A meld can consist of up to seven cards.Īt the beginning of each round, each player is dealt 11 cards. A player can also create a meld by adding cards to an existing meld. To create a meld, players must have at least three cards of the same rank in their hand.
The game is played over several rounds, and the player with the highest score at the end of the game is the winner. The objective of Samba is to score points by creating melds of three or more cards of the same rank.
