How To Play Pinochle For Two Players

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How To Play Pinochle For Two Players
Notes On Scoring
Melding
In Phase 1, when a player wins a trick they may place any meld they have face up in front of them and receive points for it. The various combinations that may be melded and the points they receive are listed below. When a player melds, it is written down on the scoresheet immediately.
Run - A 10 K Q J in trumps - 150 points
Marriage - K Q in same suit - 20 points
Royal Marriage - K Q in trumps - 40 points
Aces around - A in each suit - 100 points
Kings around - K in each suit - 80 points
Queens around - Q in each suit - 60 points
Jacks around - J in each suit - 40 points
Pinochle - J of Diamonds and Q of Spades, - 40 points
Double Pinochle - 2 pinochles - 300 points (Note: A Double Pinochle is the only meld which gives a bonus for having more than one, all other melds simply count twice. e.g. Double aces around count 200 points.)
9 of Trumps (Dix) - 10 points
Special rule concerning Dix: The first Dix to be melded is done so by exchanging it for the face-up trump card at the bottom of the stock (even if it is the other Dix). The card taken from the bottom may be used immediately in meld if desired.
Special notes concerning melding:
A player may use a card in more than one meld provided it is used to make a different type of meld. (e.g. A player melds a marriage in spades. If both cards are still on the table on a later turn, the player may add the other 3 kings for kings around, the other 3 queens for queens around, or the Jack of Diamonds for a Pinochle. They may not add another single King of Spades for a second marriage.)
If a player has melded a Royal Marriage and they later add the A, 10, and J or trumps for a run, they only score an additional 110 points instead of 150.
If a player has melded a Pinochle and they later add another Pinocle for a Double Pinochle (while the original Pinochle is still down), they only score an additional 260 points instead of 300. (If the first Pinochle had already been broken up, they would only score 40 points for the second one.)
Scoring
In addition to any meld a player scored during the hand they also receive 11 points for each ace, 10 points for each ten, 4 points for each king, 3 points for each queen, and 2 points for each jack they captured in play. The player who captures the last trick also gets ten points. (Total of 250 points to be taken in play.) The first player to get a total of 1200 points wins the game. #boardgame #ads #ads
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[@Jackal756]

thanks. i accidently bought a pinochle deck instead of a regular deck of cards so i might as well learn how to play.

[@theencube5379]

lol

[@kb-co3cp]

I did the exact same thing haha

[@bigdog3628]

You can also use that deck to play Euchre. 2 Euchre Ducks equal one pinochle deck.

[@bakasenpai9593]

bro it was the best video on youtube thanks what a toturial ididnt knew anything

[@SweetPetunia2]

I enjoy 2-player games where you "build" your own hand from the deck. Each player, on their turn, looks at the top card and chooses to keep it or reject it. If he rejects it, he MUST take the 2nd card. The card not chosen is discarded and the other player does not see it. Keep choosing cards this way to the last 2 cards. The person who is in line to choose from the last 2 cards may look at both and choose 1. This puts a new spin on the game that's really fun.

[@billmazey6385]

That’s how I play two players

[@bigdog3628]

You missed the most important part, the deal. To determine dealer you cut high card wins non-dealer shuffles and cuts than the dealer may give a single Shuffle and then deals the cards 3 at a time

[@SG-ql7nw]

The following suit thing is confusing me a little... In the first round you need not follow suit, but to win the trick you must follow suit, correct? Otherwise play trump? Are you able to play anything else if you want to conserve good cards? In the second round, you "must follow suit". So if you have no cards of the suit led, that's the only time you may play trumps? They say "must follow suit IF POSSIBLE" so what happens if you have neither suit nor trump? I'm stuck particularly at that question.

[@imperson1785]

when the trump card gets moved to the player who lost the last trick of phase 1, then how do you determine the next trick?

[@Tuphaon]

Absolutely, it comes from the game of Binokel which is the German adaptation of French bésigue

[@abelin5568]

If diamonds are trump and i hold a 9 of diamonds, and the current trump card from the deck is a 9 of diamonds, do I get points if I switch trade my 9 of diamond s from my hand for the one that turned over from the deck? Also, am I allowed to trade my 9 of diamonds every turn for the 9 of diamonds that’s currently the trump card?

[@lauraberendson4032]

Well I definitely will have to watch quite a few videos to understand and this one video gave me a taste of it but I'm not sure if it's a game I really want to play. I was also looking at canasta. Sometimes you look at a game for the 1st time and it seems stupid to you or unnecessarily complicated. And I play mahjong so maybe people would think the same of that when they saw it but of course that game I love and I play American and Asian versions. So I'll try to give pinochle and canasta a chance and buy decks.

[@SuperOz1980]

Do you score tricks in the first phase or do you only score melds and with till the second phase to score tricks? Great video, thanks!

[@AlphaFrost14]

If I put down pinochle and a few turns later I have the cards for another pinochle, can I put it down for double? Or do I have to put the both down in the same meld turn?

[@lauraberendson4032]

Not sure if I saw correctly but in phase 2 it it looked like a trick was taken with a Queen when the person actually had a Jack and I was wondering why they used their Queen of trump and not the Jack of trump If there is some significance that special to the Jack why would you waste a higher trump on a lower card why wouldn't you save it

[@tobiusholmes2344]

Thanks for the help, it really helped a lot.

[@ArtVandelay523]

Don’t you have to follow suit ? And if you can’t follow suit , you have to trump ?

