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- RULES for 3-HAND PINOCHLE
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- There are many different ways of playing pinochle. For this
- reason, some of the following rules are changeable. The following
- rules are the ones the program starts with before any changes are
- made.
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- OBJECT : Score 100 or more points after taking the bid and making the
- bid.
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- DECK : 48 cards. 4 suits - clubs, diamonds, spades, and hearts.
- In each suit are 2 aces, 2 tens, 2 kings, 2 queens, 2 jacks,
- and 2 nines.
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- The game has two basic parts - bidding and trick play.
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- BIDDING: Bidding determines who will pick trump and thereby have a
- better chance of getting points during trick play. To 'take
- the bid' and be allowed to name trump you must bid higher
- than everyone else. Say you take the bid with a bid of 19.
- You can now pick trump - either clubs, diamonds, spades or
- hearts - whichever is your best suit. With the luxury of
- naming your best suit trump comes a risk - if you fail to
- get a total of 19 points from meld (explained later) and
- trick play, 19 points will be subtracted from your score.
- To begin bidding one person deals everyone 16 cards. This
- person, the dealer, automatically bids 15. The player to the
- dealer's left has the first chance to bid over the dealer.
- The player may pass or bid at least one higher. Bidding
- continues clockwise around the table. After 2 players pass,
- the remaining bidder wins the bid and names trump, everyone
- shows their meld and each player's points are added up for
- their meld.
- The bidtaker may fold after naming trump. If the bidtaker
- folds the bid is subtracted from the bidtaker's score. The
- other players add their melds to their score.
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- TRICK PLAY: The bidtaker is the first to play a card. The other
- players play a card going clockwise around the table. The
- suit of the first card played is the lead suit. If a
- player has at least one card in the lead suit, the player
- must follow suit. If the player doesn't have a card in the
- lead suit, the player must play a trump card. If the
- player has no card in the trump suit, the player may play
- any card. Once 3 cards are played, the highest card takes
- the trick.
- An ace is the highest card followed by ten, king, queen,
- jack, and nine. A player must beat the highest card played
- if the player is playing the same suit as the highest card
- and the player is able to beat the high card. If one or
- more trump cards was played, the highest trump card will
- take the trick. Otherwise, the highest card in the lead
- suit takes the trick. The first player to play the highest
- card takes the trick. The player that takes the trick
- receives 1 point for each ace, ten, and king in the trick.
- The player who takes the last trick in the hand gets 1 extra
- point.
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- SCORING: After trick play, the scores are totalled. If the bidtaker
- doesn't get at least the amount bid, the bid is subtracted.
- To win the game, a player's score must be 100 or more after a
- hand that the player took the bid and scored at least the
- amount bid.
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- MELD: Some combinations of cards are worth points (called
- meld points). For each of these combinations in your hand, you
- will get a certain amount of meld points. For example, if you
- have a jack of diamonds and a queen of spades, you have 4 meld
- points. A card can be used in more than one meld combination
- except a marriage in a run cannot count separately as a marriage.
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- Marriages - king and queen in a suit
- 4 points for each marriage in trump
- 2 points for each marriage in a suit other than trump
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- Runs - ace, ten, king, queen, and jack in trump
- 15 points
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- Arounds -
- Jacks around - a jack in clubs, diamonds, spades, and hearts
- 4 points
- Queens around - a queen in clubs, diamonds, spades, and hearts
- 6 points
- Kings around - a king in clubs, diamonds, spades, and hearts
- 8 points
- Aces around - an ace in clubs, diamonds, spades, and hearts
- 10 points
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- Pinochle - jack of diamonds and queen of spades
- 4 points
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- Dix - nine of trump
- 1 point
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- WIDOW : The game's start up rules do not include a widow. If a
- widow is used, each player receives 15 cards instead of 16.
- The last 3 cards are not dealt and are placed face down on
- the table. The 3 cards are the widow. The bidtaker gets
- the widow. After naming trump the bidtaker buries 3 cards
- (places 3 cards face down on the table). The bidtaker gets
- 1 point for each ace, ten, and king buried.
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