Pinochle

Memorable Games

Dec 26, 2008 in a game with Mike Fried & Len Hyman vs. Marty Tobias & Emil Erlich; Mike had a 100 in meld and Len had a 10 piece run with a triple lead and an outside double Ace; a guaranteed trickless 250 hand. They made 510.

April 14, 2008 in a game with Mike Fried & Len Hyman vs Tony Maida & Emil Erlich; Mike dealt and Tony had a run in Diamonds, Len had a Run in Diamonds and a Run in Clubs, and Emil had a run in Clubs. Four runs during one hand with two held by one person was a first for me.

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Feb 10, 2012 - First ever 700 game played by Bob Gordon and Herb Nassau vs Marty Tobias and Murray Trachtenberg. Bob's bid was 340 (Run and Aces). Herb bid 360 (20 jump giving Bob 100 meld) but had a roundhouse and pinochle. Bob missed the 20 jump bid abd bid 450. Herb pushed bob to 600 with a 590 bid. They melded 150 + 100 (Bob) and 240 + 40 for 530

May 23, 2009 - This 680 hand was played by Steve Birnbaum and Frank Macchiaroli vs Marty Tobias and Bob Gordon. Steve's hand consisted of a Run + Dix, Queens and a Marriage in Diamonds (240) and Frank's hand consisted of Aces, a Piniochle, a Marriage in Trump and a Dix (190) for a total meld of 430 500 Bid 35 stars. The hand played to a trickless (250) for a total score of 680.

Feb 25, 2008 - This 630 hand was played by Marty Tobias and Bob Gordon vs Steve Birnbaum and Tony Maida. Marty's hand consisted of a six piece run in Hearts, Queens, Two Marriages, & The Jack of Clubs [3 clubs total] (260 Meld). Bob's hand consisted of Aces, Three Hearts (Dix) & Five Clubs (Double Ace, Ten, King & Jack) (110 Meld). Total Meld 370. Tony dealt and Marty opened with a 240 bid. Steve bid 250 and Bob followed with 280. Marty bid 500, everyone passed. The Hand turned into a trickless when Marty was able to draw out all the trump after Bob signaled Marty with his ace of clubs. They made 250 Pts. for a total value of 630 with 35 Stars.

High Games (New = Last Two Weeks)

Date	Team A		Made	Bid	Team B
2012-02-10	Bob Gordon	Herb Nassau	720 *	600	Marty Tobias	Murray Trachtenberg
2009-05-23	Steve Birnbaum	Frank Macchiaroli	680	500	Bob Gordon	Marty Tobias
2012-12-28	Steve Birnbaum	Emil Erlich	640	550	Frank Ciulla	Paul Lebowitz
2008-02-25	Bob Gordon	Marty Tobias	630	500	Steve Birnbaum	Tony Maida
2011-03-11	Al Birnbaum	Herb Nassau	600	550	Bob Gordon	Emil Erlich
2011-08-05	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	600	450	Jeff Hochstein	Emil Erlich
2013-05-04	Marty Tobias	Murray Trachtenberg	600	500	John Cosenza	Joe Baudanza
2011-06-17	Steve Birnbaum	Alan Birnbaum	600	500	Marty Tobias	Jeff Hochstein
2011-11-11	Al Birnbaum	Arnie Gleana	600	460	Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg
2009-03-23	Steve Birnbaum	Emil Erlich	595		Joel Belgard	Pete Savino
2012-08-17	Emil Erlich	Mike Fried	595	500	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias
2008-06-13	Don Babish	Joel Belgard	590		Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias
