Pinochle Reviews

In general I’m thinking the writers of these this app games are former players that had no creativity about them selves and how to play the game. So they’ve set to frustrate whom ever get one or several of these this app games to never figure out the computer, never winning games by play only the percentage the designer built into the game them selves. Not any fun what so ever. It’s done with unrealistic hands dealt at crazy odds. Like Queens or jacks around, short of one queen or jack every nine out of ten times (crazy) that don’t happen in real life. Maybe only the computer players getting the double Aces around, and the human players never,never, ever getting two marriages in trump or Kings around. Also, you see a triple this app being dealt to either side. Crazy programming I will not continue with this app again, your games aren’t realistic and the odds are from some other solos - system.

Obviously whoever wrote the program for this game has never played it or just doesn't get the concept of this app. When the computer partner has a full rope with double aces and three losers he bitter bunches. What I wouldn't give for a hand like that So get real and learn the game before you write the program. Also the east and west always seem to get aces around or a double this app. Seems highly unfair. The name of the game is this app which means jack of diamonds and queen of spades. They should be passed together to make a double this app. Really the programmer should learn the game then write the program. Makes sense to me. This is really the worst version of this app. I would give this a zero star if I could. The north partner is absolutely useless. WORST GAME EVER!!!!!!!! I can’t believe whoever wrote this game would actually have north keep trump and send losers. AGAIN THIS IS THE WORST WRITTEN GAME EVER. When writing a program research the rules of the game first!!!!

You can show show the cards of all players in this game. Discovering this actually took some of the fun out of the game but it also reveals how terrible your partner AI is with bidding. I deleted this game when my partner had a run plus extra trump in their hand but they wanted to “bid or bunch.” In other words, throw out the hand and re-deal to everyone. In single deck this app you hope to get a run in you trump suit. When you’re dealt one it’s awesome and gives a 90% chance of making out bid and dominating the cars play.
The partner has also given up bids while holding 7/8 Aces. Another hand that could easily control the game. As a player you can’t take every bid. But its frustrating and defeating when your partner often throws the game for you.
You can adjust the settings to make the computer more bold, but that usually seems to make the opponents stronger, not your partner.

I play on the most difficult level. It’s embarrassing how frequently my opponents get this app and I don’t. The one who wins the bid at 460 might get 20-40 points, but their partner gets 380 and hits this app. I’ve never in last 300 times of playing Pinochle and NEVER have I won the bid, passed to my partner and he hit this app even when I’ve passed 3 legs. Another issue is your partner will NOT pass an ace of trump if it messes up their 100 aces. Not kidding!!!!! It’s cost me shooting the moon more than once. The developers are uncaring. I mentioned this issue and others with no response. Not empresses with them. It’s a fun game with a cheating AI and a developer who doesn’t care to correct this. Enjoy, but realize, you’ll never win as much as you would of you played in real life. This game cheats.

The person who wrote the program is responsible for the stupid, ignorant, idiotic plays coming from the north jerk. N will pass holding a nice run, always saves a point card to give to E W on the last play when E W always saves a trump card for the extra point. When S picks trump, idiot N always holds the 10 when passing cards in deference to the J or Q. It really angers me when it means no run and a poor hand. N ALWAYS BIDS INTO THE 30’s when holding 3 aces even with the rest of the hand garbage! If N is dealt 3 out of 4 this app, get ready for a high mid 30 or higher bid. I see all this because I show all cards. N will always pass a double J or Q with the 3 card pass to S instead of Aces, when S takes the bid, more often than not ruining more possible points. I am bidding toward a strong hand and the double pass, especially J’s is worthless and shows that the programmer doesn’t understand the game enough. Please fix these stated problems. I’ve sworn off this game over 100 times because of them but keep coming back one more time.

Been playing this game for several years now, and I just get more and more frustrated with how unrealistic the meld is, and how slanted it is toward the opponents. Very often, the opponents get large meld hands that allow them to make large point hands and come back from behind a win them game. Also, while playing in the last few weeks the opponents have had double this app 4 times, and my partner 1 time. I’ve been playing this app with my in-laws for a few decades and have only seen double this app 2 times. The algorithms on this game are unrealistic, favor the opponents, and are making the game less fun to play.

This game is a great game. There are rarely any glitches and not too much advertisements. I love that you can undo a play and replay a hand. This allows good practicing. There are also many options which are awesome!

I am not sure the people making the AI have actually played the game. I tried writing in suggestions, but nothing changed.

One is when that the winning bidder keeps a double this app even though trump is not spades or diamonds. Another is that the computer player takes a risky bid even though they almost have the winning score and the opposing teams is far from winning. Lastly, your computer partner will overbid you and then immediately pass.

I’ve learned the game far better by practicing on my phone. Makes playing with real people less stressful!
My partner doesn’t always bid correctly but is way better than other games. I do notice that sometimes the same card sequence comes up multiple times and my or the opponents get a pretty long string of either really good or really bad cards. I’m glad I can break the cycle by just starting a new game.
I wish it had a tutorial on how to determine points and how far you should go in bidding. But that’s hard to find anywhere!
Thanks for a fun way to relax. Does the paid version have a larger bank of sequences with more randomization? I m beginning to recognize these! I don’t see that mentioned in the description here.

