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Multiplayer Pinochle
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Version
1.1.0
In this game you play Pinochle with 3 other players.
The game is played by 2 decks of standard cards with
2 - 8 removed, so a total of 48 cards are used. The
rank ordering of the cards is A, 10, K, Q, J, 9. Each
player is dealt 12 cards and then the bidding phase
begins. The dealer bids first, and the bid is the
total points he thinks he and his partner (the player
sitting opposite) can win, and the bid must be a
multiple of 10. The bid winner can decide the trump
suit used in this hand. After the bidding phase, the
melding phase begins. Points are awarded for special
patterns (called melds) in the player's hand, the
melds and their points are: Run (A 10 K Q J of the
trump suit) - 150 points; Double Run (A A 10 10 K K Q
Q J J of the trump suit) - 1500 points; Marriage (K Q
of the same suit) - 20 points; Trump Marriage (K Q of
the trump suit) - 40 points; Dix (9 of the trump
suit) - 10 points; Aces Around (4 A of different
suits) - 100 points; Kings Around (4 K of different
suits) - 80 points; Queens Around (4 Q of different
suits) - 60 points; Jacks Around (4 J of different
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