Good Night . Who want to be a good partners should read this status for a while . How to Be a Good Partner at Spades and Bridge Spades and Bridge are partnership card games. Knowing the rules and strategy is only part of the game. Working with your partner is the other part of the game. Ad Edit Steps 1Understand that your partner is not the perfect player, and neither are you. Take note of the kind of mistakes your partner makes and adapt your play to accommodate. 2Pay attention to your partners leads. You partner is probably trying to tell you something. A lead may indicate a short suit or a desire for you to lead that suit back. 3Do not lead trumps unless you are prepared to take full responsibility for your partners tricks. This applies generally in spades because no mechanism exists for determining suit length. In bridge, leading the trump suit (by defense) may remove your partners ability to ruff tricks. In both cases, you should have a strong reason for doing so. 4Do not expect your partner to make The Perfect Bid. In spades, the bidding process is imprecise. In bridge, it is very complicated and has many variations. The A.C.B.L. (American Contract Bridge League) in its publication has a section that asks experts how they would bid. Never do they agree. So why would you expect your partner to be perfect? 5Lead from the top of touching honors. With a KQxx, always lead the K. You partner should duck if he has the Ace (unless it is a singleton or doubleton). You should then lead the Q. After taking with the Q, lead a small card to your partner. If you are playing spades, it is likely that the third lead will be ruffed (trumped) by the opponents. If so, you should consider the trick your Q took as being won by your partner (and not counting against the number that you bid). 6If your partner consistently underbids (in spades), consider bidding an extra trick. Always consider the state of your hand and the other bids made. 7Discuss the play and techniques after the playing is through...and do so calmly (without anger and blame). Another opportunity awaits. Ad
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