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Pinochle - Expert AI app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 6944 ratings )
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Developer: NeuralPlay, LLC
Free
Current version: 3.01, last update: 9 months ago
First release : 04 May 2021
App size: 18.15 Mb

NeuralPlay Pinochle offers many rule options. Customize to play with your favorite rules! Preset rules are provided for the popular single deck and double deck variants.

Features include:
• Undo.
• Replay hand.
• Skip hand.
• Offline play.
• Detailed statistics.
• Bid and play hints. Uncertain of what to bid or play? See what the computer would do!
• Bid and play checker. Let the computer check your bidding and play throughout the game and point out differences.
• Play review. Step through the play of the hand to review and improve your play.
• Six levels of computer AI to provide challenges for beginning to advanced players.
• Unique thinking AI to provide a strong AI opponent for different rule variations.
• Claim. Claim the remaining tricks when your hand is high.

Rule customizations include:

• Deck size. Choose single deck or double deck.
• Scoring style. Choose modern or classic scoring.
• Passing. Choose to pass from zero to four cards.
• Kitty. Choose to play with a four card kitty for declarer.
• Minimum opening bid. Set the minimum opening bid from 10 to 50 points.
• Bid increment after 60. Set the bid increment after 60 to one or five.
• Meld bidding. Convey your approximate meld points to your AI partner with jump bidding.
• Require marriage. Choose whether or not to require a marriage in the trump suit.
• Extra K or Q with run. Set the value for an extra K or Q in a run to 0 points, 2 points, or 4 points.
• Minimum meld points. Set the minimum meld points to claim meld.
• Minimum tricks to save meld. Set the minimum trick points to save meld.
• Surrender. Choose whether or not to allow surrender of the hand after bidding.
• Surrender opponents score. Set the points awarded to the opponents when one surrenders.
• Initial lead. Choose to allow any suit to be lead or require trump to be lead.
• Must beat. Choose whether one must pay higher when any suit is lead or only when trump is lead.
• Card points values. Set the card point values for the A, 10, K, etc.
• Shooting the Moon. Choose to enable Shooting the Moon and determine the score point value.