Pinochle
Sign in to savePinochle (), also called pinocle or penuchle, is a trick-taking ace–ten card game, typically for two to four players and played with a 48-card deck. It is derived from the card game bezique. Players score points by trick-taking and by forming combinations of characters into melds.
Key facts
- Card game.title
- Pinochle
- Card game.image_link
- Pinochle2.svg
- Card game.image_caption
- The jack of diamonds and queen of spades are the "pinochle" meld of pinochle.
- Card game.type
- Trick-taking
- Card game.players
- 4 in partnerships or 3 individually; variants exist for 2–6 or 8 players
- Card game.num_cards
- 48 (double 24 card deck) or 80 (quadruple 20 card deck)
- Card game.deck
- French
- Card game.play
- Clockwise
- Card game.card_rank
- A 10 K Q J 9
- Card game.related
- Bezique, Marjolet, Binokel
- Card game.playing_time
- 1 to 5 hours
- Card game.random_chance
- Medium
via Wikipedia infobox
~32 min read
Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- History
- Deck
- Partnership auction pinochle
- Dealing
- Auction pinochle
- Passing cards
- Melding
- Playing tricks
- Scoring tricks
- Game variations
- Two-handed
- Three-handed
- Renege
- Cutthroat
- Four-handed
- Five-handed and larger
- Check
- Double-deck
- Technical Misdeal
- Triple-deck, six-handed
- Racehorse
- Eight-player double-deck
- Alternate end games
- See also
- Citations
- General and cited references
- External links
Pinochle (), also called pinocle or penuchle, is a trick-taking ace–ten card game, typically for two to four players and played with a 48-card deck. It is derived from the card game bezique. Players score points by trick-taking and by forming combinations of characters into melds.
It is considered part of a "trick-and-meld" category which includes the game belote. Each hand is played in three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks. The standard game today is called "partnership auction pinochle".
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