2010-04-24	Jeff Hochstein	Murray Trachtenberg	585	500	Arnie Gleana	Herb Nassau
2011-02-07	Marty Tobias	Jerry Katz	580	400	Steve Birnbaum	Bob Gordon
2009-02-09	Frank Macchiaroli	Tony Maida	575		Mike Fried	Marty Tobias
2011-10-07	Bob Gordon	Herb Nassau	570	450	Frank Cuillo	Murray Trachtenberg
2009-06-05	Emil Erlich	Bob Gordon	570		Don Babish	Frank Macchiaroli
2012-10-19	Herb Nassau	Joe Baudanza	570	400	John Cosenza	Rich Quinto
2010-09-17	Steve Birnbaum	Emil Erlich	570	500	Al Birnbaum	Bob Gordon
2010-06-21	Steve Birnbaum	Jerry Katz	570	400	Emil Erlich	Murray Trachtenberg
2013-05-13	Steve Birnbaum	Joe Baudanza	565	460	Marty Tobias	Al Falcon
2011-06-24	Erlich Erlich	Murray Trachtenberg	560	450	Bob Gordon	Rich Quinto
2008-12-24	Gary Busman	Paul Riza	560		Mike Fried	Len Hyman
2008-05-09	Mike Fried	Norm Pomerantz	560		Joel Belgard	Alan Birnbaum
2012-12-07	Al Birnbaum	Herb Nassau	560	400	Phil Tripi	Rich Quinto
2008-12-28	Peter Savino	Marty Tobias	560		Steve Birnbaum	Tony Maida
2009-02-23	Steve Birnbaum	Emil Erlich	560		Len Hyman	Norman Pomerantz
2012-12-14	Al Birnbaum	Murray Trachtenberg	560	500	Joe Baudanza	John Cosenza
2011-09-16	Steve Birnbaum	Murray Trachtenberg	560	400	Al Birnbaum	Marty Tobias
2010-10-29	Arnie Gleana	Bob Gordon	560	310	Frank Ciulla	Warren Kreisler
2009-11-20	Frank Ciulla	Marty Tobias	560		Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg
2010-08-30	Steve Birnbaum	Frank Macchiaroli	555	450	Emil Erlich	Marty Tobias
2010-10-22	Frank Cuilla	Emil Erlich	555	500	Arnie Gleana	Murray Trachtenberg
2010-07-30	Al Birnbaum	Murray Trachtenberg	555	400	Arnie Gleana	Rich Quinto
2011-09-16	Steve Birnbaum	Arnie Gleana	555	500	Emil Erlich	Walter Cohen
2010-03-01	Joel Belgard	Irv Rothfarb	550	400	Steve Birnbaum	Jeff Hochstein
2009-10-16	Emil Erlich	Marty Tobias	550		Rich Quinto	Murray Trachtenberg
2010-10-15	Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg	550	460	Al Birnbaum	Frank Ciulla
2011-09-30	Frank Ciulla	Frank Macchiaroli	550	350	Jeff Hochstein	Al Birnbaum
2011-12-28	Emil Erlich	Bob Gordon	550	500	Marty Tobias	Murray Trachtenberg
2011-11-11	Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg	550	420	Al Birnbaum	Arnie Gleana
2008-11-14	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	550		Al Birnbaum	Mike Fried
2011-06-20	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	550	450	Bob Gordon	Jerry Katz
2009-11-10	Steve Birnbaum	Bob Gordon	550		Joel Belgard	Jerry Katz
2009-05-15	Emil Erlich	Marty Tobias	545		Frank Macchiaroli	Paul Rizza
2008-10-31	Al Birnbaum	Mike Fried	545		Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias
2011-01-16	Emil Erlich	Frank Macchiaroli	545	460	Marty Tobias	Jerry Horowitz
2010-04-26	Frank Macchiaroli	Marty Tobias	545	300	Steve Birnbaum	Jerry Katz
2010-05-28	Al Birnbaum	Emil Erlich	545	400	Marty Tobias	Murray Trachtenberg
2010-08-27	Emil Erlich	Warren Kreisler	545	450	Al Birnbaum	Herb Nassau
2008-06-16	Bob Gordon	Marty Tobias	540		Emil Erlich	Mike Fried
2011-10-18	Steve Birnbaum	Murray Trachtenberg	540	450	Marty Tobias	Frank Macchiaroli
