Double Deck Pinochle strategy
Double Deck Pinochle is a partnership game of signals. Your bid tells your partner about your meld, and your cards keep talking during play.
These guides start with the basics and move on to the leadbacks that experienced players use. Try them in a game of Double Deck Pinochle, and if you are brand new, start with the rules and tutorial.
Start here
Double Deck Pinochle strategy for beginners
How the game compares to Spades, bidding signals, and finding melds.
Bidding
How to tell your partner how much meld you have through your bid.
Playing
What your partner's ace on your ace means and how to hand them the lead.
How a jack played on your partner's lead asks them to exit that suit.
More Pinochle
A player remembers learning Double Deck Pinochle in the Air Force in 1967.