When there are three playing we always liked to play with deck-and-a-half, where there are three of each one, resulting in 60 cards. (Notice the difference in ranking: the 10 is ranked above the King and below the Ace in Pinochle.) Some people like to play using a double deck (often the 9s are dropped in this case). This yields a 48-card deck: A-10-K-Q-J-9 in each suit times four suits times two sets. Pinochle is played with a custom deck where all cards below 9 are not used and where there are two sets of suits. It can also be played with six players as three teams of two. But there is a three-handed version, called Cutthroat Pinochle, where each player is on their own.
Traditionally Pinochle is played by four players as two sets of two partners. We used to play often with her brother Bob and his wife and with her sister Jo and her husband. I learned to play it while a teenager and Elaine also learned very early in her life. Pinochle is one of Elaine’s favorite card games. I guess that brought some lively discussion last week! As anyone knows who has played Pinochle in more than one place, there are several Pinochle versions so one thing this group must do is to agree on what set of rules and standards of play they will use. Last week was the first time back, and she said there was an enthusiastic group of four. Apparently there used to be a group that played the game regularly but it quit some time ago for some reason.
Elaine was invited to play the resurrected Pinochle game here in Royal Palm.
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