♠ SPADES — HOUSE RULES

YOU + CUZ vs BIG RON & KEISHA · BID · TAKE · COUNT BAGS
—CUZ (partner)
—BIG RON
—KEISHA
YOU
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Team score 0 vs 0 Bids: we — · they — Tricks this hand: we 0 · they 0 Our bags 0
Dealing…

♠ HOUSE RULES

Partners: You and Cuz across the table. Ron & Keisha are your opponents.

Bid: how many tricks you think you'll take. Team bid = yours + Cuz's. Make it: 10×bid points. Miss it: −10×bid. Extra tricks = 1 point each (bags) — every 10 bags costs you 100.

Nil (bid 0): take zero tricks = +100. Take even one = −100.

Spades are trump. Follow suit if you can. Can't lead spades until one's been played (or you're out of the led suit). First team to 500 runs the house.