App Profile: Pinochle - Online & offline

freehube

Rating: 5/5

I love the game of pinochle, played it for many years, when there was time and players. I play double deck. This app is very frustrating in that the opposing team ALWAYS gets more aces than my team. They routinely get 35 and MORE meld. They receive double runs twice as much as our team. The player the my left gets aces in my trump 99% of the time. I fall out of my chair, when I can pass my opponent in trump on the first try. If you don’t receive many aces, you have a very hard time to pull tricks. I have played 6 games in the past 3 days, and HAVE NOT won a single game. Half of the games I played these past 3 days, I receive less than 3 aces. Playing AI is great, but losing every game having only kings, queens, jacks, a couple of 10’s and maybe 1 ace, is not much fun, not real enjoyable. I’m considering looking for another app, as some of the other reviews i have read, echoed my sentiments. I find it troubling how many reviews have so much negativity in them. Not good.

Glam jellyfish

Rating: 5/5

I play both canasta and pinochle mostly online with friends. I love the flexibility to change the settings to change up the game. For instance we just changed the value of all double marriages in all suits to 30 points. We have created a table online that we can easily access with our desired settings thus making it very easy for everyone to access the game. We pick certain times weekly and set up a conference call so we can talk and play the game at the same time. Settings are easy to access. You can play off line also as well as games with random people but I don’t do that very often. Love the look of the game on the screen. After trump is set all trumps are moved to one end of your hand to remind you what is trump. You can go back a few hands to see what was played and I wish that could be turned off. I haven’t played the other games yet. Great game application! Thanks

Mac MacMic

Rating: 1/5

The game cheats if you play against the robots. I have had hands where I have three aces in one suit and they play two aces in that same suit. Or if you have a double run and in that double run you have 3 jacks I have screenshots of my robot p and the other two robots throwing out jacks.. I screen recorded a game just to make sure and low and behold it’s rigged. that’s 6 jacks. 2 decks. It’s crazy how every hand they can get to each other with no lead backs or they lead supposedly without an ace and every time hit each other. I have seen them cut a suit then when there p plays it again they have a counter in the suit they cut you in. It was good for me to practice but I’ve had it. Don’t play this one. Also your partner will keep bidding and jack up the bid so u don’t make it. I have changed robot partners several times.. they are all stupid. I have seen the my robot p throw out non counters to me but counters to the opponent. I have given 30 Meld and pass only to have p pass and have 96 meld. Or have a lot of meld but lose it to the way it plays . After making this review, I can rarely get a simple run. If I get a bid I have no aces or max 3 not in my suit. I played on my phone and to make sure on my kids. I’m right it’s rigged!!!!!