How To Play Pinochle (2 Players)

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5 жыл бұрын

This video tutorial will teach you how to play the card game Pinochle. There are different variations of the card game Pinochle, this video cover how to play with 2 players.
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This video will start by teaching you the general concepts of Pinochle, and is followed by the more detailed features of the game. This tutorial is perfect for beginning players, as well as, experienced players that need a refresher.
After watching, you will know the basics on how to play the card game Pinochle. All that is left to do is grab a friend and start playing!
This Pinochle tutorial will cover the following topics:
- The deck setup and card rank
- How to deal the cards
- The overall objective of the game
- The game play basics
- How to score
- A review of the rules
Please leave a comment below if you need any additional information about Pinochle, if you have any questions about the game, or if any aspect of the game was not clear in the video.
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@wendycunningham2479 2 жыл бұрын

I watched this with my grandmother who used to play it with friends. She has dimentia. It was really touching to watch her engaged. I hope we can "play" It soon! Thank you!

@brotherjosh6243 3 жыл бұрын

Back in the 80s, on Saturday nights my parents would go over to the next door neighbors house and play pinochle for hours. The only thing I knew about it then was that it was a card game for old squares. Now, I'm near my parent's age, am a card game enthusiast, and have decided to revisit pinochle. Thanks for the simple explanation and for helping me understand what my parents were doing on those Saturday nights back then.

@nvsouli 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for everything that you do. Really I mean that. I'm a 23 year old that's loves to play cards, and without your hard work and dedication we wouldnt know about these age old games our forefathers played. Much like your name I hope we all gather together, and play some games

@GatherTogetherGames 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Happy to help!

@abelin5568 Жыл бұрын

@@GatherTogetherGames the rump card is the 10 of hearts. (Or any suit.) Hold both 9 of hearts. I swap 1 nine of heart for the ten of heart. Now, am I allowed to swap the 9 of trump in my hand for the 9 of trump that’s now under the deck? Can I swap that 9 every turn for 10 points?

@ucfkid67 4 жыл бұрын

I remember back in the 1990s my grandparents and their friends always played this game. I was about 10 at the time and thought to my self ...this is a hard game!!! Thanks for the memories Mr and Mrs B!

@danielmoran3832 4 жыл бұрын

Very good. I bought a deck of pinochle cards and had no idea how to play. I learned by watching this video twice. Great job!

@susanc8687 2 жыл бұрын

My grandparents and my mom and her brother used to play this all the time and as a child I could never figure it out they tried to teach me probably around the age of 10 because I wanted to play. I recently bought a how to play book and two decks of cards with the pinochle score pad and I am so looking forward to learning this game. Thank you for this!

@Ivorymoana 3 ай бұрын

My grandmother played Pinochle every weekend with friends. We always left before the game started so I never got to learn. I thought of my Grandma when I saw your video. Thanks!

@toastboy92 3 ай бұрын

I like this better than the bidding system that’s in the regular 4 handed pinochle. Imo melding throughout the rounds makes things more exciting. I feel like you could play this exact same way with 4 people as long as you use 2 pinochle decks. That would make a 96 card deck and you could still do teams. All 4 players would still be dealt 12 cards and there are still a total of 24 tricks played throughout the whole hand.

@andrewspiers8538 4 жыл бұрын

top stuff this is a great game but incredibly hard to find the rules for.

@I4goddit 3 жыл бұрын

Perfect! I hadn't known this could be played with 2 players. Great video; thanks!

@HiNRGboy 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, apparently this is the original version, and the 4 player one came after, I only just found that out lol

@jaradb3047 3 жыл бұрын

This is my first stop when I'm learning any new card game.

@brandonjohnson9876 Жыл бұрын

A simpler scoring system for cards won in tricks is to score “counters,” which are aces, tens and kings. Each is worth 10 points (or 1 if you cut off the unnecessary 0). The total points remains 250/25, including the last trick.

@juanc.3372 5 жыл бұрын

awesome thank you !

@youreprettygood1414 5 жыл бұрын

I've wanted this tutorial. Thank you!

@Daves_PianoAndPipes 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, what a cute & interesting game! Looking forward to try it out myself

@robrich8294 3 жыл бұрын

Damn I never knew you can play 2 players!! Thanks for the awesome instructions!!

