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Learn how to play & win at spades. This card game video series includes basic & advanced strategies for getting more books or tricks.
There are 12 videos in this series:
Learn how to pull spades, a card game strategy for winning more books and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
Learn how to know whether to cut or throw off the spade suit when playing a round of the card game spades. Learn this and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
Learn how to win books with no spades and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
Learn how to bid properly in spades with a three suit hand and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
Learn how to play a three suit hand in a game of spades and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
Learn how to bid a hand of spades when you have too many of one suit and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
Learn how to play a hand with too many cards of the same suit and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
How to play a Boston high hand in a round of spades; learn this and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
How to make a king count in a game of spades, and win more books; learn this and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
How to read other peoples' hands when playing spades; learn this and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
How to sand bag, a technique for winning at spades; learn this and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
About going nil, a strategy to get points when playing spades; learn this and more in this free online instructional video on playing cards.
Spades is a bidding game largely based upon card counting skills and strategies. Players compete in rounds, hoping to win at least as many books or tricks as they bid—and the high card of the coordinate suit of each hand wins a book. True to its namesake, spades trumps all the other suits in any round of play; but there are specific guidelines as to when a spade may be played. The ultimate object of spades is to win the most points; and there are ways to score points other than winning the most books, such as going ‘nil,’ or bidding that you will accrue no tricks at all that round. Spades has been played since the early 1940’s, and has remained localized mostly to the contiguous United States. Believed to be closely related to bridge and whist, spades can be played with as few as two people; many times team play occurs. Strategies for teams are often very different from individual play, because of the ability for one player to set an advantage for the other. In this free card game video series, learn some important winning strategies for playing spades. Our expert will show you techniques such as pulling spades, sandbagging, how to go nil, how to play a hand with too many of one suit, when to cut or throw off, and what to do when you have no spades.
Dan Kimbrough Dan Kimbrough has 9 years experience in program planning and presenting. He has used card games as developmental tools for issues such as diversity, team building and social development, for pre-schoolers and professionals alike. He has also worked with Syracuse University and Manchester College housing programs and spent four summers with The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth.dkdk
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