How to Count Cards in Spades

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Hi, we're starting the intermediate and advanced section and the first topic that we need to discuss and this probably applies to the novice and intermediate section as well, is counting cards. There are thirteen cards in every suit, now there's a number you can take to the bank, thirteen. Always has been, always will be, unless you're playing with jokers, and that changes the whole game. So if there's thirteen cards in every suit, including the trump suit, it's actually essential that you count cards because, it makes no sense to lead a card that everybody is out of, and somebody winds up trumping, and the other one ends up throwing off a discard, and so forth. Especially if it's a bagging situation. So you absolutely, if going to count any suit however, I would put great emphasis on counting trump. It's absolutely essential to count trump. Now, if you really get good at this then you can count which specific trump is still out, and that seaways into the next thing. Which we'll be talking about tracking specific cards, but when you're learning to play the game, and it's time to do more than just playing by wrote routine and seeing what goes on. And when we go to the hearts segment, we're going to really see how important counting cards is, because getting blasted with the queen of spades on the thirteenth diamond isn't a lot of fun either. But, since we're talking about spades make an effort to try to keep a count on the suits, and whether that last deuce was good. Because, nothing is more embarrassing than leading a deuce that you thought was good, into your partners hand,because OH MY GOSH! I set your nil because there is one more still out. Where as on the other hand if you know that's the thirteenth card then it will actually offer cover. So count the suits, and make an effort to count trump. That will give you a tremendous edge on people that just don't bother to count them.

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