If they cannot follow suit, they may play any card. Starting with the player left of the dealer, each player must play one card into the middle.Įach player must follow suit of the first card played, if possible. This bid is the number of tricks they think they will win this round (EXAMPLE: P2 bids 4 tricks based on the cards in their hand.
The cards are ranked A - 2 (high to low) and Spades suit is always trump, beating cards of any other suit.In Spades, the goal is to accurately predict how many tricks you will win per round.