@misahal21 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for your videos. Please, help me with the following questions: 1. If a player wins the trick but does not have any meld in hand, what should be done? 2. if player 1 leads QH and player 2 wins with KH, is it scored as a marriage? 3. can be scored the run of other suit? (A, 10 , K , Q, J)can be scored the run of other suit? (A, 10 , K , Q, J). 4. who starts The last 12 cards fase? (I speak Spanish, I used the translator)

@GatherTogetherGames 5 жыл бұрын

Hi! 1. If a player doesn’t have a meld, he/she will just lead the next trick. 2. No, a player must have both king and queen in hand to score a marriage. 3. A run only counts in the trump suit. 4. The player that won the last trick starts the first trick of the last 12 cards.

@misahal21 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@Effrescini 4 жыл бұрын

Questions about the first stage: 1) To make a meld, do you HAVE to take a card from your hand plus cards you've won in tricks, or can your meld be formed solely from the pile of cards taken in tricks? And can you only meld the two cards taken in a trick immediately after you've won them, or can you put them in a pile and use them to meld at a later point when you've won more? 2) If you've melded a card you've won in a trick, can you then re-use that card in a later trick, or can you only use melded cards from your hand (not played in a trick) in subsequent tricks?

@banjochris 4 жыл бұрын

You NEVER meld cards you’ve taken in tricks. Only cards in your hand. You can use cards you have melded in tricks - those cards are still part of your hand even though they’re up on the table. Part of the strategy of the two-handed game is balancing the need to win tricks with the need to make melds. You can’t make a meld without winning a trick, but those cards once played to a trick can’t be used in a meld. Hope that makes sense.

@LeotheTiger1234 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this tutorial. I play games like this with the computer program Hoyle Card Games, but this one always confused me.

@AyrtonTwigg 5 жыл бұрын

What is the name of your intro and outro song??

@tomlarson5775 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely organized, it a little fast to follow

@nemochuggles 4 жыл бұрын

So when you draw back to 12 cards, are the cards in your meld counting towards that 12? Or do you need to have 12 cards in hand, even if you have a meld off to the side?

@jacobp.6973 4 жыл бұрын

It took me about 3 years of confusion before realizing that you just add your melds (and only your melds) back to whatever cards are left in your hand after the 12 tricks and they will add back up to 12 cards. Just leave whatever cards you won via tricks in your discard pile.

@chrisofchris 4 жыл бұрын

If you lead with a card from a meld (ex: KQ marriage) and play the K, does the Q remain face up on the table? Or does it return to the hand?

@GatherTogetherGames 4 жыл бұрын

Remains face up on the table

@schollmeierkathy 2 жыл бұрын

Grandma and I played tonight. Not sure we figured it out and also not quite like Grandpa played! Thank you!

@maryannleavitt6344 Жыл бұрын

Do you know how to score while playing Gin Rummy

@abelin5568 2 жыл бұрын

If I have a KQ spades marriage which I melded, then draw the J Diamonds next turn or already had, can I make a Pinochle meld on the next turn using the Q Spades from the previous meld?

@havephysics8614 Жыл бұрын

yes

@redsteam1 4 жыл бұрын

Can you / do you lead from the meld pile if you want to?

@GatherTogetherGames 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you can lead from the meld pile of wanted.

@JpSceadugenga 4 жыл бұрын

If I don't have the lead suit or the trump suit, I can play any card I want and win with a higher rank? Or does it have to be of the leading suit to win?

@GatherTogetherGames 4 жыл бұрын

It has to be the lead suit to win

@mikehornick4971 3 жыл бұрын

Pinochle rewards the queen for a scandalous liaison with the knave (jack). 40 points surpasses the non-trump marriage and equals the trump marriage. Double pinochle, according to several sources, counts 300 not 80 as here. Pinochle is, then, the only meld type that scores more the second time than the first. Much of the game’s appeal lies in how it deflates marriage and class.

@theoriemeister 2 жыл бұрын

Wait, one doesn't have to follow suit in 2-handed pinochle? On the very first trick, player 1 plays the ace of clubs, but player 2 plays the 9 of diamonds, even though he has clubs.

@guyparris2622 3 ай бұрын

I use to play this in prison but we played differently we took out the 9s An some other adjustments as well

@abelin5568 2 жыл бұрын

During two player pinochle., none of diamonds was flipped from the deck and diamonds were the trump. I also was dealt a nine of diamonds! Am I allowed to exchange my trump 9 with the trump nine from the deck every turn for 10 points, or during my turn for 10 points? If my opponent also has a nine of diamonds, can the opponent also accumulate 10 points each turn?

