Game apparently quite unfair – Pinochle Plus Review

I’ve been playing single deck, bidding starts at 15, each side needs at least 10 of 25 counters to score anything. 250 points win. It’s very difficult to win when: 1. Your partner plays and bids poorly while the opponents not only play like experts but each seems to know what the other has: i.e., ‘Unauthorized Information’. Your partner (North) may refuse to bid in the rare case of holding Aces round and an opponent may name a not so good 3 or 4 card suit as trump and find 4, 5, or 6 trumps in other opponent’s hand. Hard to win playing 3 against 1 even when there’s no ‘cheating’! 2. Opponents are dealt far more good hands than you and partner. Sometimes, 8 or 9 out of 10 hands. You’re dealt no good suit and no or one lousy ace so usually either the opponents get bid and you don’t score and if you do bid you get set. Opponents get Aces round and Runs many time more than you and partner do.
Review by jmf301 on Pinochle Plus.