Play Pinochle Online
Free four-handed partnership pinochle against the computer. You and your partner against West and East: bid, name trump, meld and take tricks. No sign-up.
You won the bid. Choose trump:
Meld
Hand result
How to play here
- Bid. Use −10 / +10 / +50 to set your bid and press Bid, or Pass. Not sure? Press Hint for an estimate of what your hand is worth.
- Name trump if you win the bid. Each suit button shows how much meld you would have with that suit as trump.
- Pass 4 cards. The bidder’s partner passes 4 cards to the bidder, who passes 4 back. Tap 4 cards and press Pass these 4 cards.
- Meld. The game finds everyone’s meld for you and shows it. Press Play the hand, or, if you are the bidder and cannot make it, Throw in.
- Play tricks. Tap a card to play it. Cards you may play are raised; the rest are dimmed.
The rules this game uses
One pinochle deck of 48 cards (two each of A, 10, K, Q, J and 9 in every suit), four players in two partnerships, 12 cards each. The minimum bid is 250 and bids go up by 10; if everyone passes, the dealer is stuck at 250. The high bidder names trump; the bidder’s partner passes 4 cards to the bidder, who passes 4 back; everyone shows meld, and the bidder may throw in a hopeless hand. The bidder leads the first trick. You must follow suit and beat the winning card if you can; if you cannot follow suit you must trump, and overtrump if you can. When two identical cards fall in the same trick, the first one played wins. Aces, tens and kings are worth 10 points each and the last trick 10, so each hand has 250 points in tricks. A team keeps its meld only if it wins some points in tricks (nines of trump count anyway), and the bidding team goes set (minus the bid) if meld plus trick points fall short. The full rules, with the usual house rules, are on the pinochle rules page, and every meld value is on the meld chart.
Computer levels
Easy plays by feel and makes mistakes. Medium plays solid, standard pinochle: cashes aces, feeds points to a partner who is winning, and saves its trumps. Hard remembers every card played and every card shown in meld, notes when a player runs out of a suit, and tries each possible play against many likely deals of the unseen cards before choosing. None of the levels peeks at your cards.
Questions
Is this pinochle game free?
Yes. It is free, with no sign-up and no download. It runs in your browser on a computer, tablet or phone, and there is no real money involved.
Which pinochle does this play?
Classic four-handed partnership pinochle with one 48-card deck: you and your partner (North) play against West and East. Bidding starts at 250, the high bidder names trump, everyone shows meld, then you play 12 tricks. Aces, tens and kings count 10 each and the last trick 10.
Does the computer see my cards?
No. The computer players only know their own cards, the meld everyone shows, and the cards already played. On the hard level they think through many possible ways the unseen cards could be split before they play.
Why can't I play some of my cards?
Pinochle has strict playing rules: you must follow suit, you must beat the card that is winning the trick if you can, and if you cannot follow suit you must trump (and overtrump if you can). Cards you may play are raised; tap a dimmed card and the game tells you why it is not allowed.
What happens if everybody passes?
The dealer is stuck and has to take the bid at 250.
Is my game saved?
Yes. The game in progress is saved in your own browser, so you can close the page and continue later on the same device.