[@lauraberendson4032]

You played 4 of the kings and the other player had 4 of the queens but you didn't play it and I don't understand why. Looks like it is one of every suit in the Queen but maybe my images too small and it isn't.

[@janaanderson2454]

Thanks for the help! Also this game is so confusing

[@heftoneproductions]

Do you score 10 pts for the last trick taken in Phase 1, Phase 2, or both?

[@I_forgot_2000]

Best tutorial. In all the others they didn’t explain how a trump card workd

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

Thanks so much. This was one of my first videos glad it's still holding up

[@johnthegreat97]

if I put down a Meld does it count immediately or at the end of phase one. And also does it still count after I destroy that meld later in to make a new one or to add to my deck?

[@jndillaha]

Juvens Jean-Noel yes, I believe it counts immediately and thus you are allowed to use cards from the melds to play tricks in the first phase.

[@MrEcliptor]

Thanks for the upload!! My girlfriend and I are learning. :-)

[@paulthao3543]

Huh, 1st play_ is a 9 spades_ but you run trump on the 1st book... how is that_ you have spades in your hand

[@shirleybarton5279]

Thanks so much! Cheryl

[@normhastingsmusic]

this is a variation. hoyle 2012 has this version

[@bam1760]

even with the couple of oops---thanks. It's fun to see a pretend hand, rather than reading a rule book. I love Bezique too.

[@nathanbriggs]

There are many versions of pinochle and this may help you get started but there are also a fair few video mistakes. Why waste a trump on a non-scoring card? Normally you can only re-use melded cards in a higher meld (although this may be a variant rule) dix meld scores 10 points In first phase you don't have to follow suit, in second phase you MUST follow suit. Normally you also have to over trump if you can.

[@ccm800]

you play very differently than we do. Cool.

[@vicdan7705]

As far as following suite, in 2 handed only until the stack is played through, there is no such thing as a play mistake. You don't have to follow suite, you don't have to go over the highest card played and you can use a trump at any time. www.bicyclecards.com/how-to-play/pinochle-2/

[@gre4tdepr3ssion]

What happens in the second phase if one person ends up with more cards than the other? Do they just get those points?

[@jndillaha]

George Sever there is one unturned card left over after the last 1st phase trick, so the winner of the last hand gets the trump card and loser of that hand has to take that unturned card, so now both players have 12 cards for the 2nd phase. Also, I think you can alter the rules to allow the winner of the last 1st phase trick to choose if he wants to take the trump card or the last unturned card.

[@JimGetten]

Like it. Love Pinochle but seldom have more than 2 players.

[@samcastorina3721]

[@rosimarrivera2623]

Jim Getten película

[@Svergara1]

You missed the 4 queens on the other side :-)

[@lakegrannywalker4288]

Sound is low

[@JJ-hu6vv]

Do you still play the trump suit in the 2nd phase?

[@nemochuggles]

No

[@icedteabandit9981]

what if I play a queen of hearts (Trump card is queen of spades) and my opponent doesn't have a a heart card ?

[@Crystalthe1st]

Very helpful. But how is it that at 3:35 you said pinochle was worth 40 points but at 10:06 you wrote that it was worth 30?

[@morrigambist]

In phase 2 if you cannot follow suit to a non-trump lead, you must play a trump if you have one. If the first player leads a trump, you must play a higher trump if you have one. These are the "standard" rules; people in your locality may play differently. Also, if you turn a nine as the trump card, you score 10 points.

[@seaturtle2576]

One difference between how I play is, you have to follow suit and you have to take the trick if you can. For example: in the video during the first trick, he played trump instead of a spade, to save 80 kings. We would have considered that a renege because he had spades in his hand. They way we play, we would have had to play in suit.

[@ethanpeterson4144]

Lol I love this game but after watching that I think you scared any new player away. You made it sound so complicated 😂😂😂😂 good vid though I needed a refresher on the rules.

[@philosophicsblog]

Not sure I trust a guy who pronounces "dix" as "deeks" instead of "deese." ;-)

[@mickmackusa3349]

+Bry Willis Very true, Bry. If anyone has a better grasp on this Pinochle variant (compared to the person in this video) please create a new video and announce it at PowerPinochle.com/forum/ We want to develop our Pinochle Notation to accommodate all variants.

[@ShirleyCoates-u8u]

1:26

[@pattivankirk6318]

I was playing Pinochle or trying to learn, Then You face {picture came on the screen M

[@lowcarp2klock532]

I think u should do it slower and be more pacific

[@jezz2k]

Specific*

[@verneanderson7161]

He is not showing the correct way to follow suit. In the beginning he laid down a 9 of spades. In the second exposed hand, there were spades available to play such as the King and Queen of spades. In Pinochle you HAVE to follow suit if you can. You cannot randomly play a trump card to take a trick.

[@rgnet1]

According to rules online, you only have to follow suit AFTER the meld phase is over. Before, you can always break suit. This is to give you flexibility to build a good meld.

[@benballard3585]

It's funny how he pronounces "dix"! It's pronounced "deece" not "deex".

[@aimeelouvier-sutton]

We need a new name for the "Trump" card. Maybe refer to it as the "cheeto cheater" card from now on 🤣🤣🤣

[@ShirleyCoates-u8u]

😢

[@jseptoski]

That is not how Pinocle is played at all. You play a "dummy" hand if you are playing a two player game.