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Here's how to play spades game. The game rules are simple. Just take a look at this guide and you will soon become master! The four players are in fixed partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other. Deal and play are clockwise.
Rank of Cards A standard pack of 52 cards is used. The cards, in each suit, rank from highest to lowest: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.
The Deal
The first dealer is chosen at random, and the turn to deal rotates clockwise. The cards are shuffled and then dealt singly, in clockwise order beginning with the player on dealer’s left, until all 52 cards have been dealt and everyone has 13.
The Bidding
Each partnership must make a bid, which is the number of tricks they expect to take. In is important to realize that in Spades both sides’ bids stand (it is not like other bidding games in which only the higher bid counts). First the non-dealer’s side agrees on a bid. Each partner on that side communicates the amount of tricks they expect to take, based on their cards. A certain amount of unspecified bantering about "halves" and "maybes" is permitted, but not specific information about cards held.
Scoring
A side that takes at least as many tricks as its bid calls for receives a score equal to 10 times its bid. Additional tricks (overtricks) are worth an extra one point each.
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