Spades & Fish Fry

4701 Meridian St N,Huntsville AL 35811

17 June, 2022

Description

Summer is the perfect time to bring back our Fish Fry Friday and because you got time...let's get some Spades going, too!! Free to play! If you don't have a partner, come anyway! Spades league signup available starting this week!! $20/team League Games are played every other Friday & Sunday. House Rules!!!! Spades is played with four people - two on each team. Before the cards are distributed, the two of hearts, and the two of diamonds are removed, which should make for a total of 52 cards (including both jokers). Dealing and playing are done to the left (clockwise). And of course, first-hand bids itself. If your partner jumps out there all crazy with a bid as soon as everyone looks at the first hand, it's not too late to get hungry out of nowhere and go get another plate of food. Next is the order of the cards. From highest to lowest they are "Big" Joker, "Little" Joker, 2 of Spades, A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 of clubs. You can tell which joker is which because usually, the big will have a larger picture than the small. The person to the left of the dealer is the first person to play. They can lead with anything except for a spade. Each player after them must follow suit if able. If they're unable to follow suit, they can play any card. A "book" that has a spade is won by the highest spade played. If no spade is played, then it's won by the highest card of the suit that led. The winner of each book leads to the next. After the first hand is played, the books are scored in multiples of 10. So, if you and your partner won 7 books, you would have 70 points. From now on, when the cards are dealt, each team will make a prediction about how many books they believe they can win. The team that is not dealing places their bid first, and then the dealer's team for that hand places their bid. If either team scores under their number of anticipated books, then that amount of points is subtracted from the team's score. Last, but not least...DON'T RENEGE! If you have the suit, you have to play on suit. If you play offsuit and get caught, your team loses 3 books to the other team. Not a good look.