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Quiz – Pro Tips
Quiz Pro tips - Newsletter 01/20
1. Why is it recommended to discard a seven (7) or an ace after the turn card if the pack does not have many of those cards? Please select two answers.
To confuse your opponents
To avoid signaling that you’re close to going out
To free up space in your hand
To gain an extra turn
2. What is the recommended mental trick for tracking aces and sevens in the discard pile?
Counting the cards in pairs
Imagining a scoreboard at the Super Bowl that starts at "00"
Grouping cards into melds as they’re discarded
Keeping a written tally on a piece of paper
3. What should you always do before playing Modern Canasta with new people?
Shuffle the cards together as a group
Agree on basic rules like signaling for wild cards and going out requirements
Practice by playing a few rounds with no points
Decide who goes first based on the highest card drawn
4. How should you arrange your cards to optimize your gameplay in Canasta?
Keep all pairs, triples, and single cards grouped together, with special cards (aces, 3s, 7s, wild cards) on one side
Spread the cards randomly to confuse opponents
Arrange them in descending order by value
Focus only on wild cards and ignore the rest
5. Why should you use a joker instead of a deuce when closing a canasta?
Jokers are worth more points (50 compared to 20 for deuces)
Deuces make it harder to go out
Jokers can be reused in future hands
Deuces are required to form new melds
6. What is the danger of discarding the fifth ace or fifth seven into the pile?
It forces your partner to skip their turn
It signals your strategy to your opponents
It gives the pack to your opponents and possibly 2500 points
It causes you to lose points immediately
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