Sunflower RummyThe classic 13-card game, cleaned up for your phone.

Valid sequences, sets and how points work

A lot of beginners lose rounds not because they played badly but because they misunderstood what counts. So here's the short version. A pure sequence is three or more cards of one suit in a row with no joker — 10♣ J♣ Q♣ is pure. An impure sequence is the same idea but with a joker filling a gap — 10♣ [joker] Q♣ works. A set is three or four cards of the same number from different suits.

You need two sequences minimum, and one of them has to be pure. After that, sets and extra sequences can be mixed any way you like.

When someone declares, every other player counts the cards they couldn't group. Face cards and Aces count 10 points each, number cards count their value, and jokers count zero. Lowest points is good — the winner takes zero.

Game modes you'll find at the Rummy tables

• Points Rummy – one deal, one result. Great when you only have five minutes.
• Pool Rummy – players are knocked out when their total crosses 101 or 201 points. Last one standing wins.
• Deals Rummy – a fixed number of deals is played, and whoever has the best total at the end wins.
• Practice tables – no pressure, no stakes. Perfect for learning the rhythm before you join a busy table.

Why people stick with Sunflower Rummy

The honest answer is that it doesn't get in the way. Cards are big enough to read on a small screen, the sort button actually sorts the way you'd sort by hand, and the auto-grouping suggests sets without playing for you. If you're the kind of player who likes to arrange things yourself, you can switch that off in settings.