Version used here
This overview links to Pagat’s basic Double Deck partnership account. It uses four players, eighty cards and no nines. Each player receives twenty cards.
What the setup changes
The pack contains four copies of each A, 10, K, Q and J per suit. Keep that physical setup separate from a single-deck pack. In the linked base version, bidding starts at fifty and the game target is five hundred.
Decide before learning details
Ask the person inviting you which exact rules they use. An app setting or club sheet may differ from this base version. Save the reference title with your notes so you can return to it later.
Keep the overview small
Use this page to identify the format, then read the complete source. Our meld reference keeps the Double Deck values in a separately labelled table rather than mixing them into a generic chart.