Rules Of the card game Spades

Spades is a very popular trick-taking game played by either Individuals or two partnerships version.
Players
4 players. Individuals, or two partnerships.
Deck
Standard 52-card deck. Ace is high; 2 is low.
Goal

To be the first Individual or partnership to reach 200 or 500 points as agreed upon.

Setup

Individual player / Partners sit across the table from each other. Choose a dealer. Shuffle the deck and deal each player 13 cards.
When playing Cutthroat, individual players are dealt 17 cards each and the remaining card is tossed out of play for that particular game.

Bidding

The player to the dealer’s left bids first. Each player looks at his cards and bids, indicating a number of tricks. Partners’ bids are added; the sum is the number of tricks that partnership must win to score points.
Any number from 0 (”Nil”) to 13 is a legal bid for each player. Players may not pass. Bids do not have to increase with each player. There’s only one round of bidding.
EXAMPLE: Alex bids 4. Then Beth bids 3, Charlie bids 2 and David bids 2. Alex and Charlie need to win at least 6 tricks; Beth and David need to win at least 5.
In Cutthroat Players then bid for the number of tricks they believe they can make between 0 and 17. Players are also allowed to bid nil or blind nil in Cutthroat games. You can also play where the total of the three bets cannot equal 17 tricks, making it impossible for each player to make their bet exactly.
Once everyone has placed their bid, the player to the dealer’s left can begin with any card except a spade. Continuing clockwise, each player in turn must follow suit but if they are unable to follow suit, the player may play any card.