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Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s. It can be played as either a partnership or solo/"cutthroat" game. The object is to take the number of tricks that were bid before play of the hand began. Spades is a descendant of the whist family of card games, which also includes bridge, hearts, and oh hell.
Each full house is ranked first by the rank of its triplet, and then by the rank of its pair. For example, 8♠ 8♦ 8♥ 7♦ 7♣ ranks higher than 4♦ 4♠ 4♣ 9♦ 9♣, which ranks higher than 4♦ 4♠ 4♣ 5♣ 5♦. Full house hands that differ by suit alone, such as K♣ K♠ K♦ J♣ J♠ and K♣ K♥ K♦ J♣ J♥, are of equal ...
Some are generic while some are specific to certain card games; others are specific to patterns, such as the courts of French playing cards for example, which often bear traditional names. This list does not contain names that are specific to poker as it would overwhelm the list and make it difficult to identify non-poker names.
Play Spades for free on Games.com alone or with a friend in this four player trick taking classic. Spades is all about bids, blinds and bags. Play Spades for free on Games.com alone or with a ...
Spades is a trick-taking card game played with teams of two. The object is for each pair to take at least the number of tricks they bid on before the game begins. The trick is awarded to the ...
Over 100,000 people now play Spades online every day, more than all the online Bridge and Hearts players combined. Spades is newer than most other popular card games, although its main features ...
500 or Five Hundred is a trick-taking game developed in the United States from Euchre. [1] Euchre was extended to a 10 card game with bidding and a Misère contract similar to Russian Preference, producing a cutthroat three-player game like Preference [2] and a four-player game played in partnerships like Whist which is the most popular modern form, although with special packs it can be played ...
A standard 52-card French-suited deck comprises 13 ranks in each of the four suits: clubs ( ♣ ), diamonds ( ♦ ), hearts ( ♥) and spades ( ♠ ). Each suit includes three court cards (face cards), King, Queen and Jack, with reversible (i.e. double headed) images. Each suit also includes ten numeral cards or pip cards, from one (Ace) to ten.