The Four-Spade Nil. Players often get away with a 4-spade nil. 58 Percentage Play. Spades, like all games that involve some luck, have certain plays that are based on probabilities. 59 Attack From the Middle.
Most players know it is wrong to attack a nil with high cards.
The bonus for bidding and making ten tricks is a Spades option that comes in several versions, but no expert would want to play without it. A Rare Beauty. Effective falsecarding is common in the related games of Whist and Bridge, but quite rare in Spades. I waited a long time for this gem to turn up. Earlier, I had asked you to keep track of the 'count' cards.