Editing Gin rummy (section)

==Notable players==
*[[Stu Ungar]], widely regarded as the greatest Gin Rummy player of all time, was described by many as having a near clairvoyant ability to see his opponents' hands. Ungar's almost total dominance of the game during the 1970s and 1980s is thought to have been a factor in the decline of Gin Rummy as a tournament game in [[Las Vegas]] and other gambling venues. (Ungar eventually switched to [[poker]].)<ref>{{cite video|people=Ungar, Stu|date=2006-06-29|title=One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stu Ungar|medium=documentary|location=USA|publisher=Szymanski, Al}}</ref><ref name=cg>{{cite magazine|magazine=Cigar Aficionado |url=http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/1526 |title=The Gin Mill |author=Michael Konik |author-link=Michael Konik |date=1999-04-01 |access-date=2012-07-18}}</ref>
*[[Oswald Jacoby]], best known as a [[contract bridge]] and [[backgammon]] champion, also played high-stakes Gin Rummy and wrote several books on the game.
*[[Ernie Kovacs]], the comedian and television pioneer, published a book in 1962 called ''How to Talk at Gin''.
;Fictional characters
*The villain [[Auric Goldfinger]] cheats at Gin Rummy in the key introduction scene of the James Bond film ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' (1964), with the help of an accomplice looking at the opponent's cards through binoculars.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kDdIL0tSeI | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/8kDdIL0tSeI| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Goldfinger (1964) - Miami hotel pool scene |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=July 18, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film script changed the game to Gin Rummy from two-handed [[Canasta]] in the source novel by [[Ian Fleming]].
* In ''[[The Golden Girls]]'', [[Sophia Petrillo]] and her daughter, [[Dorothy Zbornak]], spend the entire night playing Gin Rummy, with Dorothy trying to beat her mother's endless winning streak, but to no avail.
* In Episode 7 of [[Downton Abbey (series 4)|Season 4]] of [[Downton Abbey]], the [[Violet Crawley|Dowager Lady Grantham]] and Isobel Crawley play this game, following a bout of [[bronchitis]] in Lady Grantham through which Mrs. Crawley nursed her. Lady Grantham seems to enjoy the game, and Mrs. Crawley remarks that it can go on for ages.