![]() If your hand is void in high ranking cards, or you have enough low cards to cover your high cards you may consider bidding a Nil, which means you must not take a single trick. For example if both partners bid three and one partner captured only two, but the other partner captured at least four, then the partner has covered the bid and they have competed their contract. Each partner can cover the other partner’s bid. Their contract is the minimum number of tricks they need to capture that round. When all players have bid, the partners combine their bids to form their “contract” for that round. For example if you have only two Hearts, then there is a good chance that you will be able to trump Hearts early and win a trick that way. The potential of other trumps to take a trick depends on their rank and the number of cards you have in each suit. If you have the Ace of Spades, it is a guaranteed trick. Players also bid on the trumps that are in their hand. Aces are usually sure bids, and Kings can most times be taken. The player to the dealer’s left starts the bidding. Bidding consists of looking over your hand and determining how many “tricks” you believe you can capture in this way.Įach player may examine the cards dealt to them at any time. There is a maximum of 13 tricks that can be captured. This is called a “trick”, some players call it a book. This is explained more in bidding.ĭuring a typical round, each player will play one card from their hand. However, there are times when a player may choose not to look at their cards. Players may look at their hand at any time. The dealer then deals a card to each player face down, starting with the player to the dealer’s left and continuing clockwise until each player has 13 cards. Note: this step is skipped in the app with the dealer being chosen at random. The player who draws the Ace is the dealer who then shuffles the cards before the deal. The first dealer may be chosen at random by laying out 4 cards with 1 card being an Ace. The Bids and Scores (explained below) are usually wrote down on paper. Thus, a 2 of Spades outranks an Ace of Hearts. Spades are always Trump, meaning they are considered higher than any other suit. ![]() The ranks are Ace being high card in each suit, then King, Queen, Jack, 10 and so forth, with the 2 being the lowest. Rules for Spades: Four Player Spades Partnershipįour players play the game, with partners sitting opposite each other.Ī standard deck of 52 cards is used which has 4 suits: Spades, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds. ![]()
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