HAND, KNEE AND FOOT...HOW TO PLAY

HAND, KNEE AND FOOT

HOW TO PLAY

Begin:  Draw for deal. High card is dealer. Dealer deals 15 cards for “hand”. Player to the right of dealer deals 13 cards for the “knee”. And person to his right deals 11 cards for the “foot”.

The “foot” is placed in front of each player with the “knee” then placed on top crosswise. All “HANDS” are looked at first for red 3’s which are placed in front of the player. Starting to the dealer’s left, 1 card is drawn from the stockpile to replace each red 3. In clockwise order, all red 3’s are shown and replaced before play begins.

Decide which team member will hold the closed canastas for the final count and other team member will lay cards in front of him for melds. Red 3’s are given to the closed keeper. Red 3’s found later in “knee” and “foot” are not replaced. Red 3’s later drawn from stockpile are replaced immediately (do not put in hand, but are given to closed keeper).

Dealer turns top card over. If it is a 7, 5, wild or red 3, another card is turned and placed on top. Player to the dealer’s left begins by drawing 2 cards from the stockpile. He is looking for points to lay down the 1st meld (minimum 3 like cards). If instead of drawing , the player wants to pick up the top card of the discard pile to use with 2 natural like cards in his hand to make initial meld he may do so. If he has the cards within his hand for the correct points meld, he may lay down his meld (the first for the team) and then pick up the whole discard pile with 2 natural cards to match the top card on the discard pile and play those cards additionally. After initial meld by team, anytime the top card of the discard pile is wanted (with two natural cards in his hand) he must pick up the entire discard pile. When the discard pile is picked up and cards played, the player “knocks” that he is done playing (no discard is  layed). If a player picks 2 cards from the stockpile, he plays his cards, and then he will discard 1 card.

Once the 1^st 7 card canasta is completed, it is handed to the closed keeper and the player picks up his “knee” immediately and continues to play those cards, as he chooses, until he either discards or “knocks”. His partner must wait until his turn to pick up his “knee” and before looking at his “knee”, he must decide if he wants to pick 2 cards from the stockpile or pick up the entire discard pile for further meld, using two cards in his hand, which matches the top card in the discard pile. Then he continues to play the cards in his “knee” until done. If a player forgets to pick up his “knee” in his turn and is reminded by his partner or opponent, a 1000 point deduction is given to the reminder.

As the BASIC BOOKs of canastas are made, any cards of the basic books may not be buried. The cards that made up the Red or Black canastas in the BASIC BOOKS can be restarted in another meld, and when completed, set aside as additional canastas. Only those 7 cards can be played. At you next turn or partners next turn, additional like cards can be buried. Wild cards, 7s and 5s can never be buried. They can be restarted for another meld with the same original point count. Wilds can also be used to make Black canastas or discarded. 5s and 7s can never be blackened.

When all cards of the “hand” and “knee” are played, the “foot” may be picked up and continue to play. If a discard was made, the “foot” will be played in your following turn.

If a player is in his “foot”, he may “go out” if he has the BASIC BOOKS completed, and can play all his cards or “bury them”. One discard is allowed when “going out”. Before “going out”, a player must ask his team mates permission. The team mate does not have to be in his “foot”, but will consider the possible point deductions in his un-played cards.

If all cards from the stockpile have been played and neither team can “go out”, then the point count will include partial BASIC BOOK and other canastas, red 3s, and deductions for un-played cards.

POINT COUNT FOR HAND KNEE AND FOOT

PLAYERS:  Four players - play 2 teams of 2 each with 6 decks

                     Six players – play 2 teams of 3 each with 7 decks

GAME:  A game consists of four rounds.

POINT VALUES

JOKERS…………………..50 POINTS

ACES & DEUCES……..20 POINTS

RED THREES……………100 POINTS  (DEDUCT 500 POINTS WHEN NOT PLAYED)

8 THRU KING………….10 POINTS

4 THRU 7…………………5 POINTS

BLACK THREES …………DEDUCT 100 POINTS WHEN NOT PLAYED

SCORE                                                                                                        MELD REQUIREMENTS

UP TO 15,000………………………….50 POINTS

15,000 TO 30,000……………………..90 POINTS

30,000 TO 50,000……………………..120 POINTS

OVER 50,000……………………………150 POINTS

IN ORDER TO “GO OUT”, A TEAM MUST HAVE ON THE TABLE THE FOLLOWING REQUIRED CANASTAS

THIS IS YOUR “BASIC BOOKS”

ONE CANASTA OF SEVEN                       7’S (NO WILD CARDS)

ONE CANASTA OF SEVEN                      5’  (NO WILD CARDS)

ONE CANASTA OF SEVEN                      WILD CARDS (DUECES AND JOKERS)

ONE CANASTA OF SEVEN                     CLEAN (RED, NATURAL, ALL THE SAME CARD)(NO WILD CARDS)

ONE CANASTA OF SEVEN                      DIRTY (MIXED NATURAL CARDS WITH MAXIMUM OF 2 WILD CARDS)

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SCORING:

CANASTA OF 7’S………………………………………………………………………..…….5,000 POINTS EA

CANASTA OF 5’S……………………………………………………………………………..3,000 POINTS  EA

CANASTA OF WILD CARDS………………………………………………………………….………2,500 POINTS EA

CANASTA OF SEVEN, CLEAN OR RED………………………………………………………….500 POINTS  EA

CANASTA OF SEVEN MIXED……………………………………………………………………….300 POINTS  EA

THE ABOVE “BASIC BOOKS” TOTALED TOGETHER HAVE A VALUE OF………..11,300 POINTS  ADDITIONAL BOOKS OF 7’S, 5’S AND WILD CARDS SCORE AS ABOVE

TEAM GOING OUT………………………………………………………………    …..200 POINTS
 7 RED THREES………………………(700 pts plus 300 pt bonus) ....................…….1,000 POINTS

RED THREES REMAINING IN HAND, UNPLAYED……………………………………………….MINUS 500 POINTS EA

BLACK THREES REMAINING IN HAND, UNPLAYED…………………………………………..MINUS 100 POINTS EA