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We were playing Spades. My new girlfriend said she had 2 and 3 possible. I laughed and asked what she meant by the 3 possible. We stopped the game to figure this out.
How she should have bid?
In the end she only took 2. After knowing that, how she should have bid?
is a 3 a legit bid with this hand?
The possible trick winners of this hand are the three Kings and the short ♣'s which allows a 3rd trick ruff/cut.
Having only two spades is a weakness. It means that there is a higher probability an opponent has a long ♠ suit.
The game of Spades encourage conservative bids since an overtrick (bag) results in a smaller loss compared to an undertrick.
I would bid 2 with this hand almost always. If I am at the 4th sit and the sum of bidding is 7 before my bid, I would bid 3. (probably when someone bids nil)
To answer the question of the headline, in the bidding phase each player must say a single number between 0 and 13, nothing more. She can't say: "2 and maybe 3". Of course that in a game among friends she can say whatever.
