![]() ![]() Just as being short on a suit can change things, having excessive suit length can too. It becomes a toss up when you’re holding two of a suit or four or more spades, because remember, you’ve already added 1 to your bid for every spade over three. This works best when you’re holding three spades and hold one or none of a suit. You have an opportunity to cut-to trump that suit when you run out-if your hand has two or less of a particular suit. So, there are a few other factors that could warrant an adjustment to your bid: If you’ve played any Spades, though, you know that tricks are often won by other cards as well. Steps 1 & 2 are perfectly straightforward and sticking to them will serve you well. You would count 2 more (one each for the K♥ & A♦) Further Spades Bidding Strategies For example, added to the ♠’s above you hold ♣ Q, 10, 6/ ♥ K, 5, 4, 2/ ♦ A, J. Step 2: Count 1 point for each A & K of the other suits. For example, if your ♠’s are A, Q, 9, 7 you would count 3 (one each for the A & Q, and 1 for the fourth spade) Counting 1 for each spade after the third applies regardless of what cards they are. If you’re holding more than three spades, count 1 point for each spade over the third. Step 1: In the spades suit, count 1 point each for the Ace, King & Queen (A, K & Q). Here are 2 simple steps we can take to come to an accurate number. ![]() Bidding accurately will maximize the points we’ll score and limit the bags we’ll accrue. The first thing we have control over is our bid. We’ll look at how to limit our bag accumulation under bidding strategy.Īs you can see, avoiding bags is important, but we should never be so cautious that we fail our own bid or miss an opportunity to set our opponents. Of course, this assumes you’re not accumulating them quickly. Often, a game will end before a second penalty, which means the second round of bags don’t cost you anything. (-100 penalty offset by a successful 50 point bid results in a loss of 50 points on the hand)Īnother thing to consider is the strong possibility that you won’t get a second bag penalty during a game, assuming you even get one. ![]() You’ll also score the points for your bid on the hand that pushes you over the ten bag limit, which reduces the damage to your score. You’ll lose 100 points for a net loss of 91 points (100 minus the 9 points you received for the bags). A bag scores 1 point, and, after accumulating ten of them, will result in a loss of 100, meaning they’ll cost you about -9 points each. If your side is careful, setting them once could be enough to win you the game.Ĭompare these two outcomes to the consequences of avoiding bags. Putting them 120 points lower than they would have been is a big advantage. The importance of making your bid also shows the huge value in setting your opponent. Against careful opponents, failing your bid once could be enough to lose the game. That’s a difference of 120 points after the hand. If your bid is 6, making it is +60 and failing it is -60. The difference between making your bid and failing it is huge. ![]() Why is this the last priority? It becomes plain when we look at the consequences of each.
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