Posted by Cmsldl (Gold Member) (Ranked 61 on Pinochle (Yahoo) Ladder) on May 30, 2014 at 14:31:27 PDT:
In Reply to: Opinions needed please. posted by JJMMKK77 (SrStaff) on May 30, 2014 at 14:13:43 PDT:
If the bidding team has enough to make board you play the hand in hope to stop the other team.
In a situation that both teams are close enough to go over 500 sometimes you intentionally overbid your hand to stop the other team from going over 500 and winning the game.