Win the bid, meld valuable combinations, and capture point cards in tricks. First team to reach 150 points wins.
Przegląd
Pinochle is a trick-taking game using a 48-card deck (two of each 9, 10, J, Q, K, A in each suit). Points are scored through melding (card combinations) and by winning tricks containing scoring cards (aces, tens, kings). Complex bidding and melding make it deeply strategic.
Przygotowanie
48-card Pinochle deck (A, 10, K, Q, J, 9, doubled in each suit). 4 players in partnerships. Deal 12 cards each. Bidding determines who names trump.
Jak grać
- Bidding: Players bid how many points their team will score (melds + trick points). The minimum bid is 20. High bidder names trump.
- Melding: After trump is named, declare melds (card combinations) and score their point value.
- Common melds: Run (A-10-K-Q-J of trump = 15), Marriage (K-Q same suit = 2-4), Pinochle (Q of spades + J of diamonds = 4), Four of a kind (4-10 points).
- Play: The player to the dealer's left leads the first trick. You must follow suit and beat the highest card if you can; if you cannot follow suit, you must play a trump (a higher trump if a trump is already winning). Highest trump wins, otherwise the highest card of the led suit.
- Card points in tricks: Ace = 11, Ten = 10, King = 4, Queen = 3, Jack = 2, Nine = 0, plus 1 point for the last trick (241 per hand).
- Bid team must meet their bid with melds + trick points or go 'set' (lose bid value).
Zwycięstwo
Score melds plus trick points. Making the bid scores those points; failing sets you back by the bid amount. The defending team always scores its melds and trick points. First team to 150 points wins; if both reach it in the same hand, the higher score wins.