<p>You seem to be under the incorrect assumption that you don’t draw a card on turns that you play a skip card. It doesn’t work that way; you start every turn by drawing a card.</p>
<p>So in your example, before each time that Player 1 plays a skip card; they would first draw a card. So the total number of cards in your hand never changes until you make your phase; it will always be 10, or 11 while in the middle of your turn.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tactic.net/site/rules/FIN/03140.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Rules:</a></p>
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<p>PLAY: The player to the left of the dealer plays first. Play continues in a clockwise direction. <strong>On your turn, draw one card, either the top card from the draw pile or the top card from the discard pile, and add it to your hand.</strong> End your turn by discarding any one of your cards onto the top of the discard pile.</p>
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GendoIkari
<p><strong>2 players, phase 6 (1 run of 9) :</strong></p>
<p>Cards player 1: skip, skip, skip, 2, 4, 5, 7, 0, 5, 3</p>
<p>Player 1 decides to lay down a skip card.<br />
Player 2 has to skip the turn.<br />
Player 1 decides to lay down a skip card.<br />
Player 2 has to skip the turn.<br />
Player 1 lays the last skip card.<br />
Player 2 has to skip again.</p>
<p>Player 1 now can never win because they don't have enough cards (7) to make a phase?</p>

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If you need to make a run of 9; you need 9 cards, not 7.
GendoIkari
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Phase 10 not enough cards after skip card
Tom Fragma
# Phase 10 not enough cards after skip card

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-27)

**2 players, phase 6 (1 run of 9) :**

Cards player 1: skip, skip, skip, 2, 4, 5, 7, 0, 5, 3

Player 1 decides to lay down a skip card.  
Player 2 has to skip the turn.  
Player 1 decides to lay down a skip card.  
Player 2 has to skip the turn.  
Player 1 lays the last skip card.  
Player 2 has to skip again.

Player 1 now can never win because they don't have enough cards (7) to make a phase?

**Tags:** phase-10

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If you need to make a run of 9; you need 9 cards, not 7.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2021-12-28. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

You seem to be under the incorrect assumption that you don’t draw a card on turns that you play a skip card. It doesn’t work that way; you start every turn by drawing a card.

So in your example, before each time that Player 1 plays a skip card; they would first draw a card. So the total number of cards in your hand never changes until you make your phase; it will always be 10, or 11 while in the middle of your turn.

[Rules:](http://www.tactic.net/site/rules/FIN/03140.pdf)

> PLAY: The player to the left of the dealer plays first. Play continues in a clockwise direction. **On your turn, draw one card, either the top card from the draw pile or the top card from the discard pile, and add it to your hand.** End your turn by discarding any one of your cards onto the top of the discard pile.


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