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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. The distinctive feature of 500 rum is that each player scores the value of the sets or cards they meld. It may be ...
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 or eucre (/ ˈ juː k ər / 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.
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 ...
A deck of 48 cards (a Pinochle Deck is used. [1] Five-handed: A five-handed variation with two decks with nines removed. Each player competes against all the others. This variation can also be played by six, seven or more players, following the same rules. For each player above five, eight cards must be added to the deck.