2008-12-26	Joel Belgard	Steve Birnbaum	540		Bob Gordon	Tony Maida
2010-11-01	Marty Tobias	Sam Zimmerman	540	400	Frank Macchiaroli	Bob Gordon
2009-01-20	Steve Birnbaum	Bob Gordon	540		Emil Erlich	Marty Tobias
2011-07-01	Al Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	535	450	Steve Birnbaum	Bob Gordon
2010-10-25	Emil Erlich	Murray Trachtenberg	535	400	Marty Tobias	Frank Macchiaroli
2012-08-31	Steve Birnbaum	Al Birnbaum	535	400	Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg
2010-08-09	Steve Birnbaum	Bob Gordon	535	500	Jerry Katz	Frank Macchiaroli
2011-01-30	Steve Birnbaum	Frank Macchiaroli	535	400	Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg
2011-12-16	Emil Erlich	Jerry Horowitz	535	500	Steve Birnbaum	Warren Kreisler
2009-11-02	Steve Birnbaum	Tony Maida	535		Frank Ciulla	Norman Pomerantz
2009-09-21	Frank Cuilla	Mike Fried	535		Steve Birnbaum	Frank Macchiaroli
2009-04-06	Emil Erlich	Len Hyman	535		Steve Birnbaum	Norm Pomerantz
2009-07-13	Tony Maida	Pete Savino	535		Joel Belgard	Emil Erlich
2009-02-06	Alan Birnbaum	Steve Birnbaum	535		Bob Gordon	Marty Tobias
2011-02-21	Marty Tobias	Frank Macchiaroli	535	350	Murray Trachtenberg	Jerry Katz
2010-12-31	Marty Tobias	Jeff Hochstein	535	400	Murray Trachtenberg	Warren Kreisler
2010-10-15	Al Birnbaum	Bob Gordon	530	480	Emil Erlich	Murray Trachtenberg
2010-12-24	Jeff Hockstein	Murray Trachtenberg	530	450	Frank Ciulla	Marty Tobias
2008-06-13	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	530		Emil Erlich	Mike Fried
2010-12-17	Emil Erlich	Herb Nassau	530	400	Al Birnbaum	Marty Tobias
2011-04-22	Bob Gordon	Arnie Gleana	530	450	Steve Birnbaum	Al Birnbaum
2009-11-30	Tony Maida	Marty Tobias	530		Steve Birnbaum	Jerry Katz
2009-08-28	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	530		Frank Ciulla	Emil Erlich
2009-03-16	Mike Fried	Norm Pomerantz	530		Steve Birnbaum	Emil Erlich
2012-07-06	Al Birnbaum	Al Knepper	530	400	Rich Quinto	Paul Lebowitz
2011-10-18	Jerry Horowitz	Emil Erlich	530	400	Steve Birnbaum	Bob Gordon
2012-10-15	Marty Tobias	Bob Gordon	525	400	Al Falcon	John Cosenza
2009-07-03	Norm Pomerantz	Rich Quinto	525		Mike Fried	Frank Macchiaroli
2012-10-12	Frank Cuilla	Emil Erlich	525	500	Herb Nassau	Murray Trachtenberg
2011-04-15	Steve Birnbaum	Al Birnbaum	525	480	Rich Quinto	Frank Ciulla
2011-03-28	Rich Quinto	Jeff Hochstein	525	400	Marty Tobias	Frank Cuilla
2012-05-02	Marty Tobias	Bob Gordon	525	450	Arnie Gleana	Emil Erlich
2011-02-18	Bob Gordon	Herb Nassau	525	450	Warren Kreisler	Murray Trachtenberg
2012-08-17	Emil Erlich	Paul Lebowitz	525	400	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias
2010-06-28	Bob Gordon	Frank Macchiaroli	525	400	Mike Fried	Jerry Katz
2010-10-18	Steve Birnbaum	Tony Maida	525	400	Emil Erlich	Frank Macchiaroli
2010-06-19	Frank Macchiaroli	Marty Tobias	525	500	Mike Fried	Herb Nassau
2010-06-06	Steve Birnbaum	Frank Macchiaroli	525	450	Bob Gordon	Marty Tobias
2012-07-27	Steve Birnbaum	Warren Kreisler	520	450	Frank Ciulla	Al Birnbaum
