Aces are high and low (above a King), and Jokers are wild cards.

The rest of the deck is then placed face down in the middle of the players; this is referred to as the stock.

This card is called the upcard and becomes the beginning of the discard pile, else known as "dead", or no longer in the game.

They may either pick up one new card from the top of the stock or take the upcard.

The object of each hand is to come up with the correct combination of cards to be able to meld, or "lay out".

A set is a combination of a specific number of cards of the same rank, and the suit is not important.

A run is a combination of a specific number of cards of the same suit that have consecutive ranks.

Play progresses until one of the players "goes out," meaning they are able to discard the last card in their hand.

After all seven hands are played, the winner is the player with the lowest score.