Internet Spades Strategy and tutorial

Top Spades Expert and National Champion Dustin Stout (winner, Las Vegas 2001) has written extensively on Spades theory over the past 10 years. He has pioneered many of the concepts that have become standard in the game, and is the Spades writer for spadester.com.

Spades Strategy (Beginner)

      Beginner Bidding Part 1 – Hand Evaluation

       Beginner Bidding Part 2 – Hand Texture

Spades Strategy (Intermediate)

        The Bluff Nil

        The Thirty-One Bid – A situational psychic bid

        Unblocking

Spades Strategy (Advanced )

       Defense against Endplays

       The Hold-Up -- Cutting off an Entry to Disrupt Tempo

       What is Spades Time?

       Unblocking

       Transportation with Entry Cards