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	Pinochle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pinochle (sometimes Pinocle or Penuchle), is a trick-taking game typically for two or four players and played with a 48 card deck.
		A Pinochle deck consists of two copies of each of the 9, 10, jack, queen, king, and ace cards of all four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs).
		In Pinochle, after the shuffle, the dealer hands out all the cards clockwise one at a time, starting with his left-hand opponent and ending with himself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pinochle (2935 words)

	pinochle. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Pinochle is played by two, three, or four players, with a deck of 48 cards containing two each of the aces, face cards, tens, and nines of all four suits.
		Auction pinochle, probably the most popular form of the game, is played by three persons at a time, although up to six may play in rotating units of three.
		Four-hand, or partnership, pinochle may be played on an auction basis—in which case each member receives 12 cards and bids for the right to meld and name trump.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pi/pinochle.html (558 words)

	Playing Cards - pinochle rules
		Pinochle is a classic 2-player game developed in the United States, and it is still one of the country's most popular games.
		A 48-card Pinochle pack; consists of: A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9 (low) in each of the four suits, with two of each card; less frequently, a 64-card Pinochle pack is used, which includes 8s and 7s as well.
		A double Pinochle pack (96 cards) is used, and the cards are dealt out four at a time, so that each player has 16 cards in the six-hand game and 12 cards in the 8-hand game.
	www.playing-cards.us /games/pinochle.html (5506 words)

	Rules of Card Games: Pinochle
		Pinochle is a trick-taking game, like Euchre, Bridge, Hearts, Spades, and even the children's game War.
		My Family's Pinochle is generally played to 1500 points when there are only four people playing (and if both teams exceed 1500 on the same round, the declaring team wins regardless of the actual score).
		Pinochle is a lot of fun when you can play with four or five different people during the course of an evening - plus, you build up a lot of stories about "the big one that got away".
	www.pagat.com /marriage/pinmain.html (3437 words)

	USPC - Pinochle and Related Games
		Pinochle is a classic two-player game developed in the United States, and it is still one of the country's most popular games.
		J and score both for the marriage and for the pinochle; only one meld may be made in any turn.
		A double Pinochle pack (96 cards) is used, and the cards are dealt out four at a time, so that each player has 16 cards in the six-hand game and 12 cards in the eight-hand game.
	www.usplayingcard.com /gamerules/pinochle.html (12664 words)

	Rules of Card Games: Double deck Pinochle
		Notice, however, that one of the queens of spades is simultaneously used in the spade marriage, the pinochle and the around - this is allowed because these melds are all of different types.
		Power Players Pinochle is an organization that promotes Pinochle competition events (tournaments and leagues) and has a membership of approximately 250 active members.
		Free Canasis.com is an online pinochle site that offers the most variations of pinochle including both single deck and double deck styles, many of the variations described above, and the ability to customize rules.
	www.pagat.com /marriage/pindd.html (3163 words)

	Pinochle Rules
		Double-deck Pinochle uses a deck of 80 cards, made from two Pinochle decks (or four regular decks) by discarding everything except the Aces, Tens, Kings, Queens, and Jacks.
		To break one of the trumping rules is to renege, in pinochle terminology.
		The winners of a Pinochle game are the team who first reach the score of 350 or 500 points.
	www.iplay.net /ourgames/pinochle_rules.htm (1639 words)

	IGames Online Pinochle review
		The pinochle game is hosted by a player inviting 3 other players to reduce IGames server load and to speed game play.
		There are places that are also free, have better tech support, have smoother running pinochle programs with more options and are more coordinated in their promoting of events.
		IGames had the first pinochle client available, the best online community, and people are reluctant to try another system once they have one system installed, even with all the minor annoyances and lack of tech support.
	www.webappeal.com /gaming/igreview.html (1360 words)

	Double Pinochle
		Pinochle: Jack of Diamonds and Queen of Spades - 4 points (2 Pinochles are worth 30 points),(3 - 60, 4 - 90)
		A single Jack of Diamonds could be used in a Pinochle and Jacks around but a single Jack of Diamonds could not be paired with 2 Queen of Spades for 2 pinochles).
		A double pinochle is still 30, but a triple pinochle is 45, and a quadruple is 60.
	www.geocities.com /TimesSquare/2767/double.html (1986 words)

