Pinochle Classic

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About this game

Improve your skills and become a Pinochle pro! Play single or double deck games with three different difficulty levels so you can work your way up to playing like a pro. Pinochle Classic has many settings so you can configure the game to play with whichever rule variations you prefer including: single/double deck, scoring in multiples of ten, game winning score, minimum bid, passing cards count, hints, undo button, and adjustable game play speeds for slow, standard, or fast play.

An analyze button can be turned on to help you evaluate your hand and pick a smart bid by simulating thousands of games and showing you likely round score outcomes. A hint button can be turned on to help you see what card the computer Pro player would play in your situation. Extensive statistics are kept for wins/losses, average contract, average meld, and average counters and success rate in making your bid.

All cards are dealt randomly to all players, so the difference between the Easy, Standard, and Pro computer players is in how well they remember what cards have been played and how they choose to play the cards they are dealt.

Ratings and reviews

Cool game to brush up on your skills, yet in the "Pro" level option, my partner keeps getting us "set", (which means he didn't have enough power cards in his hand and had no right staying in the bid just cause he had an ok amount of meld (points) dealt to him. People have to learn when & when not to try and run the board with no power cards, right.... Even tho it's only an electronic simulation of the real game, one should always shoot their best. Oh yeah, and I really do dislike going "set" !

This is the my favorite for learning. The ads are annoying. The apple version has no ads and is better with text bubbles over cards for trading, telling why the cards should be used. Please put such text bubbles on this version. This app would take first place hands down if it had a tutorial on how to determine the value of your hand for bidding. Really nice layout. Thanks.

First, game is laid out beautifully - the graphics and animation are nicely done. That being said there are fundamental flaws to this game which make it unbearable to play. The biggest issue is that during the passing of cards phase, your partner will ALWAYS hold trump cards if they count towards meld in their hand! This is absolutely poor gameplay and the algorithm needs to be fixed. The other big issue is the ads - I understand that they are there for revenue, but turn off the damn audio!!

What's new

Bug fixes and performance improvements