

This latter pronunciation of the game was adopted by German speakers. The term may also be related to the French word binage for the combination of cards called "binocle". There are also suggestions that the word pinochle comes from bis (until) and Knöchel (knuckle) because originally the game ended when a player rapped their knuckles on the table. It may come from the French word binocle literally meaning "two eyes", or "eyeglasses" or "binoculars", and was a reference to the mythical notion that the German game of Binocle was invented with a special deck where the Queen of Spades and Jack of Diamonds were pictured in side profile with just one eye each. The word pinochle has several different potential derivations. A second alternative is that Pinochle actually developed from the Swiss and, later, South German game of Binocle or Binokel, which in turn is a descendant of Bezique. One is that it is a cousin of Binokel, with both games evolving from the game of Bezique. The correction - they should only lead with their aces in trump if they only have a very few trump.Pinochle is thought to have two possible origins. We don’t want to help the other team, this gives them an advantage because they now know where the power for the hand is. The correction- don’t feed the person trumping, play a different suit to try and reach your partner.Ģ- When the opponent calls a trump, when my partner gets in to play, if they have aces in the trump, they play all of their aces. It doesn’t matter which team is trumping, that is what happens. My issues: 1 - when the opponent is trumping a suit, the computer continues to play back the suit that is being trumped, allowing the opposite team to score more points, which could potentially cause the bidding team to be set or miss their bid. I would like to know if anyone else has noticed these issues: I have requested several changes and no action has been taken. It is the best pinochle game that I have found in the App Store. I have been playing this game for almost a year now.

For instance bid is 65 your partner says 75 that means he has meld to back you up so take the bid if you got a good hand but not a lot of meld. If your partner bids 10 above what the bid is that’s telling you he has a lot of meld. Round Robin (KQJ) in every suit 32 points (With a Run 43 points) Round House (KQ) in every suit 24 points (With a Run 35 points) Jacks Around (♠️♦️♣️♥️) Jacks in every suit 4 points 2x(Forty Jacks) 40 points Queens Around (♠️♦️♣️♥️) Queens in every suit 6 points 2x(Sixty Queens) 60 points Kings Around (♠️♦️♣️♥️) King in every suit 8 points 2x(Eighty Kings) 80 points

Run (A,10,K,Q,J) in Trump suit 15 points (+4 points for every extra marriage)Īces Around (♠️♦️♣️♥️) Ace in every suit 10 points 2x(Thousand aces) 100 points Marriage (KQ) in Any suit 2 points (4 points if Trump suit) So here’s a cheat sheet for all you beginners Only thing is people could be very toxic on here because they can speak to you via microphone on their phone. This app has a very active table that plays by prison rules unlike other apps that play with 9’s. I learned Pinochle in Prison, we don’t play with 9’s.
