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Pinochle ( English: / ˈpiːnʌkəl / ), also called pinocle or penuchle, [ 1] is a trick-taking ace–ten card game, typically for two to four players and played with a 48-card deck. It is derived from the card game bezique; players score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of characters into melds.
500 rum, also called pinochle rummy, Michigan rummy, Persian rummy, rummy 500 or 500 rummy, is a popular variant of rummy. The game of canasta and several other games are believed to have developed from this popular form of rummy.
Ninety-nine. Norseman's knock. Officers' Skat. Oh hell. Oma Skat. Ombre. Pedro. Phat. Pinochle (uses a 48-card pack)
500 or Five Hundred is a trick-taking game developed in the United States from Euchre. [1] Euchre was extended to a 10 card game with bidding and a Misère contract similar to Russian Preference, producing a cutthroat three-player game like Preference [2] and a four-player game played in partnerships like Whist which is the most popular modern form, although with special packs it can be played ...
Euchre. Euchre or eucre ( / ˈjuːkər / YU-kər) is a trick-taking card game commonly played in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, New Zealand, and the Midwestern United States. It is played with a deck of 24, 25, 28, or 32 standard playing cards. There are normally four players, two on each team, although there are variations for two to nine ...
Buck Euchre. Buck Euchre, also known as Dirty Clubs or Cut-throat Euchre, is a North American variant for three or four players in which there are no partnerships. In the three-player version described by John McLeod, four hands are dealt, one to each player and a widow placed face-down on the table.
Binokel. Binokel is a card game for two to eight players that originated in Switzerland as Binocle, but spread to the German state of Württemberg, where it is typically played with a Württemberg pattern pack. It is still popular in Württemberg, where it is usually played in groups of three or four as a family game rather than in the pubs. [1 ...
Split (bowling) A split is a situation in ten pin bowling in which the first ball of a frame knocks down the headpin ("number 1 bowling pin ") but leaves standing two or more non-adjacent groups of one or more pins. Scoring a spare in this situation is often referred to as a "killer shot".