Gin Rummy with Mom

Every hand of gin rummy my mom and I have played since we started keeping score. She is winning. It is not close.

The series

Mom38

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9Ari

50 games scored · 3 ties · one game lost to history

6,560Mom, career points131 per game

3,895Ari, career points78 per game

+205Mom's biggest winGame 22 (250–45)

+90Ari's biggest winGame 20 (120–30)

7 gamesMom's longest streak

2 gamesAri's best run

250Highest single handMom, of course

5 ptsClosest gameGame 26 (80–75)

Every game

Each bar is one game's margin of victory — hover any bar for the hand

Mom wins Ari wins tie

Her masterpiece: +205 in Game 22. My best: +90 in Game 20.

Career points, game by game. Mom has led since Game 1 — hover to trace the gap

Mom 6.6kAri 3.9k

Mystic House

14 games · 8–4–1

Q Coffee

5 games · 4–1

The Borough

2 games · 2–0

Walt Disney Family Museum

2 games · 1–1

Mystic

1 game · 1–0

Westerly Week House

1 game · 1–0

Seven Leaves

1 game · 1–0

Records read Mom–Ari–ties. The first 25 games never got a place written down.

Game	Where	Ari	Mom	Won
1		30	95
2		85	145
3		40	125
4		30	125
5		65	45
6		95	95	=
7		95	135
8		30	105
9		130	160
10		130	90
11		30	110
12		105	135
13		80	185
14		45	215
15		90	90	=
15		60	80
16		130	155
17		50	65
18		5	160
19		55	185
20		120	30
21		100	135
22		45	250
23	The Borough, Christmas Eve	80	130
24	The Borough, Christmas Eve	60	150
25	Mystic, December 17	45	125
26		75	80
27		80	155
28	Mystic House	105	105	=
29	Mystic House	160	135
30	Mystic House	150	130
31	Mystic House	90	105
32	Mystic House, 12/25/2023	75	155
33	Mystic House, 12/25/2023	—	—
34	Westerly Week House, 1/1/24	95	190
35	Mystic House, 1/7/24	105	190
36	Mystic House, 1/17/24	100	75
37	Mystic House, 1/17/24	60	170
38	Mystic House, 1/19/24	25	110
39	Mystic House, 1/21/24	75	180
40	Mystic House, 1/21/24	65	210
41	Mystic House, 1/28/24	95	220
42	Mystic House, 2/14/24	125	100
43	Q Coffee, San Francisco	60	80
44	Q Coffee, San Francisco	15	125
45	Q Coffee, San Francisco	25	140
46	Q Coffee, San Francisco	120	65
47	Q Coffee, San Francisco	90	190
48	Seven Leaves, San Francisco	110	155
49	Walt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco	45	120
50	Walt Disney Family Museum, San Francisco	120	55

Yes, there are two Game 15s. No, Game 33 has no scores. We have no idea what happened to either of them.

Someone send help