Pinochle

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Pinochle, PEE nuhk uhl or PEE nok uhl, is a card game played with a special deck consisting of 48 cards. Each of the four suits has 12 cards, two each of every card from the nines through the aces. The aces are the highest-ranking cards, followed by the tens, kings, queens, jacks, and nines.

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