This can be made, if necessary, from two standard 52 card decks by throwing out all the cards 2-8. The game is played with a single 48 card pinochle deck. Versions of Pinochle for other numbers of players are covered on other pages of this web site. In that version only the high bidder can meld and the bidder either wins or loses. Several variations of this game are also described.Įlsewhere on this website there is a separate Auction Pinochle page describing the classic 3-player game for money in which the players settle up after each hand. All three players can meld and the game features special scores for double melds. This is a version played for points, up to a target score. The main game described on this page is a version of three player single deck Auction Pinochle played in Bison, South Dakota. Money game with each hand paid separately.
This page is mostly based on a contribution from Sion Hanson.
