GINSTARS
 SHORT VERSION 

GAME RULES 
 

HERE YOU WILL FIND A SHORTER VERSION OF THE RULES TO USE IN YOUR SPAMMERS AS SOME OF YOU HAVE ENCOUNTERED A PROBLEM WITH USING THE FULL VERSION.  WHEN USING THIS VERSION OF THE RULES FOR SPAMMING PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR COMPLETE RULES ON YOUR TOURNAMENT PAGES. 

 

3 x 3 SET TABLES TO 100 REGULAR, YOU MUST HAVE 3 "SEPERATE" SPREADS (SETS OR RUNS), CONTAINING NO MORE THAN 3 CARDS PER SPREAD, KNOCKING WITH 1 CARD, NO GINS ALLOWED, TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED,  ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	REGULAR SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
OKLAHOMA SET TABLES TO 125 OKLAHOMA (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED NO KIBITIZING...ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	RED/BLACK SET TABLES TO 125 RATED & PROTECTED UPCARD RED ..... "GIN ONLY" ...UPCARD BLACK .. "KNOCK OR GIN" BOTH PLAYERS NEED TO STATE RED/BLACK AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH HAND. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
GIN ONLY SET TABLES TO 125 TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED "GIN ONLY"...KNOCKING WILL BE AN AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFIER. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	75 KNOCK ONLY SET TABLES TO 75 RATED AND PROTECTED "KNOCK ONLY" NO GINS ALLOWED...NO HOLDING "GIN" OR "ACE" TO UNDERCUT OPPONENT NO KIBITIZING...ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
RUNS ONLY SET TABLES TO 101 RATED AND PROTECTED "RUNS ONLY" (1,2,3..... 6, 7,8..... ETC)...IF SETS IN MELDS IT'S A DQ IF OPPONENT KNOCKS AND YOU HAVE SETS CLICK THE BLUE LINE AND MOVE IT OFF YOUR SETS. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	SETS ONLY SET TABLES TO 101..TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED SETS ONLY IN MELDS, NO RUNS...SETS ARE (2,2,2 ..... 4,4,4 .... 7,7,7 ... ETC) IF YOU HAVE RUNS WHEN OPPONENT KNOCKS MOVE THE BLUE LINE FROM THE RUN NO KIBITIZING. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
101 FACELESS SET TABLES TO 101 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED NO "FACE CARDS" IN ANY MELDS. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	NO TOUCH SET TABLES TO 75 RATED AND PROTECTED "NO TOUCHING THE DISCARD PILE"..PICKING UP FROM DISCARDS IS AN AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFIER. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
SWISS TWIST SET TABLES TO 123 ...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED.ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	REGULAR TAG  GRAB A PARTNER SET TABLES TO 155 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES UNRATED AND PROTECTED. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
REGULAR TAG  RANDOM PARTNERS SET TABLES TO 155 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES UNRATED AND PROTECTED. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	LADY'S NIGHT OUT SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED NO "QUEENS" IN ANY MELDS. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
HANG TEN SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED NO "TENS" IN ANY MELDS. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	JACK IN THE BOX SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED NO "JACKS" IN ANY MELDS. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
GO WEST COWBOY SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED NO "KINGS" IN ANY MELDS. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	CROSS STITCH SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE RUN AND ONE SET IN MELDS. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
HEARTLESS SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED NO "HEARTS" IN ANY MELDS. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	GEMLESS SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED NO "DIAMONDS" IN ANY MELDS. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