	Pinochle for Palm OS - Palm Software Application Store
		This is when the teams must make 20 points in their meld for it to even qualify as meld, and for the teams to also make a minimum of 20 during game play to even keep it.
		Being a pinochle freak, I was very excited to see this, and I think there is potential here.
		Normally in pinochle, the team must have "x" amount of meld for it to count, and score "x" amount of points in the hand also to keep it.
	palmsource.palmgear.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=software.showsoftware&prodid=6618 (458 words)

	Pinochle
		Pinochle is 40, Double pinochle is 300, Run is 150, etc.).
		A bid of 17 or 2 above the current bid means you have 1 leg of a Pinochle (J of Diamond or Q of Spades).
		A bid of 19 means you have 2 legs of Pinochle (doesn't have to be a matched set).
	www.geocities.com /TimesSquare/2767/pinochle.html (1950 words)

	Playing Pinochle
		The rules and bidding conventions for the game of Pinochle as played at the Marlborough, Massachusetts offices of Sun Microsystems (formerly HighGround Systems).
		When we aren't playing Pinochle we are playing Spades or Ninety-Nine.
		Players generally hint Aces without being prompted by a thiry or forty bid, but the statement of a run forces an Ace hint and includes a promise to bid at least one more time to avoid sticking your partner with the bid.
	herbison.com /herbison/Pinochle.html (1053 words)

	MeggieSoft Games
		Pinochle and Bezique is a triple-mode game which may be configured to play two-player Pinochle, Binokel, or Bezique, or even a hybrid combining any of the various melding rules.
		Bezique reportedly evolved into the Swiss/German game of Binokel ("Binocle" in the French dialect) which then crossed the Atlantic and was popularized as Pinochle in the U.S. in the late 1800s by German immigrants.
		Pinochle and Bezique also provides many documented rules and scoring variations for each game - plus the ability to mix the various rule and scoring options to create an interesting hybrid.
	www.bufton.org /meggiesoft/pinochle.htm (871 words)

	Double-Deck Pinochle Rules
		This file describes Double-Deck Pinochle in one common variation, similar to versions that are widely played in the U.S. Armed Forces and many other places.
		These notes are a poor substitute for a human teacher, but they will help you to learn Pinochle, with just a little practice.
		The dealer is chosen randomly for the first hand of a game, and then rotates clockwise to the successive player for each additional hand.
	members.aol.com /cnchapman/rules.htm (2470 words)

	Pinochle
		Pinochle is an exciting and challenging game of card very popular in the U.S. This is the two handed version of the game in which you play the beautiful, but bright, Cynthia.
		Ecellent Help file together with a demonstration play of the game for those who are not familiar with it.
		With good graphics, the ability to change the speed of play and the target score Pinochle is guaranteed to give the player many hours of enjoyment.
	malcnoo.bizland.com /gamesgalore/id5.html (238 words)

	Pinochle free download Pinochle is an exciting and challenging game of cards very popular in the U.S. This is the two ...
		Pinochle free download Pinochle is an exciting and challenging game of cards very popular in the U.S. This is the two handed version of the game in which you play the beautiful, but bright, Cynthia.
		Pinochle is an exciting and challenging game of cards very popular in the U.S. This is the two handed version of the game in which you play the beautiful, but bright, Cynthia.
		Pinochle and Bezique has a rich user interface with many customizable visual, audio, and game options.
	3d2f.com /programs/31-852-pinochle-download.shtml (1643 words)

	pinochle on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		PINOCHLE [pinochle], card game, probably derived from bezique, that was developed in the United States in the 19th cent.
		Pinochle club makes a bid to draw new players.(Neighbor)
		PINOCHLE PLAYERS BREATHE LIFE INTO HISTORIC HOME IN CARONDELET PARK CARD CLUB IS A GOOD MATCH FOR PRE-CIVIL WAR BUILDING
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/pinochle_auctionpinochle.asp (778 words)

	Amazon.com: Winning Pinochle Strategies: Books: Anthony Collins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pinochle is a card game that is on the rise, evident by the number of people playing pinochle daily on the Internet.
		I read Anthony Collins' "Winning Pinochle Strategies" and found it to be one of the most informative books on the play of the game and the strategies needed to win consistently.
		I have been playing pinochle for the past 40 years and can attest to the fact that the authors strategy is 99.9 percent correct.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0971438706?v=glance (915 words)

