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Less frequently, a 64-card Pinochle pack is used, which includes 8s and 7s as well.  \nCard Values/Scoring  \nThe values of cards taken in on tricks are: Each ace 11  \nEach ten 10  \nEach king 4  \nEach queen 3  \nEach jack 2 Last trick 10  \nNines (and 8s and 7s, when the 64-card pack is used) have no point value.  \nThe values of the melds are: Class A  \nA, K, Q, J, 10 of trump suit (flush, or sequence) 150  \nK, Q of trump (royal marriage) 40  \nK, Q of any other suit (marriage) 20 Dix (lowest trump; pronounced \"deece\") 10  \nClass B  \nA♠, A♥, A♦, A♣ (100 aces) 100 K♠, K♥, K♦, K♣ (80 kings) 80 Q♠, Q♥, Q♦, Q♣ (60 queens) 60 J♠, J♥, J♦, J♣ (40 jacks) 40  \nClass C  \nQ♠, J♦ (pinochle) 40  \n(The dix is the nine of trumps if the 48-card pack is used; it is the seven of trumps if the 64-card pack is used.)  \nThe Deal  \nDeal 12 cards to each player, starting from the left, three or four cards at a time. The next card is turned up and placed on the table; it is the trump card and every card of that suit is a trump. The remainder of the pack forms the stock and is placed face down.  \nThe Play  \nEach trick consists of a lead and a play. The non-dealer leads; thereafter the winner of each trick leads next. When a trump is led, it wins the trick unless the opponent plays a higher trump. When any other suit is led, the card led wins unless the opponent plays a higher card of the same suit or a trump. The leader may lead any card, and the opponent may play any card. It is not necessary to follow suit.  \nAfter each trick, each player draws a card from the top of the stock to restore their hand to 12 cards; the winner draws first.  \nMelding  \nUpon winning a trick, and before drawing from the stock, a player may meld any one of the combinations that have value, as previously described. A player makes a meld by placing the cards face up on the table, where they remain until the player wishes to play them, or until the stock is exhausted.  \nMelding is subject to the following restrictions:  \n1) Only one meld may be made in a turn.  \n2) For each meld, at least one card must be taken from the hand and placed on the table.  \n3) A card once melded may be melded again, only in a different class, or in a higher-scoring meld of the same class.  \nEx. A player may not put down K♠, Q♠, J♦ and score both for the marriage and for the pinochle; only one meld may be made in any turn. The player may put down Q♠ and J♦ for 40 points; and, after winning a subsequent trick, they may add the K♠ and score for the marriage.  \nOnce a card has been melded and placed on the table, it may be played to a trick as though it were in the holder's hand; however, after it has been played, it may no longer be used to forma new meld.  \nMelding the dix. If the dealer turns a dix (pronounced \"deece\") as the trump card, they score 10 points immediately. Thereafter, a player holding a dix may count it merely by showing it upon  \nwinning a trick. They may count the dix and make another meld in the same turn. The holder of the dix has the right to exchange it, upon winning a trick, for the trump card.  \nThe Playoff. The winner of the twelfth trick may meld if possible, and then must draw the last face-down card of the stock. They show this card to their opponent, who draws the trump card (or the dix, if the exchange has been made) . The winner of the preceding trick now leads, and the rules of the play are as follows: each player must follow suit to the card led if possible, and must try to win when a trump is led (by playing a higher trump) . A player who cannot follow suit must trump if they have a trump. In this manner the last 12","cbCaigMmPQ1mpTS8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigMmPQ1mpTS8","pdf",236060,"English","# Pinochle Game Rules\n## The Pack and Object of the Game\n## Rank of Cards and Card Values/Scoring\n## The Deal and The Play\n## Melding Rules and Dix Exchange\n## The Playoff and How to Keep Score\n## Game, Match Scoring, and Declaring Out","[{\"question\":\"What is the goal of Pinochle?\",\"answer\":\"Win tricks to score the value of cards taken, and meld specific combinations for additional point values. The player with the most points wins.\"},{\"question\":\"How is the trump suit determined during the deal?\",\"answer\":\"After dealing 12 cards to each player, the next card is turned up to establish the trump suit. Every card of that suit is treated as trump.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the key restrictions for making a meld?\",\"answer\":\"Only one meld may be made in a turn. 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