For an overview of the game Pitch, see Pitch Basics.
The following top-level variations of Pitch are available.
Game to 11 with High, Low, Jack and Game
Game to 11 with High, Low, Jack, Off-Jack and Game
Game to 11 with High, Low, Jack, Off-Jack, Joker and Game
Game to 21 with High, Low, Jack, Off-Jack, both Jokers and 10
Game to 31 with High, Low, Jack, 5, and Game
Game to 32 with High, Low, Jack, Off-Jack, both Jokers, 10 and 3
Game to 52 with High, Low, Jack, Off-Jack, both Jokers, 10, 3 and Off-Ace
Game to 52 with High, Low, Jack, Off-Jack, both Jokers, 10, 3 and Off-3
Except where noted, the following options are available to customize each point variation of Pitch.
“Now” creates a new game that starts immediately. Other options schedule a game for a time in the next 24 hours. Compete and Join games only.
Four levels of winnings based on the buy-in level—30, 110, 275 or 550 Trickster Chips. Compete games only.
“To score” plays the game until one team achieves the score set in “Play to score.” When “# of hands” is selected, the game is played only for the number of hands selected in the “Play # of hands” option.
Sets the game over score when the “Play” option is set to “To score.” In Play and Compete games, you may set the game over score based on variation. In Practice and Join games, you may set the game over score to any value between 5 and 100.
Sets the number of hands to be played when the “Play” option is set to “# of hands.” When the number of hands is completed, the highest score wins.
“2”, “3”, “4”, or “5” (call your partner) plays an individual (solo) game with that many players “2v2” is a partnership (team) game as is “2v2v2”. “2” and “3” available only in 4-, 5-, and 6-point. “5” and “2v2v2” available only in 7-, 10-, 11-, and 13-point.
“2-A” for a standard 52-card deck. “5-A” for a deck with all 2s, 3s, and 4s removed. “9-A” removes all 2-8s. “2,9-A” keeps the 2 and removes all 3-8s. Available only in 4-, 5-, and 6-point.
“Yes” to give additional cards to the pitcher after which they discard down to 6. In 4-, 5-, 6-, and 9-point games this is a 3-card kitty. In 7-, 10-, 11-, and 13-point games this is all cards remaining in the deck and is always “Yes” unless playing with 5 or more players. “No” means the pitcher does not get additional cards.
Sets the lowest available bid. Ranges from 1-3 in 4-, 5-, and 6-point or from 1-5 in 7-, 9-, 10-, and 13-point.
“All Points” and “All Tricks” adds an option to “Shoot” when bidding. “No” does not. When shooting you automatically win the game if you take all points or all points & tricks, depending on the option (unless your score is negative in which case it will be reset to zero). Failing to take all points or points & tricks subtracts the game-over score from your current score. Applies only when “Play” is set to “To score.”
“Yes” allows the dealer to become the pitcher by matching the highest bid. “No” requires the dealer to beat the highest bid.
“Yes” allows the dealer to pass. Cards are redealt. “No” requires the dealer to bid.
“Yes” allows players to discard non-trump and refill their hand from the deck after bidding completes. “No” requires players to keep the cards they were dealt. Available only in 4-, 5-, and 6-point; always “yes” in 9-point.
“All Suits” allows cards from any suit to be played during the hand. “Trump Only” means you only trump cards are played. Available only in 7-, 10-, and 13-point (4-, 5-, 6- and 9-point always play “All Suits”).
“If Void” only allows playing trump if you do not hold any cards in the led suit. “Anytime” allows playing trump even if you still have cards in the led suit. Only available when “Play with” is “All Suits.”
“High Bidder” means the high bidder (pitcher) leads the first trick. “Called Partner” means the called partner, if any, leads the first trick. If no called partner, the high bidder leads. Only available in 5-player games.
“Yes” requires the pitcher to lead trump on the first trick. “No” allows the pitcher to lead any suit on the first trick. Available only in 4-, 5-, 6- and 9-point (7-, 10-, and 13-point always play “Yes”).
“Taker” means the point for the low trump card goes to the team that captures it. “Holder” means low goes to the team that was dealt it.
“Game” awards one point for capturing the most game points. “10 of Trump” awards one point for capturing the 10 of trump. Available only in 7-, 10-, and 13-point (4-, 5-, 6-, and 9-point always play “Game”).
“Yes” deducts twice your bid from your score if you take points totaling exactly twice your bid. For example, if you bid 5 but take 10, you will have 10 points taken away. “No” awards whatever points you earn.
“Yes” means that the pitching team only earns points equal to their bid. This helps encourage accurate bidding. “No” credits you all the points you take.
“Yes” means you only earn points when you are the pitching team. “No” means that both teams get the points they take.
“No” allows you to win simply by going over the game over score, even if the other team was pitching. “Bid” requires being the pitching team and making your bid to win. “Bid/Set” means you’ll win if either you’re the pitching team making your bid or you’re the opponents and set the pitching team. Applies only when “Play” is set to “To score.”
“Yes” randomly reassigns seats at the start of each game to mix up player positions (sometimes keeping the seats the same). “No” allows players to keep the seats they choose. Compete games only.
“Yes” hides this game from other players until they’ve been explicitly invited using the “Invite Friends” form. “No” allows all friends of players in this game to see it. Join and Compete games only.
“Yes” to allow players to see bid and card play suggestions, depending on their personal setting. “No” prevents all players from seeing suggestions. Always “Yes” in Play games; “No” in Compete games.
“Yes” shows all players’ hands face up during the game. “No” keeps other players’ hands face down. Join and Practice games only.
“Yes” hides the points taken during the hand displayed next to each player’s name.
“Yes” allows decks to be uploaded using the Upload Decks button in the Current Game item in the main menu. Uploaded decks are used starting on the next deal following upload. Join and Practice games only.
“No” prevents anyone from watching the game. “Face Down” allows up to 10 additional players to watch the game with all players’ hands face down. “Face Up” allows watching with players’ hands face up. Join games only.
“None” disables all chat during the game. “Preset” allows only the built-in chat messages to be used. “Text” allows full chat. Full chat is also always available before and after games.
Specifies an optional time limit for a player to bid. “Off” means there are no time limits on bidding. “7s,” “15s,”, “30s” & “60s” sets a limit to bid of 7, 15, 30 or 60 seconds, respectively. Automatically set in Play games.
Specifies an optional time limit for a player to play a card. “Off” means there are no time limits on card play. “7s,” “15s,”, “30s” & “60s” sets a limit to play a card of 7, 15, 30 or 60 seconds, respectively. Automatically set in Play games.
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