How To Play Spades
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Spades is an exciting card game that can be enjoyed with family and friends. It’s a great way to while away an evening, but also can be quite challenging. Whether you’re just starting out or have been playing Spades for years, this article will help you learn the basics.
First, you’ll need to gather your supplies, which include a deck of 52 playing cards and 4 players. The goal of Spades is to win each round by taking the number of tricks in which you bid.
To begin a round of Spades all players cut the deck, and the lowest bidder is the player who goes first. Then, each player selects three cards from the deck and puts them in a stack that all players can see. These “spades” or “nulls” (in the case of no points) count towards the overall number of tricks.
The player who cut the deck will then choose a suit for the round, after which all players must place bids on how many tricks they think they can win. Players can always bid “nil” if they think they can’t take any.
Once everyone has made their bids, the player to the left of the dealer starts playing a card. The remaining players must then play cards of the same suit – if they don’t have any, they can play any card. The highest card of the suit being played wins the trick unless a spade is played. If a spade is played, then the highest spade wins the trick.
Cards within a trick are revealed one after the other until all players have put down their cards then the player who has put down the highest card takes the trick and adds it to their trick pile. The person who won the trick begins the next round.
The game of spades ends when each player has finished their tricks and their bids have been tallied. If you win the tricks you bid, you gain 10 points per trick, while if you bid nil and then win no tricks, you lose 100 points. If you didn’t bid nil, but gain no tricks, then you lose 10 points per trick. The game ends when one player reaches 500 points.
With a little practice and a few simple rules, you’ll soon be playing Spades like a pro! Have fun, and good luck.