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$page_utitle CANASTA STRATEGY
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Basics   Hand Size   Defensive Play   End Game   Glossary  
Beware of reducing the size of your hand early in the play, because having a small hand will severely limit your options. For this reason, it's usually best not to make an early meld except to obtain the discard pile. If you do make your initial meld without taking the discard pile, try to use as few cards as possible; a rule of thumb is to use just three cards when your meld requirement is 50, four cards when you need to make 90, or six cards for 120.