198508 444 Games Card Games General Card Games true Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:49:32 -0700 /system/videos/2/08/85/19/198508.flv games, cards, card, playing, instructions, rules, learning, pinochle How To Play Pinochle http://www.howcast.com/videos/198508-How-To-Play-Pinochle http://www.howcast.com/videos/198508-How-To-Play-Pinochle/edit approved 103 640 360 <object width="425" height="273" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=198508"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=198508" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="273" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 4 lazydiamond http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/198508/5_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.jpg 1299 false false false 76032 1 22 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/198508/22.jpg Deal Deal 12 cards face down to each player. After a deal, the remaining cards are the “stock.”

]]> 76033 2 29 Tip Ace is high, then 10, King, Queen, and Jack. Nines have no value.

]]> 76034 3 34 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/198508/34.jpg Name trump suit Pick the top card from the stock and turn it face up. This will be the trump suit, or the suit designated a higher rank than any other suit.

]]> 76035 4 44 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/198508/44.jpg Meld your hand Arrange your hand into melds; three or more cards of one suit in a sequence, or three or more cards of the same rank and different suits. Place melds face up on a table.

]]> 76036 5 55 Tip The highest value meld is the “run,” or the Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and 10 in the trump suit worth 15 points. One ace in each suit is 10 points.

]]> 76037 6 65 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/198508/65.jpg Play lead card in trick Pick one of your cards to play as lead card in the first trick of the game. A trick is a pinochle round played one card at a time from each player’s hand.

]]> 76038 7 74 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/198508/74.jpg Win first trick Win your first trick. After the lead card is played, an opponent tries to pick a card from the hand with a higher meld value than your lead card.

]]> 76039 8 83 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/198508/83.jpg Score the game Mark card values taken in tricks on a score sheet. The last trick taken in the game is worth 10 points. Add card values together to determine the game winner.

]]> 76040 9 94 Fact German immigrants popularized pinochle – from the German dialect word Binokel – in the U.S. in the late 1800s.

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