2012-07-06	Steve Birnbaum	Warren Kreisler	520	400	Al Birnbaum	Al Knepper
2012-06-29	Bob Gordon	Frank Ciulla	520	400	Marty Tobias	Paul Lebowitz
2011-11-18	Marty Tobias	Murray Trachtenberg	520	450	Steve Birnbaum	Emil Erlich
2012-06-06	Steve Birnbaum	Bob Gordon	520	450	Arnie Gleana	Al Falcon
2010-12-17	Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg	520	450	Steve Birnbaum	Rich Quinto
2009-02-27	Alan Birnbaum	Bob Gordon	520		Frank Macchiaroli	Steve
2008-03-28	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	520		Emil Erlich	Bob Gordon
2010-03-26	Steve Birnbaum	Frank Ciulla	520	410	Bob Gordon	Irv Rothfarb
2010-04-24	Mike Fried	Jerry Katz	520	450	Arnie Gleana	Rich Quinto
2009-05-08	Joel Belgard	Steve Birnbaum	515		Frank Macchiaroli	Rich Quinto
2009-07-03	Rich Quinto	Marty Tobias	515		Mike Fried	Bob Gordon
2010-09-13	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	515	450	Jeff Hochstein	Frank Macchiaroli
2012-04-06	Bob Gordon	Emil Erlich	515	350	Marty Tobias	Frank Macchiaroli
2012-08-17	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	515	420	Al Birnbaum	John Cosenza
2011-10-21	Bob Gordon	Warren Kreisler	515	360	Steve Birnbaum	Herb Nassau
2010-11-19	Al Birnbaum	Herb Nassau	515	400	Murray Trachtenberg	Warren Kreisler
2011-02-04	Al Birnbaum	Murray Trachtenberg	515	450	Arnie Gleana	Marty Tobias
2011-01-14	Warren Kreisler	Bob Gordon	515	450	Frank Cuilla	Mike Fried
2011-04-18	Steve Birnbaum	Emil Erlich	515	400	Marty Tobias	Murray Trachtenberg
2010-04-12	Emil Erlich	Jeff Hochstein	510	370	Steve Birnbaum	Frank Macchiaroli
2011-10-28	Steve Birnbaum	Al Birnbaum	510	410	Frank Macchiaroli	Bob Gordon
2009-08-14	Frank Macchiaroli	Rich Quinto	510		Steve Birnbaum	Frank Ciulla
2010-10-11	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	510	400	Joel Belgard	Emil Erlich
2010-09-24	Frank Ciulla	Warren Kreisler	510	350	Steve Birnbaum	Emil Erlich
2010-09-03	Arnie Gleana	Frank Macchiaroli	510	400	Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg
2011-12-30	Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg	510	350	Emil Erlich	Arnie Gleana
2012-01-20	Jeff Hochstein	Frank Ciulla	510	450	Steve Birnbaum	Rich Quinto
2012-10-16	Murray Trachtenberg	Rich Quinto	510	500	John Cosenza	Emil
2012-05-16	Bob Gordon	Marty Tobias	510	400	Steve Birnbaum	Arnie Gleana
2010-05-14	Frank Macchiaroli	Marty Tobias	510	400	Al Birnbaum	Emil Erlich
2010-08-17	Steve Birnbaum	Emil Erlich	510	470	Bob Gordon	Marty Tobias
2010-08-06	Warren Kreisler	Herb Nassau	510	400	Marty Tobias	Murray Trachtenberg
2010-03-19	Warren Kreisler	Murray Trachtenberg	510	400	Jeff Hochstein	Jerry Katz
2011-10-21	Steve Birnbaum	Herb Nassau	510	450	Frank Ciulla	Warren Kreisler
2011-09-16	Arnie Gleana	Lenny Kwatinetz	510	400	Bob Gordon	Herb Nassau
2011-02-04	Jeff Hochstein	Rich Quinto	510	450	Herb Nassau	Warren Kreisler
2008-12-26	Mike Fried	Len Hyman	510		Emil Erlich	Marty Tobias
2011-10-03	Steve Birnbaum	Bob Gordon	510	400	Emil Erlich	Frank Macchiaroli
