Pinochle Hack 8.9.0 + Redeem Codes
Developer: fishdog.net
Category: Games
Price: Free
Version: 8.9.0
ID: com.fishdog.pinochlefree
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Description
Full-featured, ad-supported pinochle app for iPhone and iPad. Play single- or double-deck with configurable options including meld bids and shoot the moon. Pinochle is updated frequently with user-suggested features and AI improvements. Also available in the App Store is a paid version with NO advertising: Pinochle Gold.
Pinochle is a card game played with a 48- or 80-card deck of 9s, 10s, jacks, queens, kings and aces. The game consists of a repeating sequence of bidding (for the right to name the trump suit and optionally to pass cards), melding, and trick-taking. Players score points by melding various card combinations and by taking tricks.
In this version, one human player (South) plays with a computer partner (North) and two computer opponents (West and East).
BIDDING: Each player bids the number of points she thinks she can make with her hand. Player to the dealer's left is required to bid, and bidding proceeds to the left. Players who pass are out of the bidding for that hand. A typical high bid is 35 points (for 48 cards) or 60 (for 80 cards). High bidder names the trump suit for the hand and optionally exchanges cards with her partner.
MELDING: Players get points by showing various card combinations. A run (or straight) in the trump suit is worth 15 points. Aces in all four suits is 10 points. Pinochle (queen of spades and jack of diamonds) is 4 points, or 30 points for double pinochle (two of each).
TRICKS: Play begins with the high bidder, and proceeds around the table to the left, 4 cards per trick. Each trick has a winner, who gets 1 point per ace, ten or king.
SCORING: If the high bidder fails to make the bid (his team's total meld plus trick points is less than the bid), the bid amount is subtracted from the team score. Play continues until one team goes out.
Pinochle is a card game played with a 48- or 80-card deck of 9s, 10s, jacks, queens, kings and aces. The game consists of a repeating sequence of bidding (for the right to name the trump suit and optionally to pass cards), melding, and trick-taking. Players score points by melding various card combinations and by taking tricks.
In this version, one human player (South) plays with a computer partner (North) and two computer opponents (West and East).
BIDDING: Each player bids the number of points she thinks she can make with her hand. Player to the dealer's left is required to bid, and bidding proceeds to the left. Players who pass are out of the bidding for that hand. A typical high bid is 35 points (for 48 cards) or 60 (for 80 cards). High bidder names the trump suit for the hand and optionally exchanges cards with her partner.
MELDING: Players get points by showing various card combinations. A run (or straight) in the trump suit is worth 15 points. Aces in all four suits is 10 points. Pinochle (queen of spades and jack of diamonds) is 4 points, or 30 points for double pinochle (two of each).
TRICKS: Play begins with the high bidder, and proceeds around the table to the left, 4 cards per trick. Each trick has a winner, who gets 1 point per ace, ten or king.
SCORING: If the high bidder fails to make the bid (his team's total meld plus trick points is less than the bid), the bid amount is subtracted from the team score. Play continues until one team goes out.
Version history
8.9.0
2023-10-11
Support for new devices. Minor bug fixes.
8.8.4
2023-01-17
Minor bug fixes.
8.8.2
2023-01-14
Minor bug fixes.
8.8.1
2022-11-01
Minor bug fixes.
8.8.0
2022-10-20
Better robot logic for passing lead back to partner; better robot bidding in double-deck no-passing game.
8.7.0
2022-09-21
Support for new devices. Minor bug fixes.
8.5.0
2022-06-30
Adds score sheet to show current game progress. Minor bug fixes.
8.2.0
2021-11-05
In double deck, players can signal their partner that they have remaining aces in a suit by playing an ace on the partner's ace. Various bug fixes. Improved language support.
8.1.2
2021-07-08
Robot card passing logic improvements.
8.1.1
2021-07-03
Fixes bug that caused game to get stuck when player was shooting the moon.
8.1.0
2021-06-24
Minor bug fixes.
8.0.2
2021-03-30
Support for new devices; bug fixes; logic improvements.
7.8.1
2020-10-23
Support for new devices.
7.6.2
2020-09-02
Logic improvements. Also fixes issue with toolbar disappearing sliding behind ad on newer phones when held in portrait orientation.
