Spades poker is known as the trick-taking partnership game. It is also popular with the name of Call Bridge, The basic game play of spades is like this. The player to the left of the dealer starts the opening hand with the single card of his choice, then the other player in the clockwise fashion. The strict rule is; cards cannot be retrieved without a penalty once it is left from the player’s hand. Another rule is; a player can not lead spades until it is played to trump one more trick.

Player with the highest value of the card wins. In the situation of more then one trumps the highest trumps wins otherwise it goes to the highest card of the suit. The winner gathers all the cards up as face down arrangement to facilitate other players with the count of number of tricks taken. Number of the tricks won by a player can not be disguised. The winner player leads the next trick. Thus the game goes on until all players have played al the cards.

I have played poker on a top poker site and have tried entire poker variants there but this can not be an excuse for not playing spades. Try it! It is quite different from other card games and I am sure you’re going to enjoy.