Every player usually starts the game with a certain number of cards drawn from a shuffled deck, with the remaining cards forming a draw pile. When drawing cards, players arammy applternate between the draw and discard piles, trying to create valid sets (three or four cards of the same rank) & sequences (three or more consecutive cards of the same suit). When a player successfully melds every card into a valid combination and declares "Rummy," the game is over. The element of betting adds another level of complexity.