@havephysics8614 Жыл бұрын

im pretty sure you can score a 9 as a meld as soon as you get it if you lay it down

@demass6499 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@rhettlee 10 ай бұрын

I love trick games

@jacquelinemodak9888 2 жыл бұрын

What card is called 900 is there an other name?

@b4u334 3 жыл бұрын

You can deal in groups of 3 or 4

@SG-ql7nw 9 ай бұрын

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.

@iwatchyoutubwhenimbored6131 5 ай бұрын

Yes, for the second stage you must play the suit played and not cut it with the trump unless you don’t have that suit. Like euchre

@SG-ql7nw 5 ай бұрын

@@iwatchyoutubwhenimbored6131 Thank you!

@havephysics8614 Жыл бұрын

I want to know if I already melded 4 kings, when I later meld 4 queens do I score 4 marriages too?

@RecMike 2 ай бұрын

You can only score one meld per trick won.

@abelin5568 2 жыл бұрын

I meld 4 king for 80 pints. On the the same turn I draw another king. During my next turn, can I play one of the melded kings (k of diamond), then use my second king of diamond to create 4 kings again?

@havephysics8614 Жыл бұрын

@NikolajLepka Жыл бұрын

sounds a lot like schnapsen, but with more cards and more meld types

@saritamalpani_6331 4 жыл бұрын

During a trick, do we have to put the same suit?? Example: if I put an ace of clubs, does the opponent's card have to be one of clubs??

@GatherTogetherGames 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, if possible

@saritamalpani_6331 4 жыл бұрын

@@GatherTogetherGames thank you so much

@banjochris 4 жыл бұрын

Only in the second phase, after the deck is exhausted. Before then, you do not have to follow suit.

@saritamalpani_6331 3 жыл бұрын

@@banjochris thank you for the information helped me get hold of a minor yet significant rule

@wyntergordon4170 5 ай бұрын

My mother in law taught me this game but it's quite a bit different in some ways and I almost feel her version is easier to play lol I'm still confused by some of these rules

@karenskloset898 8 ай бұрын

My mom used to play Pinocle and I was Always Curious how this game worked but as I'm watching this video it reminds me of the friends episode where Chandler and Joey are playing cups with Ross... Still makes no sense to me It looks like there are so many odd Rules all through the game.....

@tollelege5635 4 жыл бұрын

You can play your meld cards?

@theskyisfallingtom 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@amazinggraphics4186 4 жыл бұрын

I have the pinochle deck and everything but I've been watching the videos for 2 days straight and I can't get the game. please, someone, reply briefly typing the rules and play of the game.

@jesusromero9732 4 жыл бұрын

U need to play to get the hang of it

@KennethHenseler 4 жыл бұрын

Download the free Bicycle Cards app. It has rules for all the classic card games.

@theskyisfallingtom 3 жыл бұрын

I see your comment was 9 months ago. Hope you learned the game. Ya, you just have to play to get the hang of it!

@amazinggraphics4186 3 жыл бұрын

@saritamalpani_6331 3 жыл бұрын

Can we play two or more melds at the same time???

@burnts0x 3 жыл бұрын

5:23 A player can only score one meld per turn.

@truthfighter2663 3 жыл бұрын

Let’s say that clubs ♣️ is the trump suit. I win the trick. I play K/O of diamonds ♦️for a common marriage meld. Can I also play a common marriage in a different suit?

@GatherTogetherGames 3 жыл бұрын

You will have to wait until you win another trick to make another meld.

@vanessaflynn4818 3 жыл бұрын

So just to clarify: if the dealer (player 1) flips a 9 as trump, the dealer (player 1) gets the 10 points & not player 2? Thanks! My family loves Pinochle & with 1 kid at home this week we are trying to learn 2 handed 👏

@BogWraith1 2 жыл бұрын

You've got it Vanessa, Player 1 gets the 10 points!

@poopshoot7926 4 жыл бұрын

I love four handed and three handed, but man two handed just seems like a bit much 😂 I still want to give it a shot though

@theskyisfallingtom 3 жыл бұрын

Two-handed is so much fun! Tonight we taught my pastor and his wife how to play.

