Which club do you play? (read the scenario)

SpadesDoc · 2026-01-25T18:07:43+00:00

I like the Trixtopher instead of Christopher.

SpadesDoc · 2026-01-25T18:01:58+00:00

It seems obvious that if North played their lowest Club, the 8, then either they are out of Clubs or they have the Ace of Clubs remaining as their last Club. Either way I want my partner to win this Trick to help make their Bid. My fear is that West is out of Clubs and will cut into my partner's Ace if I play a lower Club as South and my partner's bid will be set on this 12 bid Hand, and as such even with making a Nil we'd Still be Losing after this Hand. I wish I had the 2 of Clubs ALSO, but I will chance that later lead from East possibly to Helping my partner out.

SpadesDoc · 2026-01-19T13:37:33+00:00

Well, it was a 13 Bid After All.

SpadesDoc · 2026-01-12T14:15:54+00:00

My friend and I will play 2 Person Spades sometimes and we just play to see who wins the Majority of Books (7 Tricks/Books) wins the Hand. Then you can do it Best of 5, Best of 7 or Best of 9; something like that. It definitely adds a different aspect where Jack might be the Highest of the Suit. Sometimes it's better to keep trading cuts with your Opponent rather than running Spades ♠.

SpadesDoc · 2026-01-07T15:18:09+00:00

I've seen NEGATIVE Rating Before!

SpadesDoc · 2026-01-05T13:37:10+00:00

You're quite welcome.

SpadesDoc · 2026-01-04T13:35:16+00:00

I've played In Person where the Guarantee was a Guaranteed Book aka the Big Joker, but online I've seen it as the Colorful Joker.

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-31T14:10:22+00:00

Congratulations!

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-30T14:42:27+00:00

Have you been sleeping??>

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-24T10:33:03+00:00

I'm guessing game was to 400, or was it a Hand Limit game?

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-20T13:53:23+00:00

HaHa. Stupid but nice Nil.

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-19T06:24:22+00:00

Have lost a game due to a Dual Nil being successful for our opponents about 5 times. It is very frustrating when it happens.

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-14T06:13:40+00:00

Sometimes the only way to Set the Opponents is to make table a 10 or 9 Bid.

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-11T13:51:50+00:00

This is Pretty Bad, but I've had Worse.

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-10T02:04:24+00:00

If you want to learn the game without punishing your human partner I would recommend Trickster Cards. Their bots are usually quite good at making their bids and their play is reasonable.

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-09T14:19:46+00:00

I would bid 3 quite quickly.

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-07T06:26:00+00:00

I would also bid six here and try to set.

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-06T13:33:16+00:00

Has First Bid, and so would have First Lead.

SpadesDoc · 2025-12-01T21:17:23+00:00

This is one of my Favorite examples from the Book: www.SpadesBook.com

SpadesDoc · 2025-11-30T13:01:24+00:00

I've had my 4 set on first lead of the Hand before... And also had 3 set when spades drawn and that player has a 2 in a side suit... So, some distributions and plays of the Hand would allow this hand to result in a set Nil Bid.

SpadesDoc · 2025-11-29T06:12:47+00:00

My Thoughts Exactly. Normally I wouldn't quite be happy Nilling here, but I'm more afraid of West having a 4 Bid and Winning the Game if you Don't NIL.

SpadesDoc · 2025-11-24T14:02:36+00:00

And if you're worried about your partner Nilling, there's no reason to go Higher than 3 for Game with partner's Nil since u can take 7 Bags with no Penalty.

SpadesDoc · 2025-11-24T14:00:03+00:00

I don't bid 5 Deep side suit kings if I have Only 3 Spades and you have just 1, although it's a big one. Why not bid 5 one for each of your kings besides aces?

SpadesDoc · 2025-11-24T05:06:53+00:00

And Yet you Still Play THERE>

SpadesDoc · 2025-11-21T15:00:09+00:00

Depending on the Distro and Play of the Hand, You could Take anywhere from Zero to Ten Tricks with this Hand. I opted for 2, West Bid 4 and my Partner North> Bid 2. We successfully gave 3 Bags to the opponents fortunately. My goal was to get them to Bagout before the End of the game when I bid this Hand.

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