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Rule Options Chart
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A quick chart to help you with the many styles of pinochle we have.
Remember, you can customize the rules to your needs.
| RULE OPTIONS |
Normal
(Double Pack) |
Single Pack |
| Basic Rules |
| Decks to use |
4 |
2 |
| 9's included in deck |
N |
Yes |
| All points and scores x10 (Aces 100 style) |
N |
Yes |
| Hidden melding |
N |
N |
| Forced Move Rules |
| Must follow lead suit if possible |
Yes |
Yes |
| Must beat highest card so far (crawl) if possible |
Yes |
Yes |
| Must trump if possible |
Yes |
Yes |
| Always allowed to trump after someone else trumps |
N |
N |
| Other Rules |
| Minimum bid |
50 |
25 x10 |
| Minimum bid increase of 5 starts at |
60 |
100 x10 |
| Bid winners can exchange how many cards |
0 |
4 |
| Must have marriage in suit to select suit as trump |
Yes |
N |
| Scoring Rules |
| Games goes upto |
500 |
150 x10 |
| Minimum meld points for bid winner to score |
20 |
0 |
| Failing to meet min, gets deducted bid amount |
N |
N |
| Minimum meld points during tricks to score |
20 |
0 |
| Extra score for duplicate sequences |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bonus points for last trick |
2 |
1 |
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Meld Points Chart
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A quick chart to help you calculate meld points,
please keep in mind that some of the below may not be valid
depending on rule options.
| MELD POINTS |
Single |
Double |
Triple |
Quadruple |
| Type I (Runs and Marriages) |
| Run of trump (J,Q,K,10,Ace) |
15 |
150 |
225 |
300 |
| Royal marriage (Q and K) of trump |
4 |
8 |
12 |
16 |
| Regular marriage (Q and K) |
2 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
| Type II (Arounds) |
| 9 of all suits |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| J of all suits |
4 |
40 |
60 |
80 |
| Q of all suits |
6 |
60 |
90 |
120 |
| K of all suits |
8 |
80 |
120 |
160 |
| 10 of all suits |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Aces of all suits |
10 |
100 |
150 |
200 |
| Type III (Other) |
| Pinochle (J of diamonds and Q of spades) |
4 |
30 |
60 |
90 |
| Deece (9 of trump) |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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Upcoming Features
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The below features are on our pinochle todo list but we do not know for sure if or when they will be finished.
- begin ratings
- kitty cards rule option
- add easy robot
- view bidding history button
- exchanging cards rule option
Got any suggestions? Email us. We like to hear from you.
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Helping Out
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MPI is pleased to announce that pinochle has been released to the public in the June25
version of Canasis. So far it appears to be running very smoothly according to several
experienced pinochle players.
If you are a pinochle fan, we ask that you help spread the word about
our new pinochle by setting your Messenger status message to "pinochle
at http://Canasis.com". Thank you to everyone who does this for
canasta or pinochle.
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Glossary
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bid: number of points a player must try to score
- lead: first card played to start a card or obligation play
- pass: discontinue bid
- rank: highest to lowest card
- suit: spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs
- trump: highest ranking suit. player who wins bid names a suit the trump
- meld: points received from the cards dealt
- common marriage: king and queen of the same non-trump
- royal marriage: king and queen of the same trump
- marriage: king and queen of the same suit
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