2011-10-03	Steve Birnbaum	Mary Tobias	510	370	Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg
2011-07-01	Emil Erlich	Murray Trachtenberg	505	420	Arnie Gleana	Herb Nassau
2011-07-08	Al Birnbaum	Frank Ciulla	505	400	Arnie Gleana	Steve Birnbaum
2010-10-15	Steve Birnbaum	Murray Trachtenberg	505	500	Al Birnbaum	Frank Ciulla
2010-08-23	Steve Birnbaum	Frank Macchiaroli	505	340	Jerry Katz	Marty Tobias
2011-01-14	Jeff Hochstein	Rich Quinto	505	450	Bob Gordon	Arnie Gleana
2011-10-28	Frank Macchiaroli	Arnie Gleana	505	400	Frank Cuilla	Herb Nassau
2011-01-14	Marty Tobias	Arnie Gleana	505	450	Herb Nassau	Mike Fried
2010-03-22	Bob Gordon	Marty Tobias	505	450	Steve Birnbaum	Jerry Katz
2010-02-12	Steve Birnbaum	Arnie Gleana	505	350	Al Birnbaum	Frank Macchiaroli
2013-01-25	Joe Baudanza	Marty Tobias	505	400	Steve Birnbaum	Murray Trachtenberg
2013-02-11	Joe Baudanza	Paul Lebowitz	505	400	Marty Tobias	Leigh Lipkin
2013-05-20	Paul Lebowitz	John Cosenza	500	400	Marty Tobias	Murray Trachtenberg
2013-05-20	Paul Lebowitz	John Cosenza	500	400	Marty Tobias	Murray Trachtenberg
2011-03-25	Al Birnbaum	Rich Quinto	500	300	Bob Gordon	Emil Erlich
2013-04-01	Emil Erlich	Al Falcon	500	400	Murray Trachtenberg	Tony Latona
2011-06-24	Steve Birnbaum	Al Birnbaum	500	400	Emil Erlich	Herb Nassau
2009-10-26	Steve Birnbaum	Murray Trachtenberg	500		Bob Gordon	Morman Pomerantz
2011-05-13	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	500	300	Frank Cuilla	Waren Kreisler
2013-03-29	Steve Birnbaum	Alan Birnbaum	500	450	Marty Tobias	Jeff Hachstein
2011-05-06	Al Birnbaum	Herb Nassau	500	400	Bob Gordon	Mike Fried
2013-02-15	Steve Birnbaum	Paul Lebowitz	500	360	Joe Baudanza	Warren Kreisler
2010-11-22	Frank Macchiaroli	Tony Maida	500	400	Marty Tobias	Murray Trachtenberg
2012-09-28	Al Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	500	430	Emil Erlich	Murray Trachtenberg
2009-10-23	Herb Nassau	Murray Trachtenberg	500		Frank Ciulla	Rich Quinto
2010-01-15	Emil Erlich	Murray Trachtenberg	500	450	Al Birnbaum	Steve Birnbaum
2008-09-19	Tony Maida	Rich Quinto	500		Joel Belgard	Emil Erlich
2010-06-25	Jeff Hochstein	Murray Trachtenberg	500	400	Mike Fried	Rich Quinto
2012-01-20	Steve Birnbaum	Rich Quinto	500	400	Jeff Hochstein	Frank Ciulla
2010-11-05	Marty Tobias	Herb Nassau	500	350	Frank Ciulla	Rich Quinto
2012-01-20	Steve Birnbaum	Marty Tobias	500	400	Al Birnbaum	Frank Ciulla
2010-06-28	Jerry Katz	Marty Tobias	500	400	Mike Fried	Jeff Hochstein
2011-08-29	Steve Birnbaum	Frank Macchiaroli	500	360	Emil Erlich	Bob Gordon
2010-08-23	Frank Macchiaroli	Marty Tobias	500	500	Steve Birnbaum	Jerry Katz Erlich
2010-09-03	Arnie Gleana	Bob Gordon	500	300	Frank Macchiaroli	Murray Trachtenberg
2012-07-23	Marty Tobias	Emil Erlich	500	400	Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg
2010-07-19	Bob Gordon	Marty Tobias	500	400	Steve Birnbaum	Murray Trachtenberg
2010-11-15	Marty Tobias	Jerry Katz	500	450	Bob Gordon	Murray Trachtenberg
2009-04-24	Don Babish	Marty Tobias	500		Bob Gordon	Tony Maida
* indicates estimate because game was not actually played.