Not sayin that's why he is in the Clink now, but He is in the Clink Now... LOL... I do Love my Baby Bro. I can honestly say that he just got caught up on some "dumb shyt" again... Love him doe, would give me a kidney if I needed it.... No questions... He did tell me he has gotten better since he has been locked up doe.... LOL
Why Black people never want to teach you how to play spades.
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The first card game I learned how to play was Pinochole with my grandma and her sisters from there spades is a breeze. But if ya'll ain't never play card games with old black women ain't no talking once them cards get dealt to when the last card is played no funny shit and you best remember what's been played. If you can remember what cards have been played and are able to strategize around that you will beat most people in most card games.
Damn...I forgot that one...used to play it with my old uncles....and who remembers Tunk?
Still play Tonk.
brief tutorial ⬇️ #Spades
Sooooo, the game is usually played with two partnerships. The object of the game is for you and your partner to collect more books (or tricks is the formal name) than your opponents. If you are taking score the team who reaches the selected score (usually 500) wins ⬇️
To start, the dealer deals 13 cards to each player. Now there are 52 cards in a deck + 2 jokers. Black people usually play with jokers, so that means we instead take out two of the 2’s (either ♥️♣️♦️). But in a basic game, we would remove the jokers, making the Ace the highest ⬇️
Quite naturally, as the game is called “Spades”, they are the trump suit, which means they out rank every other suit in the deck. In a basic game, the A♠️ is the highest card you can play. (If using jokers, your big & little jokers are the top ranking cards).
Ya’ll following?
Alright, so now that all 4 players have been dealt 13 cards (And please count to make sure that you have 13 cards… Don’t wait until is the last round to realize that maybe you don’t have the proper amount of cards in your hand) it’s time to bid your hand ⬇️
Bidding is where you look at your cards and guess how many books you think you can successfully make over your opponents (notice I said opponents- NOT PARTNER). You can legally bid any number from 0-13. (But if you say something outrageous, you better back it up)! ⬇️
There are only 13 books that can be made in the entire game, so bid wisely! In a basic game where the A♠️ is the highest card , you want to consider your high cards (A, K, Q, J) as books you can make. You also want to pay attention to how many cards you have in a given suit ⬇️
Example: in this hand (with A♠️ being highest card), you could successfully bid the Q♠️, K♣️, & Q♣️ as books you could make. Therefore, you would bid 3.
(Advanced ppl could get 4 & a possible but this ain’t about ya’ll)
Still following?
Alright, so everyone is going to go through the bidding process. But remember you and your partner are a team. So in the example above, if you bid 3 and your partner bids 3, that means together you must make 6 books to not be whats called “set.” ⬇️
After you all bid, the game begins with the person left of the dealer going first. They can play any card they want (except a spades. Being the trump suit, they have to be “cut” in - I’ll explain later).
Each player goes and the person who plays the highest card wins that book.
1. You MUST play the suit that led that round. Even if that means you’ll lose the book. If you don’t, that called reneging and THAT will get you fucked up. ♀️
2. If you do not have the suit that led, but you have a spade, you can play it. That’s called “cutting” ⬇️
Once spades have been cut in, they are free to be played at any time.
One major component to this game is paying attention to the board and realizing what has been played. It will help you know when you should or shouldn’t cut. ⬇️
Example: if there is 4♥️, 8❤️ and a J❤️ on the board and you don’t have anymore hearts BUT your partner is the person who played that J on the board, DO NOT PLAY A SPADE. Instead you do what’s called “throwing off” since your partner is going to win that book.
Still with me? ⬇️
Throwing off is simply playing another card of any other suit on your hand that’s not a spade.
The ONLY time cutting your partner is acceptable is a.) you are trump tight, meaning no other suit’s in your hand but ♠️ or b.) you have no other choice (only card left in that suit)
The game continues until all 13 cards have been played. The team that collects the most books wins that hand and the team to reach the final pre- set score (500) wins.
Things to keep in mind when playing with Black ppl⬇️
#1- don’t talk across the board. Imma take 3 of your books and you might catch these hands
#2- DO NOT RENEGE. I can’t stress this enough. FURNITURE WILL MOVE and I am will not be held responsible
#3- Dont overbid. But don’t underbid. Keep it about what you got. ⬇️
If you follow these instructions you should be able to play a basic game of spades. The more you play, the better you’ll get it. You will become better at strategizing, reading the board, and can then incorporate various alternatives to the standard rules of play. #Spades
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i learned the basic rules but never progressed past that...
i tried playin' online about a decade ago...and i was gettin' my ass handed to me...i don't think i won one game...
same thing with dominoes...
it's fun to play but i don't have the time nor the energy to dedicate to becoming skilled at it...
i tried playin' online about a decade ago...and i was gettin' my ass handed to me...i don't think i won one game...
same thing with dominoes...
it's fun to play but i don't have the time nor the energy to dedicate to becoming skilled at it...
really doesn't take much to become skilled in spades. you learn from mistakes and watching what others do. If you play a few games with experienced people, it's kind of hard not to pick up on how to get better.
sounds about right, but i remove the 2 of heart and club. I have played both ways where the 2 of diamond is the high card after both jokers, or where its not worth anything, makine the 2 of spade next in line after the jokers.
