Pinochle Classic Hack 1.5 + Redeem Codes

I have been enjoying this app for a week now. Fun game. Fast play. Overall great game. However, on Pro I think some updates need to be made. There are moves that would NEVER happen in a real game. Like the players bidding on a hand and picking trump without an Ace or 10! Leading off with a 10 not trump would never happen in a real game. And holding on to a random 10 which is a counter and passing a 9 to your partner. In Pro the app should be a little closer to real play. You always clean the counters out of your hand and hold noncounters of an off suit if you have to hold anything. Also, the computer players play their losers too soon. There isn’t really a difference between beginner and pro on this app and it’s frustrating to someone who actually knows how to play.

Great app. After my first review I think the developer made some changes. The difficulty level is pretty much the same, but it feels like the way the cards are dealt has improved. I have never gotten a double run, triple pinochle, or any high melding hands for some time now. That adds another dimension of difficulty that I enjoy because anybody can play a strong hand and make their bid. There are some things that are allowed in the app that aren’t allowed in traditional pinochle. You have to have a marriage to even take a bid or you are set, but the app allows you to without a marriage. Also, you have to have at least 20 meld to take a bid or you’re set unless the bid is mathematically unreachable which usually takes real life discretion, but the app automatically makes you throw it in sometimes. I have hands in real life that seemed unreachable, but because of the way my hand was sitting I was able to win nearly every trick. Also, you should have the option to not play a hand if you know that you can easily make the bid.

The best AI Pinochle game I have played so far. With that being said it is not without its quirks. For instance your partner playing an ace on your ace leaving you to think it is a direct feedback when in reality he is only playing it as a counter so you play your counter thinking he is going play an ace or trump only to find out he is sitting over there with three non counters of that suit-very aggravating to say the least.

The game is best played on the Pro mode unless you are a complete noob. Game play gets just ridiculous in the way the AI plays otherwise.

Also there should be at least an option for adding in a point for last trick and having to have a marriage before you can call trump.

I would buy this game if I could just to get rid of the ads but they don’t bombard you with them at all during game play. They are non intrusive and come on after each round with the option of Xing out after 5 seconds. That’s doable for me.

I only play double deck with no passing so I can’t make a comment on the passing or on single deck play.

I suppose any of us could nitpick it to death but all in all it is a very well made game and I really enjoy playing it. Over time you will get use to how your AI partner plays (on pro mode) and adjust your play accordingly just like in real life. I’m not looking for perfection in an AI game, just enjoyment and this fits the bill.

The app is very well designed.

I wish there was a pay version (say, $4) that incorporated four things that would be easy to implement:

(1) Remove the ads

(2) An “auto-play hand” button that uses the “standard” AI to play your cards. Players could use this button when playing the rest of their hand isn’t important. (For example, when the game’s outcome has already been decided. Another example is when your partner has called trump and you’ve already played all your counters. Another example is when you want to focus on comparing different bidding strategies and auto-playing the hand would allow you to do that quickly.)

(3) Allow the player to adjust the partner’s bidding aggression. When the opponents are close to winning, we should bid aggressively, like a “Hail Mary pass.” When we’re close to winning, we should be more conservative to avoid negative points from a failed contract.

(4) Add a few additional stats. For example, the Win % over the last 10 games and last 50 games. These two stats would keep interest in the stats, even after the overall Win % has stabilized with lots of games. (Yes, the player could just reset the stats to do that, but with a reset you lose all records of what you’ve already accomplished.)

Wouldn’t a $4 version give you *far* more revenue than you get by playing an ad after each hand?