@sabbistarr9874 9 ай бұрын

Im used to 4 players and this is a lot of extra stuff

@GratefulInRecovery Жыл бұрын

We never played with the 9's- I believe (imo) it is better that way

@litakita Жыл бұрын

The worms crawl in the worms crawl out the worms play pinochle on your snout

@thesparrow3902 Жыл бұрын

There's no explanation as to how and why a player chooses what cards to play.

@selfintrest332 2 жыл бұрын

Who else head hurts

@galiffrey1 4 жыл бұрын

What kind of cards are you playing with?

@GatherTogetherGames 4 жыл бұрын

Ace

@dimebagdarrell6564 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone know how 2 players no nines? I learned in prison but I turned my life around and haven't been back in 5 years. Nobody I know knows how to play 2 players no nines

@jesusromero9732 4 жыл бұрын

Go back to prison...jk...stay up

@akvincent 3 жыл бұрын

The scoring is a little different. it stays in prison rules. dealer deals 5 cards at a time. 5 cards go face down in front (called the deck) to each player. Then 5 cards go to the "hand" - each player. Cards are dealt back and forth this way until there are 3 stacks of 5 cards face down in front of each player. The rest of the cards are dealt to each players "hand" 5 at a time until all cards are dealt. Then bidding happens. Player with the highest bid wins and gets to choose the trump. Bid starts at 65 and goes first to the person who did not deal. If he kicks it back to the dealer, then the dealer gets it for 60. You have to have at least 20 points in your meld in order to take the bid other wise you are board set and the game starts over. The dealer is penalized points if he is board set....but I can't remember how much. But lets say the bidding is a go and the trick portion begins. the top card of the three stacks is flipped up and left on top. These can be used in the trick. Person who won the bid starts and the game goes on until all cards are played. Last person to win the hand gets an extra 2 points. The cards in the stacks can be used just as the cards in the hand through out the game with the top card on the deck always facing up. Count the cards at the end with A, 10, K all worth 1 point. Q and J are worth nothing. All points combined during the trick portion should equal 50 (including the 2 extra points for scoring the last hand). First person to 300 wins. It's very different from the normal play (which I am just now learning) and I think much more simple. That said nobody except inmates know how to play this way.

@dimebagdarrell6564 3 жыл бұрын

@@jesusromero9732 LOL. Made me laugh

@dimebagdarrell6564 3 жыл бұрын

@@akvincent OMG! Thank you ! It's coming back to me a little now that I've read you're comment.

@thebaconator.3867 3 жыл бұрын

imagine sammy the bull vs neil delacrocce they loved thisg game WATCH SAMMY'S PAGE

@samanthaflores8954 3 жыл бұрын

tommy desimone used to beat up players when he lost against tommy agro in the 60s

@Entropy106 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone in the mafia played pinochle. It’s popular in prison also

@harper5323 3 жыл бұрын

so complicated.....

@rickybrewer4800 4 жыл бұрын

*brain melts*

@unicornmadness6286 6 ай бұрын

Such a confusing game.

@lexiemaep7930 6 күн бұрын

This guy just sucks at explaining. Like, what is the trump card??? Lol

@JEKStricker 5 күн бұрын

@@lexiemaep7930the first card flipped from the deck is the trump suit

@quidambrujah 3 жыл бұрын

The rules for Pinochle are more complicated than for the True American drinking game.

@nathaniellathy6559 Жыл бұрын

Sort of like trying to understand Poker except no one is taking your money while you're trying to learn

@awolf913 4 жыл бұрын

Hold on, I don’t get the scoring here. If each Ace and 10 is worth 10 points then how does 11 aces and 10s, 8 kings and queens and last trick equal 160 points? Surely... 11 aces is 11 x 10 = 110 11 10s is 11 x 10 = 110 8 kings and queens which is 8 x 5 = 40 and another 8 x 5 = 40 Plus the 10 for the last trick won. The total must therefore be: 110 + 110 + 40 + 40 + 10 = 310. Someone tell me where I’m going wrong.

@cameronford5342 4 жыл бұрын

I think that because aces and 10's are equal, they are lumped together. 11 total of aces and 10's. Same with kings and queens. So 11x10=110 8x5=40 Last trick 10+110+40=160

@burnts0x 3 жыл бұрын

Just to complicate things, my trusty, dog-dared *Hoyle's* has an alternate scoring scheme. 4:20. A, K & 10 are each worth 10 pts, and the Q is not a counter. A little easier to count, and much easier to play since you can lose the Qs without giving away points. Now: where are the rules for True American?!😀 #NewGirl