The rules are basic. It's bidding that can be difficult for new players. You gotta know if your partner is new, chances are they're under bidding. And also, chances are they're counting that King of Diamonds in their hand as a book while also having five other Diamonds. Shit like that is what they don't know yet.
Between bidding and watching the board to remember what played and what hasn't, that's thr shit that frustrates me most with new players. But it all comes from experience.
We got SMOOOOOOOOOKED!!!!!! I hit up my college roommate and told him I was telling the story and he started dying laughing. We learned to STFU that day
Wow.....
ALmost.....
Almost makes me say - gulp - I'm ashamed how personally my people take that game.
I mean, it's not that damn hard to play spades (Ace of spades high). Now, the house rules, JJ2, etc, which changes depending on who and where you're playing...I can see that being confusing for a beginner.
Oh and YouTube can help with the Electric slide, man. No BGOLien left behind. That's my theme for 2022.
^^^^This. My wife was a muhfucka a Bid too though.
I got 6 and a P potna, whatchu got?
Go'n over there to the Dominoe table then, and you BET not fuck that up either.
I see about 4. The big joker is a guaranteed book, the ace of clubs is another book, then you'll get a couple from cutting clubs.
That king of hearts will get eaten by the Ace. Someone might be cutting diamonds by the time you get the chance to play the king.
Because you only have the King of Hearts, you gonna get 2-3 books depending on how the rest are distributed; you only have two Clubs and one is the Ace, so you're gonna get 2-3 out of that suit; you're heavier on Diamonds but you wait for that Ace to be played and hope not to be cut when you play that King (I have 4 but there are 8 more out there); and finally the Big Joker.
Depending on who and how you're playing, you COULD make 7 books out of this hand, and if your partner had 3...Good Lawd, they gone have hell to pay.
I got 6 and a P potna, whatchu got?
Go'n over there to the Dominoe table then, and you BET not fuck that up either.
That at least 5-6 books.
Strong.
fuck spades.....
black folk take that shit too serious anyway...ive seen way too many arguments....fights....near fights.....tables flipped etc....
again: fuck spades
black folk take that shit too serious anyway...ive seen way too many arguments....fights....near fights.....tables flipped etc....
again: fuck spades
I'm nice with it I'm getting 6 outta that Definitely
Lmao lmao i try to stay away from playing the last 5 yrs i rather just enjoy the get together/cookout
My best friend told me I have to come over for memorial day so we can take down his aunt and cousin.
My sister and her kids father want revenge on me and my mother cause we spanked the ass back in Nov. Lol i send a picture i took with the final score and i send it in the group chat a few times like WINNERS GONNA WIN and losers gonna loseMy best friend told me I have to come over for memorial day so we can take down his aunt and cousin.
Not giving them their rematch because i didn't even wanna play they talked me into it by poppin shit cause my mother was suppose to play with her man but they were talking so much shit i had to show them even tho i don't play often I'm still that nigga
yep.
a couple points here.
1. if you're leading off and you win with the Ace of clubs, you COULD throw that king of hearts out there.
if it walks you know that your partner is holding it, if it gets eaten (by the Ace) , then you get to cut that suit.
i'd force to person on my left to win the book (hopefully that person threw the ace), then you get to come back and cut that suit if the person comes back with it.
2. since you'll be cutting 2 suits, some of those lower spades are gonna walk
alot depends on what kind of partner u got
the scariest thing in spades is when u got a partner that knows you as well as you know them.
when you know each other's tendencies and thought patterns.
run everybody the fuck off the table
If it's MY play, that's the card I'm leading with to SEE if my partner has the ACE and if not, it's low trump cutting if my partner ain't got no high cards. If I get the indication that my partner DOES have some high cards, I'm playing off with the excess Diamonds in my hand.
we think alike
This is the way to play
That lets ya partner know what it is from the jump so even if he don't have it when he do get a book he needs to come back to hearts
an older cat cut me into that way of thinking back in my 20s...he told me that even if you are not sure you can win the book - throw it out there with the hope that the person on your left takes it... that way you get to watch the entire table play their hand before it's your turn again. i never forgot that.
and like you said, you let your partner know what it is from the jump
Yall mfers got me wanting to play right now lol
I played when i was down Tampa in March which was a rematch from when i was down there in Dec.
Won in Dec but lost in March. besides those times and when i played in Nov. I stopped playing for yrs
Uno n Jenga better to play cause more ppl can play and its less arguing; ppl take Spades too serious SO DO I but i rather avoid it in the name of fun
i've turned down being included in spades games with long time homies, mainly due to all the bullshitting/under-bidding that takes place, the arguing, all the alcohol being consumed...just don't enjoy it like i used to.
I got 6 and a P potna, whatchu got?
Go'n over there to the Dominoe table then, and you BET not fuck that up either.
I see 6 books guaranteed & 8 if you know what you doing.
Too many cards in sequence & a heavy hand of spades.
One thing i will say tho, nothing is guaranteed in spades lol
how about somebody cutting diamonds from the get go?
or they know the play because they have 6 hearts in their hand and begin to go straight into spades so at the end most of those hearts end up walking because its no spades to cut em. I done seen my homegirl ruin mfers good hands a bunch of times that way. I'm. Nice but she's NICE NICE lol she plays all yr around tho. I haven't been a consistent spades player since i left the hood in the 07