PINOCHLE
This Pinochle group is a multi-branch activity open to all level of play. Beginners are welcome as are partners/guests of members. We provide instruction as requested, and most beginners learn within the first session. We have plenty of room for new people
Chairman, Branch 8 – Stan Johnson
925-938-7016
Asst. Chairman, Branch 146 – Pete McNeill
925-858-9666
petemcgolf@gmail.com
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We meeting in person on the second and fourth Wednesdays from 12:00 until 3:00 at
Rocco’s Pizza
2909 Ygnacio Valley Rd.
Walnut Creek, CA
We are meeting in person twice a month on the second and fourth Wednesdays at Rocco’s Restaurant, 2909 Ygnacio Valley Rd., Walnut Creek (in the Encina Grande shopping center near Whole Foods). We have lunch starting at 11:30 with card play from 12:30 to 3:00. We play 3, 4, 5, or 6 handed games so we can accommodate any number of players. Ladies and new players are welcome with training as requested. We share this activity between Branch 146 and Branch 8. Contact Stan Johnson, chairman, at 925-938-7016 or stan.johnson88@gmail.com.
If you wish to participate, contact Stan Johnson at stan.johnson88@gmail.com or 925-938-7016.
Scroll down for recent reports and play results:
2026 Play Results Summary
On August 12, we had 12 players. At one 6-man table, Chris Wehling, Stan Johnson, and Will Stratton (146) won one game in a big game, 507 to 130, over Dennis Mierzwa, Terry Mason, and Steve Monksfield . The other team came back to win the second game in a big score of 485 to 187. In the first game, the winning team had back-to-back double runs (or double families) worth 150 points each. In the second game, the other winning team got the double run. At the other 6-man table, Bob Weiss, Alex Borders (146), and Jim Barry (146) won both games over Jerry Ward, Bitch Dellio, and Roy Hodgkinson (146).
On July 22, we had 13 players. At one 4-man table, Terry Mason and Chris Wehling won a close, abbreviated game over Steve Monksfield and Jerry Ward. At the other 4-man table, Butch Dellio and Alex Borders (branch 146) won three games over Stan Johnson and Tom Amann (146). The winning team had two double aces (100 points each) while the losing team had one double run (150 points). At the 5-man table, Bob Weiss won one game while Pete McNeill (146) won the other over Jim Barry (146), Will Stratton (146), and Jeff Morrow (146).
On July 8, we had 10 players. At one 5-man table, Will Stratton (146) won one game while Steve Monksfield won the other over Jerry Ward, Chris Wehling, and Stan Johnson. At the other 5-man table, Jeff Morrow (146) won the first game and Roy Hodgkinson (146) won the other over Bob Weiss, Jim Barry (146), and Alex Borders (146).
On June 24, we had 10 players and played two tables. At one table of five, Stan Johnson won the first game while Butch Dellio won the second over Dennis Mierzwa, Terry Mason, and Jerry Ward. At the other table of five, Roy Hodgkenson (branch 148) won one game and Alex Bordens (146) won the other over Steve Monksfield, Pete McNeill (146), and Cleo Bolen (146).
On June 10, we had 10 players. At one 5-man table, Terry Mason won one game while Butch Dellio won the other over Steve Monksfield, Dennis Mierzwa, and Stan Johnson. At the other 5-man table, Jeff Morrow (146) won both games over Jerry Ward, Chris Wehling, Alex Bordens (146), and Will Stratton (146).
On May 27, we had 11 players and played two tables. At one table of six, Stan Johnson, Terry Mason, and Chris Wehling won the first game (including a double run for 209 points) while Butch Dellio, Steve Monsfield, and Dennis Mierzwa won the second. At the table of five, Jeff Morrow (branch 148) won one game and Jim Barry (146) won the other over Jerry Ward, Alex Bordens (146), and Cleo Bolen (146).
On May 13, we had 14 players. At the 4-man table, Stan Johnson and Steve Monksfield won all three games over George Kibler (branch 128) and Jerry Ward. The winners had 5 double runs (double families) with 3 in a row. This is highly unusual. At one 5-man table, Dennis Mierzwa won one game and Terry Mason won the other over Chris Wehling, Cleo Bolen (146), and Will Stratton (146). At the other 5-man table, Jeff Morrow (146), Jim Barry (146), Alex Bordens (146). each won a game over Bob Weiss and Roy Hodgkinson (146).
On April 22, we had 9 players and played two tables. At one table of four, Dennis Mierzwa and Will Stratton (branch 146) won both games over Jerry Ward and Terry Mason. At the table of five, Stan Johnson won one game and Alex Bordens (146) won the other over Bob Weiss, Cleo Bolen (146), and Jim Barry (146).
