

This latter pronunciation of the game would be adopted by German speakers. The word is also possibly derived from the French word, "binage", for the combination of cards called "binocle". The French word "binocle" also meant "eyeglasses".

The standard game today is called "partnership auction pinochle." History Each hand is played in three phases: bidding, melds, and tricks. It is thus considered part of a "trick-and-meld" category which also includes a cousin, belote. It is derived from the card game bezique players score points by trick-taking and also by forming combinations of cards into melds. Pinochle ( English pronunciation: ) or Binocle (sometimes pinocle, or penuchle) is a trick-taking card game typically for two to four players and played with a 48-card deck. Sixty-six, Bezique, Marjapussi, Skat, Belote The jack of diamonds and the queen of spades are the "pinochle" meld of pinochle.Ĥ in partnerships or 3 individually, variants exist for 2-6 or 8 playersĤ8 (double 24 card deck) or 80 (quadruple 20 card deck)
