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A popular variation for four (or three) player pinochle involves dealing a 4 card kitty (3 or 6 cards for three players), with the bid winner taking the kitty and discarding 4 (3 or 6) cards from his hand. The point value of the discards can sometimes be added to the bid winner's total trick count or not, depending on the pre-established rules.
Each pinochle hand is played in three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks. In the bidding phase, each player bids how much points they think they can earn based on their hand. Every player can ...
Pinochle. Aces around, dix or double pinochles. Score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of cards into melds. By Masque Publishing
I can't find an actual reference for the variation called Racehorse Pinochle in three relatively modern playing card books: U.S. Play Card Company's Official Rules of Card Games. 90th edition. Frey's According to Hoyle. Scarne on Cards, 1965. I think "Racehorse" is just a variation of six-hand.
The rules for a misdeal and penalty vary according to the game. A misdeal is sometimes called by miscounting, or when two cards stick together. [2] Sometimes, when a misdeal is detected, a new hand is dealt. [3] [4] In most games a misdeal, and recall of the cards, does not prevent the same player dealing again. [5]
Pinochle is a trick-taking game for up to four players and played with a 48 card deck. You score points by trick-taking and by forming combinations of Game of the Day: Pinochle
500 rum, also called pinochle rummy, Michigan rummy, Persian rummy, rummy 500 or 500 rummy, is a popular variant of rummy. [1] The game of canasta and several other games are believed to have developed from this popular form of rummy.
To win a hand, a player typically needs to win a minimal number of tricks or card points; this minimal threshold is usually called the "contract", and may be defined by the game's rules (a simple majority of total available points or tricks, or tiered thresholds depending on which player or side has captured certain cards), or the result of an ...