Pinochle Pro 4+

Partner Outbids Then Passes

I’ve played this game nearly 2700 times, so its safe to say I like it OK.

However there is one major flaw in the bidding, and it has happened to me several times. I bid, my partner bids, it comes back to me and, though I like my hand, since my partner outbid me I assume he has a strong hand and thus pass, allowing him to carry us. Then, surprise, he passes on his next bid.

Where I come from, even if he isn’t a real person, I ought to be able to assume he is going to carry on the bid, at least for a bit. After all, we want to force the other side to work for it and if we don’t win the bid, perhaps make them go set.

This ought to be a relatively easy fix, and would improve the game. When my machine partner outbids me and I pass, he needs to bid at least 1-3 more times. You have to make a commitment to your partner when you outbid him, so that we increase the odds of winning the bid with the better of our two hands in control.

Developer Response ,

Good feedback. I just uploaded a build that will cause the AI to keep bidding a bit after you pass. It might take a day or two to circulate out.

Sort of accessible to the blind, but question about seeing trump and scoring.

Hi, so your app is very accessible for the most part using the Voiceover screen reader. I'm totally blind, used to play pinochle with braille cards. There's just one problem. I can't tell what's trump. It's shown up a few times, but I've made bad passes when trying to pass cards to my partner. So maybe if there's something that says what trump is, that would be very helpful. Other than that, I can play the game because I can count cards in my head.
Update: another big problem. I'm very confused. If someone plays, on my left, a Queen of Spades, and my partner (north), plays the Ace of Spades, East plays, say, Jack of Spades, and I play a King of Spades, that should give my partner and I 2 pointers. Instead, they seem to be going to the West-East partnership. That's not right! If North plays the Ace, then they get the trick. At least, that's how I was told. It seems that in this version, whoever plays the trump card first wins the trick. Was I told incorrectly or something?

Realistic pinochle game play

I play the ad-free version. I’ve been playing the game with few glitches and no crashes. Both partner and opponent play seems to make “pinochle sense”, with no one making blatantly stupid plays (like throwing a second ace to give your partner a counter early in the hand). I’m curious about the Achievements, though: I’ve blown past 100 games, but somehow haven’t earned that badge yet. I think player Shirley got broken in the recent (2024) upgrade, though. She now says after every deal “that’s because you’re sitting in my lucky chair.” She only ever used to say that when someone else got a really good hand.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the review Dennis! And for the report about the couple of issues you’ve encountered. I’ll dig into them!