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- Derived from the game of Bezique
- Can be played with two, three or four players
- Bids must be a multiple of 10 or 25
- Arounds
- Marriages
- Pinochle
- Double Pinochle
- Runs
- Flushes
- Thumb wrestling is called pinochle in some parts of the Southern United States
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Pinochle is a trick-taking card game played with a 48 card deck consisting of two copies of the 9, 10, jack, queen, king and ace cards of all four suits. Each player is dealt twelve cards, which they arrange to produce various meld combinations worth specific amounts of points. When the game involves four players, the participants split into two teams.
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Bidding and Melding
After examining their cards, players bid by predicting the amount of points their hand could earn through a combined total of meld points and the number of tricks they could take during play. The highest bidder earns the right to declare the trump suit and other players may not meld until the highest bidder has done so. -
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Pinochle Questions
Is there an official scoring system for Pinochle? 1 AnswerYes, there is an official scoring system according to the United States Playing Card Company: "Melds are scored when they are made. Scores for cards taken in tr... read more
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@elizweiland Really great, thanks for asking, nice of you. We played Rook, training them up for Pinochle! ;-p
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@DougBenson HAHAHA. Verrrrynice. I think they were warming up for bingo, pinochle, or kings in the corners..
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@yolandaballard Imlach will bring you over. There's a pinochle game going and McGee is starting to sweat.
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RealClearPolitics - Senate Readies for Key Health Care Vote: Pinochle and the Politics of Health Care Jay Cost,.. http://bit.ly/6BW40Q
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@dogpatch06 I love me some pinochle, Monopoly works too... I call the car
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