A player's success in Rummy can be greatly impacted by the strategies used when discarding and drawing cards. Prioritizing drawing from the discard pile when there is a chance to finish a meld or greatly enhance one's hand is onedstta useful tactic. But this needs to be balanced carefully because, if done too often, selecting from the discard pile can also give opponents a sneak peek at your intentions. Players should try to maximize their own chances of creating melds while reducing the possibility of giving opponents valuable cards when discarding. Based on what has already been played, it is common practice to discard cards that are less likely to contribute to subsequent melds.