Game is entertaining and captivating. I find that the meld tends to benefit e/w more than n/s. Double Pinocle and double runs happen often for e/w. It also appears that when e/w takes the bid they usually have more marriages and aces round. E/w rarely has nines, queen and jack around. This gives e/w a meld advantage. Data reports n/s has won more games. I’ll take that as a compliment, since I’m south.
Also in review of hand discovery at the end of each game I note that my partner, north, has often stopped bidding while holding a run in hand. Strategy in real play uses bidding to communicate hand capability. This reduces trust in my partners play.
After all that, not having access to a regular 4 hand game this ap offers a refresher to keep up your skill set.

The opposing team always seem to get a ton of meld usually enough to only have to pull a few tricks or none. Even when they get stuck with the bid and have no meld they still manage to win the hand. I’ve been counting how many aces they get between them and more often than not they get 6 or more. Plus my partner leaves me stuck when they clearly could have taken the bid. Sometime I replay the hand and choose the suit they have the most of and then we win the hand.

Despite the above I have manage to win a few games. And occasionally manage to get good hands but not nearly the same as the other team.

Just now I won the bid and my “partner” passed me a couple trumps and two 9’s. They could have passed me for kings around and I would have had enuf meld to make the bid. Word to the wise on this game — your computer partner will pass you trump and aces, but if they don’t have 4 cards to pass, they will pass stupid stuff to fill in what they do have. So the game programmers obviously don’t know enuf about the game to have your partner pass you smart cards. Also, really with the capitalizing “trump” every time I write it? Blech.

Pinochle is ok for those this app louvers like myself who would like to play this app when you're away from friends, family, & a table. However, it's terrible because the way the game is setup is not how you play this app. Example: the bidding - you cannot bid 26 & then melt 25, you must bid at least 5 more than your melt. You cannot bid a point higher than the previous bidder. A player cannot renege. There are many more errors, too numerous to mention.

I have been using Pinochle for nearly 2 years. It is a great way to learn the basics of the game. Initially I was irritated with some of the issues mentioned in 1-star reviews...that is until I realized that a lot of the game rules were configurable in the settings. It just took a little effort to looking through the settings, that means scrolling down.

To the developers:
Thank you for Pinochle and updating it periodically. I really appreciate having a quality this app app!

Just had an upgrade today, and I don’t like it. The problem is the speed. Cards are playing sooo slow. Can an upgrade be done to speed up the playing? Or, can there be an option to choose the speed - slow, medium, or fast?

PREVIOUS REVIEW:
I like this game a lot. Have played this app for over 50 years, and this game is the closest to the rules I've always played. The biggest difference is that I'm used to the dealer taking the bid if everyone passes. In this game, the player to the left of the dealer gets stuck with the minimum bid. Thank you for a great app.

As far as any this app app goes, this one is great. Tons of settings to mess with, including game speed. All around. Pinochle is great and I wouldn’t change a thing about it. By far my favorite thing about Pinochle is the minimal ads. Other card games you get ads between each hand, sometimes two back to back which take forever. With this game, I’ll forget that it even has ads because they’re so rare. I’ll play 2-3 games before I see an ad, and it’s usually very short and you can close out of it right away.

Due to a tomorrow curvature in my back and spine, coupled with arthritis-I have many days where movement of lowers limbs is too painful and I’ m flat on my back sometimes 3-4 days per week Sometimes tv watching gets boring. I pull out My iPad or iPhone and have a great time playing double this app it’s a great way to past the afternoons by testing my card playing skills I have become so great in this app it’s helped me be a better this app partner in live, real games. Concentration and skill . Great game, been playing about 5 years now.

Fun game, well developed. However there are a number of tactical moves that Pinochle makes when it should not for the most obvious reasons. For example my partner bids when it’s clear that even a successful bid will not overcome a winning hand by the opposition given the close score. I have written this and other comments in the past and suggested that the software be modified to be more intelligent and making those tactical decisions, but they have not changed. Too bad because otherwise this game would be close to high-level play

Partner is absolutely TERRIBLE at passing. Whoever designed this doesn’t understand this app at all. Also, W and E hardly ever go set. I’ve lost games in literally two hands before. They will shoot the moon and then get double this app in back to back hands. If I had to put on a number I would say less than 10% of the time they go set, while N and S do a lot more, and not from poor bidding on my part. I do not use the view all cards button, that seems like cheating to me and is way too simple. Very poor game for the true this app player. Download a different one for a better experience.

Overall, it’s the best this app game out there, until I find one with live players. I agree with the poor play of North partner. Although maybe it’s improved in the last year?
Biggest pet peeve is that north might open up the bid, so that you pass a potential hand, then *immediately* pass!
Second biggest pet peeve, another review mentions this, is that it will bid to high 30s on three legs of double this app, it will bid you off it, unopposed from E-W!
Then, yes. I have noticed that north will pass a pair of Trump instead of aces or this app.
It should be easy to program a few more hard, fast, rules that all players abide by.

I wish this program gave higher priority to this app. The opponents always get double pinochles and my partner often neglects to send me a leg, sending aces instead. Also my partner will frequently have a cold family and not bid. My partner bids less than any of the other hands. I don’t get it. The partner always ends up giving away tens. I hardly ever do that. It’s a good program in place quite well other than that.