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Win at Spades: Basic and Intermediate Techniques: Strategies and Winning Techniques to Make You a Better Player [Paperback]

Joseph D. Andrews (Author)
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February 1999
Spades is the most popular four-handed card game on the Internet. It's an easy game to learn, but good technique requires plenty of practice! Readers will learn the rules and laws of Spades, defensive strategy, bidding and scoring, the evaluating of hands, and play of the hand.

Andrews guides the relatively new player through the rules and elements of the game. They'll find illustrative hands, a bidding quiz, and a review of opening leads. Intermediate players will also appreciate the chapters about finesses, card combinations, positional bidding, defense against "nil" bids, and partnership conventions.


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  • Paperback: 120 pages
  • Publisher: Bonus Books (February 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1566251176
  • ISBN-13: 978-1566251174
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,923,734 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Get the "Advanced" version of this book instead, February 9, 2000
This review is from: Win at Spades: Basic and Intermediate Techniques: Strategies and Winning Techniques to Make You a Better Player (Paperback)
This is a good book but even if you are a beginner you should instead buy the version of this book that is billed as for advanced players. The advanced book is essentially the same book as this book (large portions are copied verbatim from one book to the other), but with some additional material added. They're the same price, so if you buy the advanced one you will be getting more for your money.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Best WAY to learn Spades, January 17, 2000
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Steffi (Ft. Myers, Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Win at Spades: Basic and Intermediate Techniques: Strategies and Winning Techniques to Make You a Better Player (Paperback)
I believe this book to be easy to understand for those that have never played Spades. I have been a Spades player for over 20 years. My husband never played it...till he read this book. Now he gives me a run for my money and I would be glad to have my husband as not onlay a partner in life but as a partner in Spades. Joe Andrews knows what he is talking about and everyone should take his tips and learn how to play Spades the RIGHT way. Anyone that says different isn't a true Spades player! WTG Joe! Keep up the good work!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good for a beginner says this beginner, November 27, 2000
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Brian P. Canniff (Bryan Mawr, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Win at Spades: Basic and Intermediate Techniques: Strategies and Winning Techniques to Make You a Better Player (Paperback)
I found this book a great way to 'jumpstart' my way into Spades, especially in online play (I play at YAHOO and PLAYSITE). As I started playing spades on Playsite, my ratings plummeted. JA's book helped me fix some basic mistakes in my gameplay and pointed the way for improvement. I've tried in vain to find p's who share some of the leading conventions, but hope that my luck will change. I recommend this book, but from the sound of it you'd be smarter to get the larger 'advanced' book and save the money on this one.
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