7.6.1
2020-06-06
Fixes autoplay mode near end of game so South only leads winning cards; fixes bug where robots would not pass some trump cards in double-deck if they were worth more than 26 pts. meld in the robot's hand; app now extends to the top of the screen on some phones in landscape mode; fixes dialog alert layouts that pop up in settings; during hand result, alert dialog no longer obscures West's or East's cards; improved font sizing when player has turned on larger text accessibility setting; robots no longer overbid with 3 legs of pinochle (and passing turned on).
7.6.0
2020-05-28
Option to replay hand that just ended; robot logic and alert dialog improvements; score text size now respects user's device setting for accessibility / larger text; fixes alert dialog crash for German users after successfully shooting the moon.
7.5.3
2020-05-13
Bidding, card passing robot logic improvements. Better dialogs for low-vision players.
7.5.2
2020-04-11
Robot logic improvements and bug fixes.
7.5.1
2020-04-07
Larger buttons in alert dialogs. Trump marriage setting now ignored if bid was dumped on first bidder. Bid-winning robot who the bid was dumped on now chooses better trump suit. If a player makes an unreasonable jump bid too extreme to be considered a meld bid, the robots no longer trust jump bids later that hand by the same player to be legit meld bids. Fixes logic error that caused robot to sometimes not pass 2nd queen of spades when partner bid pinochle suit.
7.5.0
2020-04-02
New alert dialogs, robot logic improvements.
7.0.7
2019-11-19
Fixes sound bug that stopped playback of your music.
7.0.3
2019-11-06
Fixes bug causing sounds to play regardless of mute switch position.
7.0.2
2019-10-17
Logic and sound fixes.
7.0.1
2019-09-27
Minor bug fixes.
7.0.0
2019-09-19
Dark mode support.
Ways to hack Pinochle
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- Magisk Manager (Watch Video Guide)
- CreeHack (Watch Video Guide)
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Ratings
4.7 out of 5
22.1K Ratings
Reviews
Ken4613,
Flawed, yet fun features
While there are some frustrating flaws (more on this), I enjoy using a couple of features to “cheat” in a way that allows me to develop a more complete view of bidding and play possibilities. I ‘turn on’ view of all hands. This let’s me think through how I would bid ‘without view’ and then bid the best possible play. This also allows me to see some of the most ‘glaring’ flaws (which are in partner bidding and play - though also in passing). I often pass to allow partner to win bid .. only to have partner relinquish too early. I have also passed a perfect ‘Shoot the Moon’ hand and been stunned as partner destroys it with the pass back. Playing errors tend to be more subtle, and fall into two categories, one being feeding points with too high of a card and the other demonstrating no knowledge of suit counts (this may also have contributed to the aforementioned ‘Shoot the Moon’ destruction). Passing time playing this game despite the flaws, gives me all I can really expect (especially considering that it is free).
auntjanie41,
Aces
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.
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.
RDRDEP,
Terrible partner with choices on bids and plays.
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 pinochle, 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.
Kermit 2024,
Poor partner
Obviously whoever wrote the program for this game has never played it or just doesn't get the concept of pinochle. 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 pinochle. Seems highly unfair. The name of the game is pinochle which means jack of diamonds and queen of spades. They should be passed together to make a double pinochle. Really the programmer should learn the game then write the program. Makes sense to me. This is really the worst version of pinochle. 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!!!!
Mr Puds,
Terrible Partner.
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 pinochle 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.
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.
tj kr,
Good game, better IA could make it perfect
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 pinochle 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 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 pinochle 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.
Taocydil,
Pretty good for a free game
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.
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.
3 hand,
A big deal
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.
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.
nntwheeler,
Cheats and is Rigged
I play on the most difficult level. It’s embarrassing how frequently my opponents get pinochle and I don’t. The one who wins the bid at 460 might get 20-40 points, but their partner gets 380 and hits pinochle. I’ve never in last 300 times of playing this app and NEVER have I won the bid, passed to my partner and he hit pinochle 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.
too way out,
Pinochle
In general I’m thinking the writers of these pinochle 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 Pinochle 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 pinochle being dealt to either side. Crazy programming I will not continue with pinochle again, your games aren’t realistic and the odds are from some other solos - system.