INVITERS CHOICE SET TABLES TO 125...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED TOP PLAYER IN BRACKET INVITES AND CHOOSES THE GAME. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	ODDS AND ENDS SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED UPCARD EVEN...GIN ONLY, UPCARD ODD......KNOCK ONLY, BOTH PLAYERS STATE ODD OR EVEN. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
NO CUT SET TABLES TO 101 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED NO UNDERCUTS OF ANY KIND, IF UNDERCUT APPEARS ON THE SCREEN IT'S A "DQ". ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	RULES 150 SWISS TWIST TAG SET TABLES TO 150 UNRATED AND PROTECTED,FIRST PLAYER IN BRACKET IS CAPTAIN, SETS TABLE AND INVITES. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
RULES 175 SWISS TAG (REGRESSIVE) SET TABLES TO 175 UNRATED AND PROTECTED, POINTS WILL DECREASE BY 25 FOR EACH CONSECUTIVE ROUND. FIRST PLAYER IN BRACKET IS CAPTAIN, SETS TABLE AND INVITES. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	FLIPSIDE (DE) SET TABLES TO 125 GIN ONLY ON TOP....NO KNOCKING WITH DEADWOOD 75 KNOCK ONLY ON BOTTOM..NO GINS, NO HOLDING "GIN" OR "ACES" TO UNDERCUT, TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
SUICIDE SET TABLES TO 250 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED, WHEN OPPONENT GINS OR KNOCKS, YOU MUST REMOVE ALL BLUE LINES FROM YOUR MELDS,  ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	NUMBERED UPCARD SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)... WHATEVER NUMBER THE UPCARD IS IN EACH HAND THAT NUMBER CANNOT BE MELDED..(EX. UPCARD 7.....NO 7'S IN ANY MELDS), BOTH PLAYERS NEED TO STATE THE NUMBER AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH HAND, TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED,  ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
SUITED  UPCARD SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)... WHATEVER SUIT THE UPCARD IS IN EACH HAND THAT SUIT CANNOT BE MELDED..(EX. UPCARD SPADES.....NO SPADES IN ANY MELDS), BOTH PLAYERS NEED TO STATE THE NUMBER AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH HAND, TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED,  ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	HI/LO SET TABLES TO 125 ...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED,  IF UPCARD IS AN ACE-6 THEN THAT HAND IS REGULAR GIN OR KNOCK IF UPCARD IS 7-K THEN THAT HAND IS GIN ONLY, BOTH PLAYERS NEED TO STATE  THE UPCARD AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH HAND. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
DROP DEAD SET TABLES TO 125 RATED AND PROTECTED....THE FIRST CARD OF EACH HAND DETERMINES THE NUMBER OF DEADWOOD YOU MUST HAVE WHEN KNOCKING, YOU MUST KNOCK ON THAT NUMBER EXACTLY. WHEN YOUR OPPONENT KNOCKS YOU CANNOT TIE OR UNDERCUT THEM. YOU MUST HAVE MORE DEADWOOD THEN THEY DO. IF YOU HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OR LESS WHEN YOUR OPPONENT KNOCKS YOU MUST UNMELD SOMETHING TO AVOID THE UNDERCUT. UNDERCUT WILL RESULT IN A DQ. ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	BALL & CHAIN SET TABLES TO 125 RATED AND PROTECTED.....EACH PLAYER MUST PICK UP HIS/HER OPPONENTS FIRST DISCARD OF EACH HAND....THIS IS YOUR BALL & CHAIN CARD. THE BALL & CHAIN CARD MUST BE USED IN A SET OR RUN BEFORE KNOCKING OR GINNING. THE BALL & CHAIN CARD CANNOT BE USED AS DEADWOOD IT HAS TO BE MELDED IN EITHER A SET OR RUN, YOU MAY NOT DISCARD THE BALL & CHAIN CARD AT ANYTIME.  ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
OH NO SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED, IF AT ANY TIME YOUR SCORE ENDS IN "0" YOU WIN, CANCEL GAME,  ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.	DOUBLE TROUBLE SET TABLES TO 125 REGULAR (GIN OR KNOCK)...TABLES RATED AND PROTECTED, IF AT ANY TIME YOUR SCORE ENDS IN DOUBLE DIGITS (IE. 11,33,44, ETC) YOU WIN, CANCEL GAME,  ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.
THIS OR THAT SET TABLES TO 125 RATED & PROTECTED, YOU CHOOSE TO EITHER PLAY ALL SETS OR ALL RUNS BEFORE YOU KNOCK OR GIN, HANDS CANNOT BE A MIX, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TELL YOUR OPPONENT WHICH YOU ARE PLAYING,  ALL OTHER GINSTAR RULES APPLY. FOR MORE DETAILED RULES REFER TO THE TOURNAMENT PAGE.