![]() Going to think your partner has it (unless you’re not playing Racehorse),īut are you really going to get two extra counters through this sleight of hand? Nah. You’ve got an extra K or Q of trump for your run,īut you want your opponents to think you have less trump than you do. Otherwise, they’ll know soon enough when they pluck it out of Unless you’re really long on trump,Īnd expect that you’ll be playing the nine last instead of early, this just isn’t worth ![]() There are only three situations that I can think of that you’d even consider doing this: You’ve got a nine of trump, and you don’t want the other team to know where it is. Take 40 more points in your tricks because the other players don’t know you have it? Who cares if you have the Queen of Spades? Are you going to This is almost never going to be worth it. Queen of Spades to go with your Jack of Diamonds, you can choose to keep it in your hand. If you think you’re going to really hoodwink your opponents by hiding the fact you’ve got that While you’reĭealing out this hand, the next player can be shuffling his deck, so it’ll be all ready to go for the next hand. Um, just how much time are you going to save once you include the time you spend with all those re-deals?īy the way, if the few seconds spent shuffling really bothers you that much, just play with two decks. And if you think skipping the shuffle saves time, Very often if you just shuffle the deck in the first place. Of playing Pinochle, and it’s a very different challenge than playing a strong one. Playing a weak hand well is one of the challenges Made up this new rule to try to mitigate that. Some victim of that original lazy card player, tired of all the crappy hands they kept getting, So people are going to see a lot more really good hands, and a lot more really bad hands. You see, by not shuffling, the chances that the cards will not be randomly distributed go way up. They can toss in their hand and declare a misdeal.” This cockamaimey rule: IAQ “if a player is dealt ‘five 9s no meld’ or ‘six 9s with meld’, But I’m pretty confident that the same lazy card player who couldn’t beīothered to shuffle, or some poor sucker who learned not to shuffle from them, is the one that then had to invent In a word, “yes.” Pinochle play leaves the cards scrambled enough that it seems like I was taught that you don’t have to shuffle between hands. Rules you use, as long as you’re all using the same ones. If they’re used to different rules, all we have toĭo is agree on what the rules are going to be that evening. Up in the first place: so that when I play Pinochle, I can quickly and easily show the other players ![]() Some of them don’t have bidding at all! That’s why I put this page Through myriad books on card games, and most of them have rules for Pinochle that are, well, unquestionably If you’re looking for “official” rules, I hate to tell you: there aren’t any. ![]() However, he thinks that “interesting” Pinochle is playedįor money, so I don’t feel at all guilty about ignoring his opinion in this case. John ScarneĬalls this form “Aeroplane Pinochle” in his book on card games,Īnd uninteresting form. Racehorse refers to passing cards between the partners of the winning bid. Auction means there’s bidding, which was also tacked onto Pinochle whenīridge burst onto the scene and stole the players away. Partnership because originally, Pinochle was not played with partners. (sometimes called “Navy Pinochle”) that have four ofĮach card, but no 9’s, so it’s an 80 card deck. The main web page: Single Deck means two of each of Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, Nine Giving you notes like “If JC is led, you must play QC instead of QD or 9C.” I’veĪvoided that because I find it just confusing enough that it’s detrimental toĭepends on which of literally dozens of variations you’re playing. Usually, you’ll also see H for Hearts, S for Spades, D for Diamonds and C for clubs, What do those letters stand for?Ĭommon abbreviations for playing cards are I thought I’d share them here as they arrive. I’ve gotten a number of really interesting questions in e-mail from people reading my Pinochle rules page. Infrequently Asked Questions about Pinochle Infrequently Asked Questions about Pinochle
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