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# Example: Card manipulation

The following examples illustrate how you can manipulate cards on the table, so you can play more cards from your hand.

Example 1:

Suppose the table contains the following meld:

7 7 7 7

And your hand contains 6 8 .

Then you can take the 7 from the set on the table, and combine it with your two cards. Then afterwards the table looks like this:

7 7 7
6 7 8
Example 2:

Now, suppose the table contains these melds:

5 6 7 8
2 3 4 5 6 7 8

And your hand contains 5 .

Here you can take a 5 from both runs, and combine it with the 5 in your hand, with the following result:

6 7 8
2 3 4 6 7 8
5 5 5
Example 3:

Suppose the table contains:

6 6 6
6 6 6
3 4 5

And your hand contains 7 8

If you split up the topmost set, you can add the 6 to the second set, add the 6 to the red run, and combine the 6 with both cards in your hand. This results in the following table:

6 6 6 6
3 4 5 6
6 7 8

## See also:

- Example: Valid melds
- Example: Jokers
- Valid Melds
- Game rules overview
- How to: Pick up cards and drop them