| How to play SpadesFour player Spades | | | | bonus for this if it succeeds and a penalty if it |
| The four players are in fixed partnerships, with | | | | fails. The partnership also has the objective of |
| partners sitting opposite each other. Deal and play | | | | winning the number of tricks bid by the Nil's |
| are clockwise.Rank of Cards using a standard | | | | partner. It is not possible to bid no tricks without |
| pack of 52 cards. The cards, in each suit, rank | | | | bidding a Nil. If you don't want to go for the Nil |
| from highest to lowest: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, | | | | bonus or penalty you must bid at least 1. Some |
| 5, 4, 3, 2.How to Deal | | | | players allow a bid of Blind nil. This is a nil bid |
| The first dealer is chosen at random, and the | | | | declared before a player looks at his cards. The |
| turn to deal rotates clockwise. The cards are | | | | bidder may exchange two cards with the partner |
| shuffled and then dealt in clockwise order | | | | . The bidder discards two cards face down and |
| beginning with the player on dealer's left, until all 52 | | | | the partner picks them up and gives back two |
| cards have been dealt and everyone has 13.How | | | | cards face-down in return.Playing the Hand |
| to Bid | | | | The player to dealer's left leads any card except |
| All four players bid a number of tricks. Each | | | | a spade to the first trick. Each player, in turn, |
| team adds together the bids of the two partners, | | | | clockwise, must follow suit if able; if unable to |
| and the total is the number of tricks that team | | | | follow suit, the player may play any card. A trick |
| must try to win in order to get a postive score. | | | | containing a spade is won by the highest spade |
| The bidding begins with the player to dealer's left | | | | played; if no spade is played, the trick is won by |
| and continues clockwise around the table. | | | | the highest card of the suit led. The winner of |
| Everyone must bid a number. Unlike other games | | | | each trick leads to the next. Spades may not be |
| with bidding, there is no requirement for each bid | | | | led until either a player has played a spade, or the |
| to be higher than the last one, and players are | | | | leader has nothing but spades left in hand. Playing |
| not allowed to pass. There is only one round of | | | | the first spade is known as "breaking" spades. |
| bidding.A bid of 0 tricks is known as Nil. This is a | | | | Scoring A side that takes at least as many tricks |
| declaration that that the player who bid Nil will not | | | | as its bid calls for receives a score equal to 10 |
| win any trix during the play. There is an extra | | | | times its bid. Check out for full info!Allcardgame. |