Pinochle Card Game 2 Players Version
Game Rules Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgbf8Fy9nOM
Game Rules followed by this Pinochle game: https://users.ninthfloor.org/~ashawley/games/cards/pinochle.html
* * * Scoring rules:
- Each ace: 11 points
- Each ten: 10 points
- Each king: 4 points
- Each queen: 3 points
- Each jack: 2 points
* * * Cards ranking:
- Ace, ten, king, queen, jack, 9.
* * * 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.
