What are the rules for double deck pinochle?

Double-deck pinochle is played with two pinochle decks, without the nines. This makes for an 80 card deck. Play is similar to regular pinochle, except 20 cards are dealt to each person and minimum bid is increased to 500 points.

What is quadruple pinochle worth?

Multiple meld scores Many books give a lower score of 45 for triple pinochle but a higher score of 300 for quadruple pinochle (instead of 60 and 90).

How many cards do you pass in 4 handed pinochle?

The Deal. Deal 12 cards to each player, starting from the left, three or four cards at a time. The next card is turned up and placed on the table; it is the trump card and every card of that suit is a trump. The remainder of the pack forms the stock and is placed face down.

How do you score Pinochle meld?

Scoring. Both teams add up their total score from the melding and trick taking phases on a scoring board. If the team that made the contract failed to reach the total points bid, it is called “going set” and the number of points bid is subtracted from the team’s score. The first team to reach 150 points wins the game.

How many points is a double pinochle?

Pinochlestandard melddefinitionscoredouble kingsall eight kings80double queensall eight queens60double jacksall eight jacks40double pinochleboth queens of spades and jacks of diamonds3012

What is a pinochle deck?

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