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What happens if you overbid in Spades?

If you bid and make your contract, either exactly or with overtricks (tricks over your bid), you multiply your bid by 10 and score that total. Any overtricks you accrue count 1 point each.

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Why are spades called spades?

The first spade is descended from the Old English word "spadu" which means a digging tool. The symbol of a suit was a broad-bladed sword, and it was called'spades' in English.

Is Spades a black game?

Spades descends from Bid Whist and Bid Whist descends from Bridge. Both games-Bid Whist and Spades-are wholly African-American in origin. What is considered a Misdeal in Spades? A misdeal is a deal in which all players have not received the same number of cards or a player has dealt out of turn. A misdeal may be discovered immediately by counting the cards after they are dealt, or it may be discovered during play of a hand.

By Trevah Clemens

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