed to go out have been reached, using the top card of the pile. It is not necessary to satisfy this second condition if, at the time of going out, all the cards are displayed at once with a Concealed Canasta.īecause each pair plays their hand together, the two conditions need only be met by one player from each pair. The other cards in it can be melded or held. The top card of the pile must form part of the meld, being able to add its value to the others for the purpose of going out.
If the said card is a wild card, a deuce, a Black Three or a Red Three, then another card is taken, placing it on top of the first card until the said card is none of the ones mentioned. The dealer shuffles the cards and the deck is cut by the player on the dealer’s left, the dealer then deals out eleven cards to each player, one by one, in an anti-clockwise direction, with the next card being placed face-up on the table. The player seated to the left of the one who drew the highest card, the “hand”, is the dealer.
Each player draws one card, the two players with the highest cards play against the other two.