	The Pinochle Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I first learned how to play Pinochle in college when some of the guys wanted to play but were missing one player.
		Then later on that term I had a chance to play Pinochle again but that time it was double deck instead of single.
		Double deck Pinochle (played as partners) is a great game especially if you can find the right partner and play against a team that plays well (very competitive) while still enjoying each other's company in some "serious fun".
	home.earthlink.net /~captsteiny03/id19.html (1318 words)

	Double Deck Pinochle Primer
		Basic Pinochle Rules and Play for IGames and IPlay
		Four regular decks of 52 cards with the ranks 2 through 9 removed are used in Pinochle for a total of 80 cards.
		Doubles, triples, and quads are two, three, and four respectively of the same rank in each suit.
	pinochle.webappeal.com /pinprimer.html (1350 words)

	Yahoo! Games Pinochle Host review
		A pinochle table is started by simply clicking on the start game button.
		Some upper level players tend to be cliquish and the upper ladder players tend to not want to play anyone that isn't in the top part of the ladder, but that's one of the drawbacks to ladders and ratings systems.
		has done a superior job with their pinochle program and their efforts to create a community of players.
	www.webappeal.com /gaming/ygreview.html (765 words)

	Download Double-Deck Pinochle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If you have installed to the default directory, upgrading will be automatic when you install the new version.
		Double-Deck Pinochle is a shareware program copyright © 1994-1998 by Christopher Chapman.
		Registration fee of $15 is required for usage after 15 days.
	members.aol.com /cnchapman/down35.htm (181 words)

	Pinochle and Cribbage Scoreboards - Handcrafted in Idaho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pinochle and Cribbage Scoreboards - Handcrafted in Idaho
		Pictured below are the new pinochle and cribbage scoreboards produced by ScoreTrack, Inc. An Idaho company, ScoreTrack boards are made with quality craftsmanship.
		If you like to play pinochle or cribbage or both, these are great accessories to add to your pinochle and cribbage experience.
	www.theidahoshop.com /scoreboards.html (213 words)

	Bicycle Pinochle Games at Uncle's Games
		Often compared to bridge and chess, Pinochle rewards the player who can leap on opportunities and is unafraid of risk.
		Bicycle Pinochle Games is the perfect introduction for the novice player, and the best deck for the expert.
		These special cards have extra little pips across the top to make it easier to see your matched sets, and the enclosed rule book covers several variations of play and skill level.
	www.unclesgames.com /product_info.php?ref=63&products_id=196&affiliate_banner_id=1 (191 words)

	PINOCHLE TOURNEY RULES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In as much as we subscribe to Pinochle as a form of entertainment: Where adversaries are encountered for the length of a game, but friends are for a lifetime: Where skills can be nurtured, competition cherished, trophies won, braggarts humbled, and fellowship revered; We as individuals, embrace this.
		Because we respect Pinochle as a game of skills, we will refrain from any forms of cheating.
		We recognize that there are Pinochle novice players, and individuals who want to learn the game.
	www.redsgalore.com /mardigras/rules.htm (1552 words)

	Bicycle Pinochle Single Deck Cards at Uncle's Games
		This is a Pinochle deck so it has 48 playing cards and can't be used for games besides Pinochle.
		Maybe it seems a little odd that I would pick this as one of my top ten games, let alone my number one game, considering how popular poker is right now.
		This is my absolute favorite game and any of our pinochle decks are quite "suit"able for play.
	www.unclesgames.com /product_info.php?ref=18&products_id=1744&affiliate_banner_id=1 (264 words)

	YOERIC Corporation - WinBreadboard
		Pinochle 3.0 for the Macintosh is a card game that allows you to play Pinochle on the Mac.
		That means that you can download it an try it before you buy it.
		You have 10 days to decide if you want to purchase Pinochle.
	www.yoeric.com /pinochle.htm (98 words)

	Double-Deck Pinochle Home Page
		DoubleDeck Pinochle 4.01 was released in February 2002.
		Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders.
		Other graphics are screen shots from DoubleDeck Pinochle, taken with HyperSnap, or are part of the Microsoft FrontPage clip art collection.
	www.doubledeck.com (343 words)

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