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Once play of the hand begins, each partnership then attempts to take in the total number of tricks that partnership has bid. The total of the two bids made by each player in a partnership determines the contract for the partnership. Each player will generally bid the number of tricks he, individually expects to be able to win. The player to the dealers left makes the first bid, with each player following in a clockwise direction around the table. The total, combined bids of both partners in a partnership becomes the contract for that partnership. There is only one round of bidding (each player will thus have only one opportunity to bid). Each player in their proper turn, must declare a bid of at least one trick (see variations below for description of the special nil bid) and may not pass. The dealer shuffles and then deals the entire 52 card deck, one face down card at a time, clockwise around the table, starting with the player at his immediate left.Īfter all cards are dealt, each player looks at their hand to determine their individual bid.īidding: A player, after examining their hand specifies a bid (minimum of one, maximum of 13) of how many tricks they expect they can win. The right to deal each hand then rotates clockwise around the table from player to player. To determine the first dealer, players can again draw a card from the shuffled, face down deck, with the highest card drawn dealing first. To determine the partnerships, each player draws a card from the shuffled, face down deck and the two higher ranked cards play in partnership against the two lower ranked.Įach partner sits opposite each other at the table such that play to each trick alternates between members of both partnerships. Unlike many other bidding and trick winning games, in this game, the same suit, spades, is always considered the trump suit (thus the games name). Spades uses a standard 52 card deck with the expected ranking of cards, from high to low: Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. This is a very popular card game in the United States, and has spread rapidly elsewhere through online Internet gaming sites as well as other sources. Spades is a trick winning card game played by four players in two partnerships.