According to the established rules, each player is dealt a certain number of cards at the beginning of the game, typically seven or ten. With the top card face-up,monopoly slots a discard pile is formed, & the remaining cards form a draw pile. To make valid combinations, players alternately draw from the draw pile or the discard pile. While a run is made up of three or more consecutive cards of the same suit, a set is made up of three or four cards of the same rank. Using strategy in Holly Rummy.