This developer accepts ads from Outbrain which uses scam (deceptive) techniques in its ads. 1) several boxes appear with different subjects. A “x” appears in the upper right corner. You press that thinking that it’s a close ad button: WRONG! It takes you to that box’s content. If you wait a few moments, the real close button appears, EXCEPT 2) the actual target area is smaller than in most ads, and if you’re not extremely precise, you’ll get taken to that box’s content. 3) when closed successfully, you’re not really closed, another group of boxes appear. The close button will eventually appear in the upper left corner, again with an extremely small target area, taking you to that box’s content. I understand how advertising works, however, anyone who does business with Outbrain is dealing with a deceptive company using deceptive practices which provides deceptive information to whomever they sell the information to. It also spams me with ads that aren’t relevant to me due to their deceptive practices.

Update: they continue to accept this kind of deceptive advertising. I’m gone. Same with their other games… delete!!

Below written on Jan 9 by Chuc232 and are my exact two complaints. Today I called spades trump, holding two Jack of diamonds. Partner had both queen of spades but only passed one and a random diamond. Frustrating. The other complaint he notices is partner holding card for 2 Pt marriages and passing back aces, holding losers and passing back trick takers.

Work on that and you’ll get 5 stars! I would also pay for a this app to get rid of ads.

From Chuc232:

Pretty decent compared to several others, but needs some logic adjustments.

Game often holds half a pinochle when I name Spades or Diamonds, but won’t pass the other half in opposite suite. Ie: I call spades, computer holds Jack of Diamonds but passes me Jack Hearts instead. I’ve done undo and tried to entice by calling Diamonds but then it won’t pass Queen Spades.

When computer win bid and I pass several Aces, it will pass back two aces to keep a 2 pt marriage instead of keeping Aces as trick winners.

Played one game and I’m sold! I’ve been playing pinochle for over 50 years, and was a bystander before that. The settings allow me to play our traditional family way, not like another app I installed and immediately deleted. I do not agree with the poster who said partner would never take the bid. Based on my very short experience, I would buy this app because there is no need for an advertisement after each hand. Developers listen to your reviewers. Others have asked for the same thing.

Okay I’ve been playing quite a bit now and really enjoy the game. I have an issue, though. The cards played by others do not reflect a real game. Yes it follows the rules but, when I led an Ace, my opponent played an ace. In a real game this means he’s out of that suit. However, he went on to play other cards in that suit. This just doesn’t happen IRL. This happened to me twice today by both my partner and an opponent.

By the way I never pass cards, didn’t know this was even an official option.

Today I’m pretty sure there were two instances where opponent was out of trump and then played a trump. Rule is you must trump.

This is the worst game I have ever played! I have been playing pinochle for over 30 years and I have never had such stupid partners in my life! Yes your partners are the computers, which you would think should have the best play but nope these plays by the computer are so stupid you can’t make sense of it. Then there’s the switching of cards that makes you even more angry if you don’t have what you need in your own hand don’t count on your computer partner to give you anything that’s going to be of use, worst part is your computer partner will have the card or cards you need but for some stupid reason it’s not going to give them to you, it will give you the most stupid and random card or cards ever! Worst game ever don’t waste your time! I had to give it one star to write review but it’s not even one star worthy.

I would rate this higher, except that you frequently can’t get the ads to shut down. After each hand, an ad for the same game pops up. I patiently wait. It sometimes goes away, but too often it doesn’t. SPOILS THE WHOLE GAME! I would really enjoy the game otherwise. Like someone else suggested, I would pay to not deal with the ads, especially since they won’t leave!!!
I have another complaint. I’m playing the Pro level. I bid and made diamonds Trump. I needed the jack of diamonds for a run. My partner doesn’t pass it to me, but when I pass the queen of spades back because I can’t use it, my partner melds a pinochle! Hmmm. Something is not right here.

I enjoy playing this game and it has sharpened my skills. However; I don’t like that the computer forces me to play a 10 when I know the second Ace wasn’t played. The game freezes a lot and glitches where the previous cards played are still on the table and the next round plays on top of them. I’ve had to uninstall and reinstall the app several times. Perhaps a software update is warranted. The ads are annoying between hands because when I click the X another ad pops up and it’s hard to get rid of it.