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Re: Spades - improved options to avoid sloppy players
Posted: 10 February 2026, 21:57
by azcats2002
The last person should be doing that anyway.
if the bid is 2-3-2 and you perceive your hand as a 1 bid....you should be closing it out as a 5 team bid at the minimum.
in truth. if the dealer bids 2 my p bids 3 and the 3rd guy bids 2...
i am pretty much bidding 4 blindly.
Re: Spades - improved options to avoid sloppy players
Posted: 10 February 2026, 22:05
by FrankJones
azcats2002 wrote: ↑10 February 2026, 21:57
The last person should be doing that anyway.
if the bid is 2-3-2 and you perceive your hand as a 1 bid....you should be closing it out as a 5 team bid at the minimum.
in truth. if the dealer bids 2 my p bids 3 and the 3rd guy bids 2...
i am pretty much bidding 4 blindly.
Agreed.
My point was that a truly terrible hand might not be worth playing in a 5-5 or a 5-6. If the house rule were in place, it might be better to just make it a 5 bid intentionally to skip the hand.
Re: Spades - improved options to avoid sloppy players
Posted: 10 February 2026, 22:48
by azcats2002
yes, i agree the house rule is just awful.
if the game is 400 to 459.
the team with 9 bags cause just bid super low and force a 10 bid and win the game lol.
Re: Spades - improved options to avoid sloppy players
Posted: 10 February 2026, 23:03
by FrankJones
azcats2002 wrote: ↑10 February 2026, 22:48
yes, i agree the house rule is just awful.
if the game is 400 to 459.
the team with 9 bags cause just bid super low and force a 10 bid and win the game lol.
Also true. That's a far worse problem that any of the other ones mentioned.
Re: Spades - improved options to avoid sloppy players
Posted: 12 February 2026, 11:11
by Tuut Tuut tis Luut
marknibb wrote: ↑08 July 2022, 19:40
Isn't the correct answer to not consider others bids, but to properly bid your own hand?
I'd say considering other bids is required for property bidding your own hand.