All Canasta Lessons

You win a round of Canasta by gaining the highest score. You can secure those points best by melding a Canasta as soon as possible. After all, that is the only way you get to end the round! Find out here why ending the round can decide the game’s outcome and how you can reach a canasta effectively.

Online or offline – it makes sense to compare your points reached so far with those of your opponents. Red Threes play a grave role here. If your opponents get them, you should keep those in mind and play for plenty of points to make up for them.

Sometimes it seems like winning is not meant to be, and you only draw cards that do not bring you forward. At the same time, your hand is filled with cards that would only help your opponents. The best steps to prevent that are blocking or freezing the discard pile.

In four-player Canasta, two players will form a team each. To prevent unpleasant surprises, you can ask your teammate for permission to go out in Canasta.