▲ 3 r/spades
Game to 250. Given this situation, what do you think the chance of the opp nil making is? And would you prefer to bid low to attack the nil, or bid 6 to outscore them with the risk of getting set?
u/Typical-Contract-361 — 8 days ago
▲ 1 r/spades
Bidding nil and leading with this hand, how would you play it?
u/Typical-Contract-361 — 21 days ago
▲ 1 r/spades
What would you do in this scenario?
In this scenario, you are leading 405-250. On this hand, the table bid is 5-6 (your team bids 5, and their team bids 6). Early in the hand, the strategy is to take every trick possible, because getting set is the easiest way to lose the game. But once you realize your team has already made its bid, you have two options: keep trying to set them, or start giving them bags (Setting them is possible in this scenario).
The question I want to ask is: should you keep trying to set them, or should you start giving them bags once your team has made bid? Keep in mind that if you try to set them, your team will have 7-8 bags, putting your team at bag out risk.
u/Typical-Contract-361 — 22 days ago
▲ 2 r/spades
Epic comeback from 65-243. This is why I never give up.
Sorry I don't have any screenshots this time, I never imagined this would happen.
I was playing against two 2500+ opponents in Spades+, and after three hands we were down 65-243 in a game to 250. At that point, if they didn't make a mistake, I'd say the game was over unless we have 11–12 tricks on the next hand.
On Hand 4, West bid first and bid 5, North bid 1, and East bid 1.
Since I had nothing to lose, I bid 7. This was a necessary bid. The only way to not losing the game was to set them. If we succeeded, we would gain extra points while also avoiding extra bags. And if we failed, we would lose anyway so that wasn't matter.
If I remember correctly, West held seven spades (the highest is jack) and two kings (one of them a singleton). North had one ace and Qx in spades. East had one king and no spades. I held AKTx in spades and two aces.
We managed to set them, bringing the score back to 145-183
On the next hand, I bid nil and made it. The interesting part is that they managed to give us 4 bags, bringing us to 9 bags. That means if I hadn't bid 7 on the previous hand, we wouldn't have won the game.
I'd say we won because they made a serious mistake, and we were a bit lucky. But this is why I always look the score before making a decision (and I hope my partner does too)
u/Typical-Contract-361 — 26 days ago
▲ 8 r/spades
A lot of player don't understand this thing
Maybe I'm expecting too much from a random players, but I think this is very simple. When you're third to bid in a close game, you should bid in a way that forces your opponents to either push the table to at least 13 or bid nil to win.
For example, in the situation above (game to 250, opponents are ~2200 rating), if East had bid correctly, they could have forced me to make a difficult decision: either make 8 tricks or bid nil to win. However, East bid 1, which allowed me to bid 3 and we only need 7 tricks to win.
I'm not an expert in Spades, and this is just my personal opinion. But one thing I do know is that losing by 1 point or losing by 200 points is the same. So in the endgame, I'd rather bid based on the score than on the hand.
u/Typical-Contract-361 — 1 month ago
▲ 7 r/spades
What would you bid?
The result is in the second pic.
u/Typical-Contract-361 — 1 month ago
▲ 1 r/spades
WWYB? Game to 250.
Extra information (if you're familiar with Spades+): This is a rated game. The others ratings are: West: 1900, North: 2400, East: 2400.
u/Typical-Contract-361 — 2 months ago
▲ 1 r/spades
If you know your partner (and your opponents) will play for a set on an 11 bids, and score/bags are not a big concern, should you keep the table at 11 bids even if you could bid higher?
I found two examples. WWYB? Game to 250.
u/Typical-Contract-361 — 2 months ago