
You must always go to the suit, i.e., if possible, play a card of the same suit as the previous one.

The trump suit always remains spades, it never changes (hence the name of the game). The one who played the highest card of the trump suit takes the card, or, if there is none, then the card of the leading suit, and then the one who won this take starts the next one. The drawing of cards proceeds according to the classical scheme: the player following the dealer starts a take by playing any card of his choice. In a team game, the bets of each member are summed up into the total number of card takes that the team needs to win. Everyone must declare a number from zero to 17, 13, 10 or 8, respectively, depending on the number of players. Each bet is made independently of the others, there is no need to bet more than the others are, and it is forbidden to pass. In a game of three, one of the twos is removed so that each has 17 cards (a total of 51) in a game of five, two twos are removed (10 cards each, a total of 50), and in a game of six, all twos are removed (8 cards for each, 48 in total).Īs soon as the hand is over, each player must declare how many tricks he thinks he can win during the round. Rules of the game Distribution and betting in SpadesĪt the beginning of the round, the dealer distributes the cards equally to everyone.

It is traditionally played by 4 people in teams of two (partner trump peak), as well as 3, 5 or 6 individually. The task is to take exactly as many card takes as were announced before the start of the round. Spades is a game invented in the USA in the 30s of the XX century, which is played with a standard deck of 52 cards.
