For the purpose of picking partners, card values are as such, A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 / Spades (high), hearts, diamonds, clubs. The person with the second highest card becomes the partner of the player that drew the highest card. The player that draws the highest card gets to choose his seat and goes first. Partnerships are formed by drawing cards from the deck. Red 3 cards = 100 or 200 points Picking Partners:Ĭanasta has an interesting approach to forming partnerships.
In Canasta the value of cards is as follows: NUMBER OF CARDS: Double 52-card decks plus four jokers (108 cards in total) / Specialty Canasta Deck A meld consists of three of more cards of the same rank, and jokers can be used as wild cards to help form melds. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the game is to form as many melds as possible.
