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Canasta rules clarified by Jacoby on initial melds
The reader asks about using the entire hand for an initial meld in canasta when not going out. Jacoby says it is legal if after taking the discard pile you can discard and still have at least one card left, creating a ten card pile and a mixed meld. He also covers canasta validity with black threes, mandatory discards, single card discards, and taking discards with jokers. A Chicago police report notes Lucille Hatfield, 25, admitted stealing 693 from a margarine company to fund her husband’s baseball umpire school in Florida.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
Jacoby
Chicago
Lucille Hatfield
Florida