On April 7, we had 10 players, so played two 5-man tables. At one table, Butch Dellio won the first game and Stan Johnson won the second game over Dennis Mierzwa, Terry Mason, and Jerry Ward. At the other table, Jeff Morrow (146) won a game and Roy Hodgkinson (146) won another over Jim Barry (146), Will Stratton (146), and Alex Bordens (146).
On March 25, we had a record 15 players and played three tables. At one table of five, Cleo Bolen of branch 145 won both games over Jerry Ward, Steve Monksfield, Stan Johnson, and Will Stratton (146). At another table of five, Alex Bordens (146) won both games over Terry Mason, Dennis Mierzwa, Butch Dellio, and Tom Amann (146). At the final table of five, Jim Barry (146) won one game while Pete McNeill (146) won the other over Jeff Morrow (146), Bob Weiss, and Roy Hodgkinson (146).
On March 11, we had 14 players and played one 6-handed game and two 4-handed games. At one of the 4-haned tables, Butch Dellio and Stan Johnson won both game over Jerrry Ward and Chris Wehling. The winners had two double runs of 150 points along the way. At the other 4-handed table, Terry Mason and Steve Monksfield won two of their games over Will Stratton and Cleo Bolen, both of Branch 146. At the 6-handed table, Bob Weiss, Jim Barry (146), and Roy Hodgkinson (146) won the first game while Jeff Morrow (146), Pete McNeill (146), and Alex Bordens (146) won the last two games.
On February 25, we had a record of 15 players, so played three 5-man tables. At one table, Stan Johnson won the only game over Chris Wehling, Will Stratton (146), Steve Monksfield, and Jerry Ward. At another table, Dennis Mierzwa won one game while Alex Bordens won the other over Cleo Bolen (146), Terry Mason, and Butch Dellio. At the final table, Jeff Morrow (146) won the first game and Jim Barry (146) won the second over Bob Weiss, Pet McNeill (146), and Roy Hodgkinson (146).
On February 11, we had 13 players and played three tables. At one table of four, Dennis Mierzwa and Terry Mason won both games over Stan Johnson and Jerry Ward. At the other table of four, Steve Monksfield and Cleo Bolen (Branch 146) won their only game over Chris Wehling and Alex Bolen (146). At the final table of five, Butch Dellio won one game while Pete McNeill (146) won the other over Jim Barry (146), Bob Weiss, and Roy Hodgkinson (146).
On January 28, we had 12 players and played two tables of six. At one table, Guy Heald, Terry Mason, and Stan Johnson won both games over Steve Monksfield, Chris Wehling, and Dennis Mierzwa. At the other table, Bob Weiss, Jerry Ward, and Butch Dellio won both games over Alex Bordens, (Branch 146), Roy Hodgkinson (146), and Pete McNeill (146).
On January 14, we had two tables of six with 12 people total. Butch Dellio, Stan Johnson, and Alex Bordens won all three games over Terry Mason, Jerry Ward, and Will Stratton. The winners had a double run (double family) in each of the games. The second table had a number of hands go set and thus, only got to play one game to 500 points. Steve Monksfield, Bob Weiss, and Jeff Morrow beat three members from Branch 146.
2025
On December 24 (Christmas Eve), we did not meet formally. We had six players play some fun games.
On December 10, we had two tables of six with 12 people. Terry Mason, Stan Johnson, and Alex Bordens narrowly w0n the first game while Dennis Mierzwa, Butch Dellio, and Tom Amann (Branch 146) easily won the second with a triple Pinochle and a double run along the way. At the second table of six, Jerry Ward, Cleo Bolen, and Pete McNeill (146) won their only game.
On November 26, we had 10 players at two tables. At one table of five, Butch Dellio won the first game with Steve Monksfield winning the second. At the second table of five, Alex Bordens of Branch 146 won both games.
On September 24, we had 11 participants. In one table of six, Terry Mason, Jerry Ward, and Alex Bordens won both games over Stan Johnson, Steve Monksfield, and Cleo Bolen. They started out with a double run and 200 points on the first hand of each game. At the second table of five, Jim Barry of Branch 146 won both games.
On September 10, we had a new high of 13 players. At one table of 4, new member, Alex Bordens and Stan Johnson won both games over new member, Steve Monksfield and Dennis Mierzwa. There were several hands of triple Pinochle and double runs with scores for the hands of 218, 231, and 209. At the other table of 4, new member Butch Dellio and Tom Amann (branch 146) won both games with hands of 208 and 210. At the table of 5, Roy Hodgkinson (branch 146) won both games
Update 08/15/26 MLF
