Pinochle Card Game

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* * * Melds value:

- Run In Trump - A, 10, K, Q, J of trump suit - 150 points

- Royal Marriage - K and Q of trump suit - 40 points

- Marriage - K and Q of other suit - 20 points

- Pinochle - Q of spades and J of diamond - 40 points

- Double Pinochle - Two Q of spades and two J of diamond - 80 points

- Four Aces (in each suit) - 100 points

- Four Kings(in each suit) - 80 points

- Four Queens (in each suit) - 60 points

- Four Jacks (in each suit) - 40 points



* * * Trick cards value

- Each Ace: 11 points

- Each Ten: 10 points

- Each King: 4 points

- Each Queen: 3 points

- Each Jack: 2 points



* * * Gameplay (2 players):

- Each player receives 12 cards.

- The remaining deck (talon) is placed in the center.

- The top card of the talon is tuned up giving the suit of trump.

- The dealer earns 10 points for a dix if he reveals a 9 as trump.

- The next player leads the first trick.

- The following player can lay any card, with no obligation to follow suit or win the trick.

- The winner of the trick has the option of announcing one meld.

- The 9 of trump can be laid face up as a trump as a dix for 10 points.

- Each player draws a card.

- The winner of the trick leads the next trick, with any card from their hand or from their melded cards.

- Players can reuse melded cards to create new melds, but only in a different type of meld.

- When the last card of the talon is drawn, the Phase 2 of the game begins.

- In Phase 2, players are required to follow suit or trump. Melds are no longer announced.

- The winner of the last trick receives 10 points.