Article: If no one has gone out by the time all the cards in the stock have been drawn, play continues as long as someone can take the top card of the discard pile and put it with a new or existing meld. However, no player down to a single card can take a discard pile of a single card. Play ends when any player with more than 1 card in hand cannot take the discard pile. If the last card from the draw pile is a bonus card, play it and end the round right away. You score points for each meld you made and lose points for anything left in your hand. Use the card values to calculate the point total and write it down. Remember to include any bonus points earned! When you're done, shuffle and deal all the cards to start the next round. Use the point values of the individual cards to total up the melds and any leftover cards. Subtract the value of the cards in your hands from your total score. Mixed canastas made with wildcards are worth 300 points, but natural canastas are worth 500. Any player who goes out by melding all their cards gets 100 bonus points. They get 200 if they did it in a single turn. Red 3s are worth 100 points each unless you have all 4 of them. Then they are worth 200. However, if you have any left in your hand, you lose 100 points. A game of canasta plays out over multiple rounds, so keep a running tally of the point totals. The first team to race to 5,000 points wins. If multiple people get there in the same round, then whoever has the most points wins.
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Continue play until the stock is exhausted or all players have gone out. Score all the cards played once each round comes to an end. End the game when a team reaches 5,000 total points.